Another random thought from a rainy day at work (yes I'm working on Labor Day, all us rich Evo owners do).
We keep waiting for the SCCA to work a deal with a manufacturer for a one make series, and predictably they can't make it happen. So my question is why are waiting for them? While help from a manufacturer or the SCCA would be nice, what's to stop an entreprenour from starting his/her own one make series?
I got an idea from that waste of tree the SCCA sends out, SportsCar, this morning. In it was an ad for an arrive and drive 10 race series in a Radical D sports car. They took care of everything, and they had their own championship. Winner got a funded ride for next season. The whole thing was run out of one shop who owned all the cars. Would people be interested in something like this for rally?
Start with a cheap base car that has proven rally heritage, like a new Neon, Focus, or VW. Prep it to limited Gr2 spec. Stuff like shocks and HID's would be cheap cuz your buying 40 not 4. Lease the car for an entire season, including tires, fuel, service, maintence, etc. Everyone uses a spec tire, and everyone gets the same amount. Hold a $5k damage waiver to cover accidents. Promote the crap out of it. End of the year winner gets a free ride next year, second and third get discounts. Entire thing is run out of one shop which will do all the builds, maintence, and event service. Drivers just show and race.
I haven't run any numbers yet, but I imagine that to make this profitable (there's that dirty word) for the series owner we would probably be talking around $5k an event, or $50k a season. That seems pretty steep, but I dunno the finances of everyone out there. Think it would be possible to get 10 drivers for something like this? Any shops or entreprenours willing to step up for this?
Dennis Martin
[email protected]
920-432-4845
We keep waiting for the SCCA to work a deal with a manufacturer for a one make series, and predictably they can't make it happen. So my question is why are waiting for them? While help from a manufacturer or the SCCA would be nice, what's to stop an entreprenour from starting his/her own one make series?
I got an idea from that waste of tree the SCCA sends out, SportsCar, this morning. In it was an ad for an arrive and drive 10 race series in a Radical D sports car. They took care of everything, and they had their own championship. Winner got a funded ride for next season. The whole thing was run out of one shop who owned all the cars. Would people be interested in something like this for rally?
Start with a cheap base car that has proven rally heritage, like a new Neon, Focus, or VW. Prep it to limited Gr2 spec. Stuff like shocks and HID's would be cheap cuz your buying 40 not 4. Lease the car for an entire season, including tires, fuel, service, maintence, etc. Everyone uses a spec tire, and everyone gets the same amount. Hold a $5k damage waiver to cover accidents. Promote the crap out of it. End of the year winner gets a free ride next year, second and third get discounts. Entire thing is run out of one shop which will do all the builds, maintence, and event service. Drivers just show and race.
I haven't run any numbers yet, but I imagine that to make this profitable (there's that dirty word) for the series owner we would probably be talking around $5k an event, or $50k a season. That seems pretty steep, but I dunno the finances of everyone out there. Think it would be possible to get 10 drivers for something like this? Any shops or entreprenours willing to step up for this?
Dennis Martin
[email protected]
920-432-4845