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Alfa Group S Challenge - What Does It Cost? |
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Written by Scott Farquharson
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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How much does it cost? Well Group S is probably one of the cheapest forms of racing available. The following provides a run down on the typical costs for running in Group S including up front costs and the costs for a typical season.
Typical Costs
The costs of competing can be broken down into: the car, racegear, licence and per round costs as follows, remembering that this is a rough guide only to provide indicative costs - some will spend a lot more - some a lot less:
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Items
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Approx cost
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Car
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Build or Buy - a good COMPETITIVE (capable of winning the class) car will cost somewhere in the range of $15k to $20k.
An eligible car would start from as little as $5000 depending on the level of modification.
For more information see "Building a Car" - Coming Soon
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$5,000 to $20,000
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Race gear
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Race Suit (2 or 3 layer FIA)
Race Boots
Gloves
Helmet (remember only buy a $2 helmet if you have a $2 head)
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$700-$1500
$200+
$120+
$200+
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CAMS Licence/Logbook
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Provisional Circuit Licence (C3) Observed Licence Test (OLT) conducted by John Bowe
CAMS Annual Licence fee
CAMS Medical
CAMS Logbook for the Car
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$550 (one off)
$390 PA
$90
$165 (one off)
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Per Round
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Event Entry Fee (depending on the event)
Friday Practice (typically)
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$250-$300 per event
$150
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If you did a 4 round season the costs would therefore be:
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Season Costs
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Item
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Total
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Car
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Tires (one set for the year – you could probably get more out of a set)
Brake Pads (one set of rears and 2 sets of fronts for the year)
Tuning (plugs, oil etc)
Fuel (60 litres PULP per event)
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$900
$450
$400
$400
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Event
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4 x events @ $450 per event inc Fri practice
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$1800
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Travel and Accom
(assume 2 nights accom, food, fuel for out of town rounds)
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Phillip Island
Winton
Winton
Sandown
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$360
$420
$420
Nil
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Misc
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Contingency
Annual CAMS Licence Fee (C3, C4)
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$500
$430
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Total for Season
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$6080
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I haven’t included garage or marquee accom at the track as this is optional – they usually cost around $150 per event. Entry typically includes 4 or 5 entry tickets for you and your crew.
You could also budget an engine rebuild every 5 seasons and a set of rotors every 2 years.
So for around $6000 a year you could have a full year of close racing at the premier Historic meetings in Australia - bargain!
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 July 2006 )
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