At Small Tracks, High Fuel Prices Put Racers in a Pinch

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Ron;

I do the same thing and know what you mean...
Got a buddy that is an old Mustang guy and an EXXON distributor,he lets me have my race gas at his cost as long as I buy it by the drum....
Last time I got gas from him was a little over a year ago, bought 2 55 gal. drums of 100 octane low lead gas, my cost $3.25 per gal.......hate to see what it is now, good thing I still have one un-opened drum left, should last me almost one race season......

I'm guessing the same gas today would be around $5.50 per gal. or more.........
I hear 110 octane leaded is over 8 bucks a gal.,depending on where you get it......

David

[richardferguson]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

Ron;

I do the same thing and know what you mean...
Got a buddy that is an old Mustang guy and an EXXON distributor,he lets me have my race gas at his cost as long as I buy it by the drum....
Last time I got gas from him was a little over a year ago, bought 2 55 gal. drums of 100 octane low lead gas, my cost $3.25 per gal.......hate to see what it is now, good thing I still have one un-opened drum left, should last me almost one race season......

I'm guessing the same gas today would be around $5.50 per gal. or more.........
I hear 110 octane leaded is over 8 bucks a gal.,depending on where you get it......

David

That's still only $123.75 more per 55 gal drum. There are plenty more expensive things to think of when you go racing, especially if a drum lasts one season. Nevertheless, it all adds up.
I guess my point is that you'd be on a worn shoestring if the price of gas was going to put you off the track.
Richard

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Richard;

I agree, the price of race gas is small compared to the price of race tires or an engine rebuild!!!!!!!!!! the tires I use are about 900 bucks a set and I run them 5 to 6 races,more if I can, better funded racers use the same tires for no more than 3 races, I wish I could also......

The price of diesel now is more of an expense to me than anything else....Around here, $4.60 gal is the going rate this week....last road trip (VIR) was about 3,000 miles, getting about 14.5 mpg towing in my Super Duty. I spent a tad over 600 bucks just for fuel in the truck on that trip, at todays prices, fuel would be about a thousand bucks for the same trip, maybe more depending on fuel prices elswhere....

I used to do 3 or 4 "road trips" a year, mainly to SAAC and MCA events, I've cut that back to 1 or 2 a year now....Not just fuel prices, but everything else that goes with it, hotel room,food,entry fees.....The VIR/SAAC trip took a total of seven days, 2 day drive each way plus the convention and when you add in food and hotel rooms for 6 nights/seven days and other related expenses, well, you don't want to know what that trip cost me and neither does my wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still race a 6 race series here in my home state, track is 2 hours away and they are "day" races....things start up at 8 am and I'm loading the car by 4 pm.........

David

[Don]

Sunoco Maximal Leaded 116 - 55 Gallon Drum = $520

http://www.buyracegas.com/catalog.as...&DeptID=238426

http://www.buyracegas.com/catalog.as...00790&detail=1

[DAVID GAGNARD]

When I bought my 100 octane gas, it was about $160.00 per drum, ball park, can't remember the exact price.....Sunoco's 100 octane is now $400.00 per drum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will not stop the hard core racers, but may slow them down and keep some new guys from going into racing.............

Some ole NASCAR guy said many years ago,and I quote:" to make a small fortune in racing, one needs to start with a large fortune"...................how true and the price of fuel is not the only thing that hurts...........

David