Last year the pay-extra-to-not-work thing was tied in with the MU FSAE students, something like "Pay a student to work for you".
They have had fund raising things previously to pay not to work.
The Pro Class entry may or may not be something like run two heats and not work, I have no details on that other than it seems very different from a standard entry.
I went through several certifications for CPR and lifesaving many years ago. Probably wouldn't do anything to get me out of a work assignment if they were current.
Don't confuse defending autocross as not being interested in other racing venues. I devote many hours to finding creative ways to spend money that I do not have to spend, and nearly all of those have to do with racing. I bought a turbo car specifically to build for time attack and club racing STU class. Someone then shipped all of my customers over to the middle east (they return uninterested in cars), and someone else drove the economy into a iceberg, repeatedly (no one has money to spend on their cars). But that never ended the countless hours trying to figure out how far it is to Texas Motor Speedway, BeaveRun, or Blackhawk Farms, event entry, tires, suspension changes, etc.
The little econobox did not seem like a good candidate for track use. Until redoing the rear suspension, it would get up on two wheels in a corner. And before the fuel pump flat-lined, the top end was limited to 110. Now it handles flatter and pulls hard to 130. That isn;t an excuse any more.
I didn't see any of this group at the Gateway kickoff. I am probably the only person in the metro area with a car that has 2013 annual tech for Solo, PDX, and NHRA.
I'm going to have less of an excuse this year not to expand into track day or step back into drag racing. The NASA event is next week, they had a discount for $150 at the kickoff, but I have no high speed tires... (but looking to spend money I don't have, the new RE-11A tires are $25 per tire less than the RE-11 tires).
They have had fund raising things previously to pay not to work.
The Pro Class entry may or may not be something like run two heats and not work, I have no details on that other than it seems very different from a standard entry.
I went through several certifications for CPR and lifesaving many years ago. Probably wouldn't do anything to get me out of a work assignment if they were current.
Don't confuse defending autocross as not being interested in other racing venues. I devote many hours to finding creative ways to spend money that I do not have to spend, and nearly all of those have to do with racing. I bought a turbo car specifically to build for time attack and club racing STU class. Someone then shipped all of my customers over to the middle east (they return uninterested in cars), and someone else drove the economy into a iceberg, repeatedly (no one has money to spend on their cars). But that never ended the countless hours trying to figure out how far it is to Texas Motor Speedway, BeaveRun, or Blackhawk Farms, event entry, tires, suspension changes, etc.
The little econobox did not seem like a good candidate for track use. Until redoing the rear suspension, it would get up on two wheels in a corner. And before the fuel pump flat-lined, the top end was limited to 110. Now it handles flatter and pulls hard to 130. That isn;t an excuse any more.
I didn't see any of this group at the Gateway kickoff. I am probably the only person in the metro area with a car that has 2013 annual tech for Solo, PDX, and NHRA.
I'm going to have less of an excuse this year not to expand into track day or step back into drag racing. The NASA event is next week, they had a discount for $150 at the kickoff, but I have no high speed tires... (but looking to spend money I don't have, the new RE-11A tires are $25 per tire less than the RE-11 tires).
