Beginner events?

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neanderthal
id suggest paying attention in school. seriously.
most people who are racing today are racing because they are successful in some other endeavor; contractors, doctors, architects, plumbers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, small business owners.

very few of them are supermarket checkers, tire installers, bus drivers, machinists, etc. in other words, most of them are professionals.
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I'd suggest having a dad that has paid attention to school. Most racers I gather, start out from before they can walk, with their parents paying.

Anyway.. I'm going to be harsh now: I'm really good at Tony Hawks, that doesn't mean I can skate worth of crap :)
 
You don't need 5 grand to get into racing, nor do you need to have started when you are 6. I could start racing tomorrow for about $2,000 and probably do decently well after some experience (a season or two with SCCA events). We have a lot of people on these boards that race their car that probably haven't been doing it all their life and I imagine they aren't terribly bad.
 
Sure, but:

"And as for what kind of racing, ImagineByLennon, I'm not really sure... just as long as it's pro racing. However I'm particularly interested in F1, LeMans, or DTM."

Suddenly a bit unrealistic.
It's like I would say I'm going for a pro skater status, when I've only played a game. I'm content if I can skate down a steep hill without falling off the board :)
 
You have to start somewhere and at least the kid is dreaming big. I think most of us wanted to race cars for a living while we were younger, which is why amateur racing is so popular. Although we have people here in the states that race "professionally" as they get sponsor money and prize money and they have nothing more then an old Neon or something.
 
VA10
sorry to tell you this kid but most real race car drivers start around the age of 6 on go kart tracks.. you muscles in your next wont be able to cope with the G's needed in a real race car.

It cost ALOT of money to be a racer don't believe the games like GT where you start off with 5000 credits and buy a MX-5 to race..

If your really intent on racing i suggest buying a old beat up car do it up and go banger racing
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I don't want to blow my helpfulness trumpet or anything but all of that is a bit... redundant, and needlessly patronising, given what's already been discussed in this thread. Especially the banger racing advice, which doesn't really teach racing skills, and leaves you with a broken car at the end of the day - which immediately puts it two massive steps behind the autograss I already suggested.

It needs to be drilled into people that you don't necessarily need to start off in karts at 3 years old to be in with a shot of getting into a reasonable position in motorsport. If EJRocky discovers he has a skill for driving in something like autograss, he might decide to try his hand at autocross when he has a real car, or maybe do one of the numerous racing scholarships that take place every year in this country. He might get to the final of one, like I did. He might even win, which I didn't! As soon as I have the disposable income again I'm going to enter the Clio scholarship. If you win that you race in the Clio Cup which supports the BTCC, which is the premier UK racing series.

All it needs is skill, and little breaks. And these breaks aren't impossible, certainly if you have the skill needed and a bit of determination too. And of course money, but maybe not as much as you'd expect.
 

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