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Bernie....

Getting involved at the grass roots level
of the sport such as volunteering to be on
a pit crew of a sportsman racer can bring
out certain talents you may not have known you had. You can use those talents
to pay your way into the sport. Back in
the 60's, I knew a guy who cobbled together cars on a shoestring budget. The
cars themselves were nothing exceptional
except that his engines were always very
strong. People would ask him who built
his heads, he would reply, "did 'em myself." Then they would ask, "hey, would you build some heads for me?" Word got around fast and soon he was building heads for dozens of racers. He had to
turn people away because his head building business had become that big.
His head building activity bought in enough money for him to build better
cars for himself. I knew another guy
who basically went the same route
except that his talent was in building
rear ends. He eventually left his job
with an auto parts jobber and opened
his own rear end shop which made him
enough money to self-sponsor his own
SS/GA Camaros. Anything seems possible if you put your mind to it.

....Fred