Most types of racing have a beginners class which is less expensive of course than the premium classes, but… you still have pit passes to buy, fuel, routine maintenance, food, etc…
So what is the easiest way to get more money for racing?
- Online Auctions (eBay) Buy and Sell Your Items: . . . . . Most everyone has stuff laying around the house or garage that they just do not need any more. Sell it on eBay. With a little practice and the right stuff to sell you can make a nice little profit to add to your racing venture. Find great racing deals on eBay to save yourself even more money, find tools, haulers, engines, safety equipment, racing parts, and the list goes on and on and on and on – Stretch those racing dollars even more.
- Trade Or Provide Your Service: . . . . . What do you know how to do? Weld, paint, re-build engines, make vinyl letters, chassis set up? Sell or trade your services to others and take the money and add it to your racing fund. One guy in our area does race car repair for wrecked race cars, he makes a nice little profit. Another guy in the area builds chassis and roll cages in his spare time, another sells vinyl racing letters, another scales in cars for a small fee. There are many services needed in the racing community, what could you do that other people need? With people’s hectic no time lifestyles many racers would gladly trade or pay you for your expertise.
- Get A Sponsorship: . . . . . Ahhh, the good old racing sponsorship if only it was that easy. Let’s face it in a trying economy many businesses just don not have the extra money for that kind of advertising – OR – Do they? So how do you get really great sponsorships? ASK – contact friends and neighbors if their places of employment might like to sponsor you. You may get some NO’s but you may very well get some yeses as well. Ask any salesman and they will tell you that it is just a numbers game. ASK, ASK, and ASK again. A sponsorship does not have to be all about money either – What if you could get some free stuff, that is less money that you would have to spend anyway? Free oil, free tires, free gas, free lettering, free trailer to use, more, more, more. Just be creative when you are proposing a sponsorship. The most important thing to remember is to take care of your sponsor - Do what you said you would do.
Prepare yourself with as much information as you can when pursuing the examples in this article and be creative in your attempts and above all always be professional and serious in what you do.