Yearly Track Costs (or how to spend $20K/yr on a $10K Porsche)

[thstone]

Cost per hour is a lot easier to calculate than cost per mile;

28 days x minimum 4 sessions/day x 0.5 hours/session = 56 hours of track time (minimum)
$14,970/56 = $267 per track hour

[shadrach74]

Originally Posted by thstone

Cost per hour is a lot easier to calculate than cost per mile;

28 days x minimum 4 sessions/day x 0.5 hours/session = 56 hours of track time (minimum)
$14,970/56 = $267 per track hour

Ouch! I own and operate a small aircraft 80hrs a year for about 60% of that and that includes hangar rental.

My airplane only gets 17mpg...@~180mph.

Thanks thstone, I will come back here and read this every time I start to feel bad about the various money pits in my life!

[Topless]

Originally Posted by thstone

Cost per hour is a lot easier to calculate than cost per mile;

28 days x minimum 4 sessions/day x 0.5 hours/session = 56 hours of track time (minimum)
$14,970/56 = $267 per track hour

Average speed approx 80mph= $3.34/mile

You are an animal Tom. Nice breakdown of a years worth of quality track time. I don't spend quite as much with a shared trackside motor home for lodging and always running off-site 91 gas that we bring with us. It is sobering to see where the money goes though. It compares pretty well with airplane ownership or being a member of a private golf country club.

The big difference is... golf is a 1 ball sport. Racing a Boxster requires 2 balls.

[Flavor 987S]

Originally Posted by Topless

The big difference is... golf is a 1 ball sport. Racing a Boxster requires 2 balls.

Quote of the week! LOL!!