Knowing what karting will cost you in advance is essential and doing proper costings is not that hard and forces you to face reality. There�s no point buying the kit if you can�t afford to run it and it can help you decide what class is best for your budget.
As a minimum listed below are the things you need to allow for and the numbers quoted have nothing to do with if you are a millionaire or not. These are cost minimums to do MSA racing:
Sat Practice - �35-�50 (depends on club)
Race fee - �35-�50 (depends on club)
Race Oil/Fuel - �5-�12 per day (depends on class)
Slick Tyres - �25-�150 (depends on class and how often you change them)
Wet Tyres - average out at say �30-�50 per meeting
Food at track for Driver and two others - �15 per day
Consumables/damage eg plugs, chain oil, carb/brake/wd40 spray, cables, bumpers, mychron leads �15-�30 per day depending on how unlucky you are and class
Transport Fuel 20p � 30p depending on whether car or van so say �20 - �30 per trip (�40-60 per weekend assuming 50 miles from track)
Engine rebuilds/Dyno work � at least �25 for average competitiveness, �50 per day if you want to be close to the front.
Totalling the above gives you a range of between �290 - �574 per two day race weekend.
In terms of classes you could say that Comer/TKM fits the lower cost range and Rotax/KF the higher cost range.
Off course you will always find someone who has bought a second hand outfit and run it for 10 dry races on the same tyres and never had a crash, changed the plug or had problems with the engine. For him karting will seem cheap as chips and if he has enjoyed it good luck to him.
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