How much hp do you need to win money in races? i'm a complete noob to this but might be interested if there's $$ involved. are there a bunch of different categories to compete in?

 

http://home.dejazzd.com/mlouie/autocross.html

 

Yeah there is no money... If you want to make a million racing: start with 2!

 

Well I make some money by autocross. I enter the Valvoline Cup, Sliderule Cup, and some of my sponsors send me some money too.

 

This guy wants to make $$$ not get reimbursed for expenses. We all know that racing is a hole into which you WILL pour $$$ with little prospect of recouping it.
The only good car is one you can drive at its limits and win with. Try a few and find one you like for off-street activities such as autocross (no $$$ directly), SCCA/NASA track (no $$$ directly), NHRA/IHRA (no $$$ directly). This assumes you are not a prefoessional driver doing a professional event such as NASCAR.

Good luck

 

racing is just another sport

you will never get payed to do any sport unless you're a professional

<-----hates it when people get payed to have fun =(

 

That's how I see it, and recently I've become very interested in getting involved in racing somehow...I don't have money or a car to race yet, but have funds on the horizon. Where do you start? I'm completely noob and have no clue, but I do know I would have a blast doing this some.

 

For autocross you don't need alot of money . All you need is a car, which according to your sig, you have an 02 Civic coupe, that'll be fine until you have more than a year and a half of events under your belt.

Look up your local SCCA club, from the SCCA.org website.

 

I didn't know there were events for 127 hp cars....if so, i'll get signed up. Thanks.

 

There is a class for every make, type, and whatever your mind can dream up car. There's a class for the Geo Metro and a class for a tube frame, sequential shifter, motor cycle engine, with carbon fiber wings 13' across classes too.

About money though. Depending how you present yourself and how much charisma and time you spend in the sport you can get paid. You just have ot know how to work the system.

I probably figure I get about $2000-4000 in parts a year, plus my year end winnings for Valvoline Cup ($200-1000, plus 6 cases of synthetic motor oil) and SlideRule Cup (free Evolution School, free subscription to GRM, and other things). So it's not too shabby.