Thinking about getting into a club.

[DRIFTINGmy85]

I purchased this book: http://www.racerjake.com/products.htm

I'm totally going to get into a racing club and I am wondering:
Who has a "Racing" or "Novice" license?
What clubs you belong to?
What events you do?

[CELICA XX]

Mommy, I wanna be a race car driver when I grow up !!!!!!!!!

[BuddyJ]

Step 1. Get car
Step 2. Go to Autocross
Step 3. Get ass kicked by old guy in car twice as old as yours who invested half the money you did.
Step 4. repeat Step 2.

[WadeT]

What's wrong with what he asked??? Looks like a decent starting point to me.

I'd stick w/ road racing. Autocross is kinda...:kekekegay

[Solo1Supra]

Best advice I can give is, find a local SCCA region, join, and go from there. That's how I got started.
http://www.scca.com/Inside/Index.asp?IdS=0D1433-1002740&Reference=RegionalSites&~=
First I ran Solo2 aka Autocross, then got into racing hillclimbs, which was known as Solo1. Now it's called Time Trials. I didn't get a road racing license, but I did have a Solo1 license.
Road racing can get expensive in a hurry.
You'll need atleast 2 driver schools before you can get signed off for your license. Not exactly sure on the prices,they vary depending on where you go, but add in the cost of the gear you'll need, which also isn't cheap, and your looking at $3-4K, possibly more before you can even step foot on a race course to race in competition.

[CELICA XX]

What's wrong with what he asked??? Looks like a decent starting point to me.

His post is focused on joining a "racing team" as opposed to LEARNING THE SPORT, as BuddyJ indicated.

[Supra GTR]

SCCA and NASA.. search for local organizations.

Regards,
James R

[BuddyJ]

Yeah. I'm assuming the thread starter doesn't have that much driving experience, so autocrossing to learn better car control skills would be nice. The sad thing is, autocross gives you very little seat time. Something like Time Trials or HPDE would be better, but they don't have those events in most areas.

Vintage racing seems easier to get a liscense for, because around here, it's one driver's school and then 3 good races before you get signed off. That takes the better part of a year, but once you have a competition license from a good sanctioning body, you can usually use it with other groups.

[BuddyJ]

oops... double post