08-05-2010, 09:41 AM
We did a 24 Hours of LeMons this year. The car cost was $500, excluding safety equipment, and the event ended up costing $3,000-$4,000. Even if you skimp on food, camp, etc, etc, etc the shit adds up quick. I suspect doing a 4 day trip from NY to NO would be fairly similar in terms of consumables. (How are you going to get home?)
Be very realistic about your costs (e.g. round up) before you spend a dime. A lot of times a project gets started, people bail because it starts costing more and more and others are left holding the bag. We dealt with some "cost resentment" for our car and it was between six middle aged men, not poor college students.
Also be realistic about sponsorship. We asked a bunch of businesses about sponsoring the LeMons car and they basically said hell no. These are companies that we're familiar with and get some sort of sponsorship from for the 944 Cup series. They just don't see the business value in slapping a decal on a "we want to have fun" car, especially in the poor economy. That might be even more difficult if there's a chance you guys would be perceived as breaking the law (car runs have a bad reputation), even if you have no intention of doing so. Sponsorship is likely going to require a good bit of time invested.
I think it's a good idea and would like to see you guys make it happen. If you do, it'll be something you talk about for the rest of your lives.
Be very realistic about your costs (e.g. round up) before you spend a dime. A lot of times a project gets started, people bail because it starts costing more and more and others are left holding the bag. We dealt with some "cost resentment" for our car and it was between six middle aged men, not poor college students.
Also be realistic about sponsorship. We asked a bunch of businesses about sponsoring the LeMons car and they basically said hell no. These are companies that we're familiar with and get some sort of sponsorship from for the 944 Cup series. They just don't see the business value in slapping a decal on a "we want to have fun" car, especially in the poor economy. That might be even more difficult if there's a chance you guys would be perceived as breaking the law (car runs have a bad reputation), even if you have no intention of doing so. Sponsorship is likely going to require a good bit of time invested.
I think it's a good idea and would like to see you guys make it happen. If you do, it'll be something you talk about for the rest of your lives.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth