Students Who Race

[Tyler.M]

I think most are impatient because they see where "people are" instead of where "they started" and expect to start at the end.  It's a process...

This. Need more posts like this. I think a lot of undergrads look at you, Jake, Maeng, Gerald and see guys that we assume have piles of cash to throw at racing but in reality you guys were just really smart and focused with where you spent your money.  I'm fickle with this hobby and switch between bikes and cars on a pretty constant basis and never really focused on racing at any point, meaning I have 0 skill or financial assets invested in it. 

I know when I joined I chomped at the bit to get to where a lot of you guys were because I loved the club and the community and found a place at JMU that I belonged to. In the end, I ended up frustrated with a pile of an M3 and no money to do anything with it other than drive it around. I worked too much to pay for car parts, then worked weekends, which knocked me out on doing events. In hindsight, I should've gotten a reliable car that was a decent learning platform and started out slowly. I bought the M way before my skillset or budget called for it and then never got much further.