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[Sijray21]

Participating in track events doesn't necessarily mean a driver school. It could be just spectating or working an event (which by the way, helps pay for a school!).

and beer!!! you can't forget that working a track weekend will give you enough money to buy ALMOST 4 kegs....4 KEGS! (i'm just trying to think on college terms.... )

One thing we shouldn't do is look down upon people that choose not to track their cars, if thats their choice we should respect that. If they otherwise support and enjoy MM that should be enough.

agreed

example: when i first started out my roomate scotty (he's on here) dragged me along to this meeting. i was mostly into the car scene and modifying it while pimping it around (...very difficult to admit this ). After seeing a few pictures and videos of members at auto-x's i thought i'd come out and watch one....this was an enlightening experience. Afterwards i started to appreciate the driving aspect of cars a lot more so i wanted to auto-x. I thought - near impossible to damage your car if it's good working order, a LOT of fun, and it's super cheap! No-lose situation in my eyes. I did a bunch of these. I then worked my first track event. I was REALLY hungover, maybe even a little drunk, and i worked with Mike Collins at T1 at Summit Main. i wasn't much help, but holy crap was that fun to watch. After that i started working for credits with NASA being a flagger. Since i was working for credits i had to use this on-track with NASA for a track weekend. After working several events i really wanted to track my car and i knew that HPDE 1 was a relatively low-risk event as long as i didn't get over my head (self-control). After this i was done, i wanted more and more track time.

I'm just hoping more people can start out in steps and really have fun with this type of sport! it's a blast! we all like our cars (if we have them/if they're running) and to watch and really appreciate the sport! I know most of you don't want to lose your car, but i do urge current students to just watch the events. Once you experience the auto-x, the carting event, the track, whatever - you'll want more if that Motorsports passion is with you :wink:

As an alumni now i appreciate everything that MM has done for me and looking back at those experiences on-track and being with these people has really changed my life for the better. Enjoy college, i know i loved it, but don't forget about the other aspects. I think Feersty summed it up quite nicely.

EDIT: instead of asking students to come out, i think we should just post more on how fun it is. they'll follow on their own :wink: