hahah i like this bit

"come Friday, he wrestles the baby carrier out of the back seat of the Mazda RX-8, wrenches on a set of extra-grippy tires and slaps some magnetic racing numbers on the sides. Plop on a helmet, and the transformation is complete: family man to top-performing race car driver."

Good on ya Jason(ULLLOSE) remind me to buy you a beer some time or maybe a tire

full story

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...2-racing_N.htm

 

Repost?

 

Here you go: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/usa-today-140356/

 

meh mine is in the MEDIA NEWS section where it should be beside no fair posting about it when you're the subject of the article

 

Btw, I'm not Jason Isley.

 

That was fun... Big thanks to the Mazda PR dept for putting it together. The only bad part is you can not read the Mazdaspeed on Jessica's shirt.

 

Psst, he thinks I'm you! Play along with it.

 

no i dont.
i know who jason is.
i was using "you"
in the general sense

 

Right, I gotcha.

 

i have the same racing jack as you

 

that baby chair looks like a racing seat

 

that is awesome, why havent i seen this post yet.

 

It is, Recaro.

 

I have never seen that before! No doubt your son will grow up racing as well!

 

That was a cool article to read... Hey Jason, can you talk a little bit about the start up costs to do auto crossing, in general at the least?

I've been thinking about it for the past year or so, but I never knew how much it would cost to start and run, and hearing $6K a year was pretty reassuring for my dreams. I guess the other thing holding me back is that I'm 6 foot 3, and I don't know if I would fit in the RX-8 with a helmet on.

michael

 

his son is a daughter.

But yeas, she will be fast just like mommy and daddy.

Congrats on th article Jason. thats awsome!

 

There are only three must have items to get started.... Alignment, should be around $60. A set of R compound tires, around $1000 depending on what brand you like, these can be mounted on some used stock wheels which you can find for less than $400. This is what you need to get started in stock class.

The next step would be shocks, Konis can be found for $600. Some people like to change the front swaybar, $300 or less for this. If you have money burning a hole in your pocket some light wheels are nice, $2000, but not a must have.

I think our total start up was around $4000, because we did the expensive wheels and everything at the same time, but we have not had to invest any more money since 2005.

Most of our $6000 budget for the year is travel cost, fuel, plane tickets (because I drive to out of town events and the wife will fly) and hotels. This year we have a lot less out of town events so we should spend about half that.

There are a number of tall guys that run the RX-8, zoomfor3 (Chris Harvey) is tall, World Challenge driver Jason Saini jumped in one at the Solo Natl last year and he is a tall guy.

 

note - the 2009s have the moonroof as optional on all package levels

 

Sweet!!! Thanks for the info... this thread has been bookmarked for budget work to be assigned for a later date.

michael

 

grats Jason, nice article!

 

Loving the car seat!! My buddy has the same one in his evo, if only I was smaller Id get four of those... think of the weight savings :D

 

The seat weighs 31 lbs.

 

Nice article. Between this and the latest issue of SportsCar, I'm getting Isley overload! How long til he's on Jay Leno?

mtrevino, the startup costs for autocrossing is in reality about 20 or 30 dollars ... however much it costs for your local club's entrance fee. Tires, shocks, numbers, helmet ... all that stuff can wait until you figure out how serious you are.

 

Nice baby seat.

 

nice article !!!!! height should not be a problem i am 6 ft 5 in ,helmet clears just fine....