Yeah, a Testa Rossa could be a little costly to rebuilt. So's an Enzo. I don't know if you saw the photos I posted of Richard Losee's wrecked Enzo and then the rebuilt car racing on the salt flats or not. If you didn't, I'll try to find the post or repost 'em. He really destroyed the car by leaving the road at over 200 mph. But it was rebuilt and held the C/Blown Fuel Modified Sports record at 237 and change that he set in October of 2010.
The irony here is that he probably has a huge investment in it, most likely well above 7 digits. Well, that's not the total irony. That came about when he lost the record...and not by a little bit, but by a ton. The new record is 305.596 and it was set by a very highly modified Triumph GT6. See attached photo. I don't know what motor is in the Triumph (if you can call it that anymore), but it put a spanking on the old record. And although I don't believe that car came cheaply, I'd be very surprised if it was more than a mid 5-digit dollar amount. Plus the driver got what's called a "Blue Hat" for getting into the 300 MPH chapter of the 200 Club. Losee had to settle for a Red Hat...the "plain vanilla" 2-club hat. (I'd kill someone or something to get one, but my car isn't set up to run over 160.)
Racing IS expensive. Speed costs money. The question is how fast can you afford (or want) to spend? I'm an old guy retired due to heart trouble. I don't have a huge amount of disposable cash. Mr. Losee's family owns jewelry stores. There's no way I could compete with him. But I'll go as fast as I can with what I can afford and have a hell of a good time.
Speaking of that, my transmission should be ready tomorrow. Yippee!
RtR
