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@Brommers
I've never actually added up how much I spend on racing, but 5-6k a year sounds about right, excluding the car, trailer and safety gear. Some people spend a lot more - lots of testing, new tyres every meeting, engine rebuilds etc. but with a more modest racing programme with a few days testing a year and 2 sets of tyres I'd say 5-6k would be doable. Fuel to get you to and from the race meetings takes up a surprisingly large amount of that, although there are much more economical ways of doing it than mine (Scooby WRX Sportwagon towing a large trailer).
The Z-100 was great fun. I think the best 0-60 Simon ever got was 2.7 seconds on Hoosier slicks. It was also quite fun at Le Mans when people in expensive sports cars decided to race from the lights, when Simon was just pootling along using only one engine, so he'd nonchalantly fire up the second engine.