Will gas be effecting your riding and racing this season

[Mxjunkie]

I figure with all these threads lets see how the polls show!

It's going to effect me a little I wont be racing the full season this year 200 dollars paycheck each week doesnt get me anywhere. I'll probaly stick to one track and do track points this year..

this way we can weve out and not have so many gas threads keep it to one thread :p

[theTman]

yep....i need a job..lol

[Pappy]

it has affected us from early spring. we pretty much cut out local races to save $$

[roostin_dale]

Not too much..I have been on a mission all season to win the district championship, nothing is gettin in my way. I work my *** off monday-friday and spend every penny of it on the weekends...it will be worth it in the end..

[Warnerade]

it will not effect my return to racing this winter either.

[MOFO]

Hasnt really effected me yet... well it really wont effect my riding... but I'm waiting to see the outcome overall of the gas prices... especially with them getting higher and higher every day!

It just jumped to $3 here in western PA

We are selling our expedition it is now $75 to fill the stupid hog up

[Mxjunkie]

very true mofo, they are climbing at a alarming rate! with the way they are going we could buy vp racing 112 octane in 1999-2001 for what 94 octane will cost soon!

[hardkoratvmxr]

closest track is 45 minutes to an hour away and with gas bieng 3.34 like it just turned here over a couple hours i dont think i can afford to put gas in my chevy 350 v8 and 92 in the quad so i def wont be riding very far.

[fasterblaster09]

mxjunkie69,I've seenin one of yuor post you sai yuo run c12 for races...Do you know if the fuels such as c12,Ulimate 2,f te prices will also be going up on them or not??..Because $8.75/gallon was killing me,I just hopes the prices dont rise.

[Mxjunkie]

they went up, c-12 use to be 35 for 5 gallon back in 99 or so when I raced minis, its now 45 dollars.

[fasterblaster09]

No what I mena is,if it costed 8.75 last month,is it going up recently,or anytime soon??...In other words,is the price shooting up lik pump gas?

[Mxjunkie]

I havent bought it since the rausch ride, but I would almost have to say it probaly will but I dont think as much..

[86350x]

Sure has been, haven't really rode much since a couple of months ago. For me to even ride at baldwin will cost me 80 bucks just to get there and back. Not to mention the fuel I'll be burning up riding.:ermm:

Pretty sad, hopefully it will change after the holiday weekend.

[Woodsrider]

yes it is effecting my riding, but not as much as the strike I will be on starting at 12:01am.

[Pappy]

here is my reciept for this weekends fuel:eek2:

[cletusEX]

That's right up the road. Where yall racing at this weekend?

[Pappy]

no racin', gonna try and hit the landing in easton on saturday, then shoot over to the boss's house for his 45th wedding anniversary.


$70 for fuel in the ruck
$60 in race gas
$5 bay bridge toll
$30 in water , ice and gatorade and snacks
$50 for entry fee


man....i better second mortgage the house to enjoy a saturday!

[Doober]

gas prices will cut out my riding around the yard...but wont cut out my racing

[duke416ex]

It affects me like this, I used to ride around for fun or jump on the 400 whenever I wanted, I would go out on the weekends and eat and have fun. I now drive the speed limit everywhere cause the faster I go, the more fuel I use, go only from point a to point b and on the wekends I go home early and go to bed.

Now that I think about it I may just be geting old the reason I drive slower and go to bed ealry, dange I hope that ain't it.

[FourFiftyFour]

it will be effecting the amount of times i go practice. will still race a full season next year, but I might not be going to practice every week anymore unless I can keep practicing at the local track 10 min away, but not as many trips to my fav track in the whole world which is about a 65-70 mile drive :(

[SRH]

no it wont affect me in that aspect whatssoever..how ever ever its really difficult to walk into pay for the gas after i pump it...probaly because i just got railed in the ***.... i just payed $3.65 for regular

[wvspeedfreak]

Yes,it will definately be affecting my riding trips.

[86350x]

If it stays like this, I'll just leave my snowmobile's put away for the winter also. Looks like I'll have to dust off my ps2 for the winter time. :(

[400grl]

It's already affected me.....we can't go to Utah for the WORCS race now.......we have cut out most local races to just save money to get to California for the ITP races......and I don't know how we are going to do it next year. I will be getting a second part time job after the 1st to save money for racing......which really really really SUCKS.

I am also going to look into getting my quad street legal again.....almost did it with the Banshee.......it's alot more worth the effort now. :o

[wilkin250r]

Originally posted by 400grl
I am also going to look into getting my quad street legal again.....almost did it with the Banshee.......it's alot more worth the effort now. :o

You can be street legal in AZ?!? I'm SO there!!!!

[Mxjunkie]

well, I've been without work for 3 weeks now due to people canceling, I work in autobody the reasons are so far, its either get their car fixed, or pay for gas and drive..

I guess I'm not getting the elkas I wanted :ermm:

[SCUDA]

I have decided to attend the rest of the GNCC races this year...If the gas prices stay the same next year. The 2005 season may be the fairwell tour!:rolleyes:

[rollie]

yah we might be takin a few races off,our lifted silverado gets 11mpg:ermm: and takes $90 to fill up....that might be parked for a little lol

[spincr4hire]

Originally posted by SCUDA
I have decided to attend the rest of the GNCC races this year...If the gas prices stay the same next year. The 2005 season may be the fairwell tour!:rolleyes:

I hear ya..we gotta find a VW diesel van that will pull a 7 x 20 trailer...:cool:

[400grl]

Yeah, you can get your quad street legal here. Can't ride it on the freeways, though - and even if you are in compliance with the State DMV regulations, certain cities will ticket you in a second. The two cities that won't are the two we need to ride in......so, so far so good! Just need a few little items and increased insurance coverage so far. Maybe an old pair of Hoosiers or something......they don't require street tires, though....crazy!!