Hey guys,

My name is Austin, and I am from colorado.

I have a 96 e36. I am 17 years old and I am trying to stay in the auto industry for my future. I have been taking some performance driving schools in the past year, and I have about 40 hours track time... I am really trying to do this.

My center question is... Is there any way to get sponsored, or is anyone willing to talk about helping me? I cant afford the tires any more... Atleast it is really hard for me to pay so much for tires.

Will any tire companys help sponsor cheap(er) tires to help me out? Or some shop be willing to help me out...

Also, are there such things as "teams" at this level? If so, how can I get on one?

PLease no sarcasm... PLEASE...

If you would like to talk, please email me at Bikemx423@comcast.net

Thanks sooo much guys!

Regards,
Austin:buttrock

It is pretty easy... win races and get a sponsor. Sorry there was a bit of sarcasm...
No one is going to give money or product to someone who hasn't won anything, there is no benefit to the sponsor. Try going to work for a tire shop.... shops are more sympathetic towards helping their own employees, I am anyway.

Search "sponsor" and "sponsorship" in this forum...not just in the thread titles. You'll find plenty of info that a lot of people probably won't take the time to retype.

You can buy used tires. You can find used street tires on e-bay for next to nothing. When you're ready to move up to r-comps, there's plenty of places that will sell slightly used tires at a considerable discount. Search.

If you're serious about racing, and are on a limited budget, start with karting. It's a few scales down in terms of costs, but lacking not much really in terms of the wheel to wheel racing experience.

If you're serious about racing, and are on a limited budget, start with karting.

Yeah, if there's good sprint track karting in your area, you should be doing it. Are you ready to sell your E36, stop hanging out with friends much, forget having a girlfriend, work a job in every spare moment just to throw the $$ you make into racing? If you can answer yes to those questions, you've at least got a place to start. If you can't answer yes to all of those questions (I tried it for a short time), you just need to find a way to extort $100K+ out of someone to start funding a racing season. :)

If you really want to go racing, go racing. Now that you have the basics, screwing around at track days isn't going to benefit you much.

your best bet is to run take offs if you want cheap tires. just make sure that whatever you get are ok with the organizers: some track days require DOT tires, so you're limited in what you can use.

OK well thanks alot guys... I will do some searching around on the forums also. I have particapated in some shifter kart stuff... 125. Haha and thanks B.watts... No I dont have a girlfriend, I dont hang with friends to much to start, and I have been throwin all I got in the car so far... So maybe I am some what on track! And I have just been "screwing around on the track" to make sure this is what I want to do...

Well, thanks again. You guys are awesome to help a 17 year old kid out haha.
Thanks

just sell the cherokee for track car money. ha

just sell the cherokee for track car money. ha

Sell them both, pick up a cheap old beater pickup to drive around on the street, and use the funds to go karting. You can carry the kart in the back of the truck.

there is a book every person thinking about racing needs to read.

dave gran's "go ahead, take the wheel". it is all about the details of getting started in racing in club level auto racing. it is available on amazon.com. buy it. read it. then decide how you want to approach the racing thing.

that is what i am doing now. just buying books off amazon and trying to learn alot. right now im reading "how to handle." there is so much information and different concepts and terms. its gonna take a few times of reading it. what ive learned about getting involved in racing is that it takes alot of patience. im 17 as well and i am realizing that i am going to have to wait a long time before being able to race like spece30 or any kind of road course style race series. you guys are always real helpful on here tho. thanks for it

there is a book every person thinking about racing needs to read.

dave gran's "go ahead, take the wheel". it is all about the details of getting started in racing in club level auto racing. it is available on amazon.com. buy it. read it. then decide how you want to approach the racing thing.

Sell them both, pick up a cheap old beater pickup to drive around on the street, and use the funds to go karting. You can carry the kart in the back of the truck.

+1 to both of those!!!

that is what i am doing now. just buying books off amazon and trying to learn alot. right now im reading "how to handle." there is so much information and different concepts and terms. its gonna take a few times of reading it. what ive learned about getting involved in racing is that it takes alot of patience. im 17 as well and i am realizing that i am going to have to wait a long time before being able to race like spece30 or any kind of road course style race series. you guys are always real helpful on here tho. thanks for it

the book i recommended is not about how to drive fast or race, it is about the process of how to get into racing, the costs, the licensing, the pitfalls, etc. it will help guide you in getting to that first race.

racing is expensive :(

thats why you should do well in school, go to college until you get your masters, get a good paying job and have club racing as a hobby.

i'm in the same boat as you i'm 17 and race preparing a 944 just get as much info as possible and get to know as many people in the racing community as possible if your looking to race professinally i would suggest starting with karts, because you can only go so far with bmwcca club racing. And get that book go ahead and take the wheel its a pretty good read and covers the basics of getting started in club racing.