Thanks for the info, Steve. I had actually visited that website a few months ago, and purchased the Bando 101 book. That's where a good majority of my working knowledge has come from. Now, when you mentioned 2-3 sets of tires per season, is that the 1 race per month during the winter series or is that the 4 races per month during the Thursday Thunder series? I'm assuming that's about $350 for a set of tires, unless I'm wrong, but I'm also unclear on cost of cutting a tire. I'm just hoping to get by on $500 a month for a month with at least 4 races, not including the cost of a spare engine or other damaged parts which I know will happen eventually. Those things I can save for and do the repairs myself, so I'm not worried about that so much. Another thing I was told is that there would be a set up fee once I bought the car that would be around $1,000. Is that right? Although I believe I could eventually get to point where I could set the car up myself, I admit I will need a starting reference. Thanks again.