Good Evening Gentlemen and Ladies,
I am brand new to racing, brand new to Formula Vee, brand new to just about everything. But I have gotten bit by the VeeBug again, and decided this would be the best route to my envisioned goals.
Little about me. I am a disabled Marine Corps veteran. Bad back, bad shoulder, bad spine........*and que the SCREAMING, and exploding heads. Lol. Well, let me start by saying this, I am not a racer. I have accepted that my time doing things that "could" jar my back are limited for the rest of my life. Now with that said, I find joy in racing so I am going to get into it, and with my passion for VW's, what better way then Formula Vee. Sadly right now I am without a Dub, as a child my dad was a aircool restorer, and we restored, lol we, he I held a flashlight, four beetles, and a karmin ghia, he passed away before we could do a bus, but since I was 15 with my learner's permit I have had a couple my own VW's, a Mk2 8v's, a Mk3 TDI, a Mk4 Jetta, 82' Mk1 Caddy, and a Mk5 Rabbit. We almost got a Toureg but missed out and ended up with my wife's Santa Fe right now. But my love for VW is strong. At 17 I went into the Corps, went to Afghanistan in 2010, as a 19year old Corporal, got into a wreak in 2011 that gave me a torn rotator cuff in my left arm, left wrist fractured, right elbow fracture, t-10 to t-12 compressed into one mass, t12 vertebrae right wing fractured, that put me out of Active Duty, switched to the National Guard for 4 more years as my back slowly showed me who was really boss, and got out of the military in 2016. Since then have mainly been working in the Hotel industry in management and operations (resume answer), and got out of it this year because of the Pandemic. Well since the pandemic started, really got to do alot of self assessment and getting to spend more time with my family, and also getting to venture outside of my normal comfort zone, and with my wife's blessing, she has allowed me to explore a few new hobbies like drones, scooters, and adventures, but the most promising idea we have came up with involves Formula Vee.
So with that said, may I ask for 10 more mins of your time to break down an idea, and see if anyone would be interested in helping make it a reality. I'm trying to get as much input as possible to see how far it can go.
I would like to develop a new type of Racing Team. What our thoughts are is to create a travelling racing team. And some of you went, well that's nothing new, but here is where I want to dive into the deep end. To start I want to build three spec FV car's, and partner with as many track's, driver's, and leagues, to travel to as many tracks as possible with the team in the #1 car, but the #2, and #3 car be available for newbies, rentals, and tryout's for the #1 car team. The issue's I cannot find out to make this possible is, if any league would allow newbie drivers to race in rental's? Don't think so as long as the car is Spec. In my mind. Is there a league where we can travel to various track's, run heat's with the 3 car's. Is any of this even possible?
Now I know folk's may say, well if you throw enough money at anything you can make it happen. Well Im not a rich man, sometimes Im not even a stable man, but there is a reason I choose FV seeing race ready cars being sold for less then $7500 on the norm, tell's me that this is in the realm of a LLC and less then a $25k investment overall if it goes farther then one year as a test. If it worked out as well for the tracks, because for every race we come to, we would be bring three cars, not just the #1 car. A local racer in a different league could race, maybe even get some retired racers to come out and give it a whirl.
However, spitballing here, the idea is to presale shares into the investment. Tracktime and use of the #2 car at event's being the main selling point. So for a grand, if there were to be 25 races over the next year at different track, and 25 people signed up to race in the #2 car at those tracks, then 25 people get exposure to racing, etc, etc. Now putting it in words makes that look like crap, but that's not the ending. We could throw in schooling from a Coach, etc. So I guess I spitballing a left field idea here, but who know's maybe it could work. But allow's there to be the $25k budget, ofcourse this would provide maybe 2 cars operating a short field of events, but I'm new, researching and seeing if this can happen.
Would anyone want to partner with me in making this a reality and provide me advise on what I need to do?
Current Equipment List Needs
Dually Quad Cab Truck
Fifth Wheel Trailer capable of holding 3 FV cars, tools, tires, etc all inclusive, if possible, some form of crew quarters
3-Formula Vee Cars, and spare parts
Tools- Including, generator, compressor, lift, etc
Driver Equipment- Helmets, Suits, etc
Safety and Training Equipment- Maybe do a driving school at the track the day before or something.