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Originally Posted by JNWRF01
some of your numbers sound crazy. Set up costs are operational costs are very different.
To set up a nice BARC Renault team - work on £30k for cars / £20k for nice truck and kit (lets be honest - most BARC teams are no where near this) / and to set up the workshop - well most of your kit lives on the truck - and having a load of Dura cabs to look nice for sponsors is a load of B/S - you can use second hand kitchen units to store stuff!!
Biggest issue is premises rent/insurance/rates - labour is pretty cheap (decent BARC guys c£150 a day)...
So overall - count on say £50k tops to get going - and prob a few grand a month overheads to turn the lights on and off..
We ran a successful F4 team in 2008 on this basis - two good cars + nice truck and premises at Snett - so prices may have changed a bit - but prob not too much.
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You would struggle to get 2 cars for £30k. Most good cars will be going for £25k each in BARC spec so I would think start up costs for 2 cars would be close to £100,000. I have seen on twitter some teams quoting £30k for a season in BARC....Not sure how those numbers at up as entrys, testing fees and tyres must be close to that.....
I wouldnt do it as a means to making money......you might scratch a living at that level but I am sure there are better ways to spend £100k if you have it!!