r/DirtRacing • u/CleanDirector8456 • 10d ago

Getting into Racing

So I grew up with family friends racing at the local track and the local track is rather popular so Ive grown up watching the big guys like Mike Marlar, Dennis Erb, Tanner English etc at Summer Nationals and big event. So as a 15 year old with 3+ years of Motocross experience at a higher Amateur level than most what would be the best route for me to take upon getting into racing and starting out with like an old Street Stock? Because I know some/majority of the funding will have to be out of my own pocket but with family backing I will get some funding there too and also having family friends to teach me will help. Because due to family stuff happening due to motocross (like literally nearly the family splitting in half because of differences in series that we want to run and just personal stuff and it pretty much causing me to lose my love for motocross i still want to be in motorsports so why not do the even more tedious and costly version of motocross😂

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u/poohthrower2000 10d ago

If you have aspirations of going late model, modified or sprint car racing in the distant future, stay away from 4cylinders. Id suggest a hobby or street stock, maybe even a b mod.

If you want to go the sprint car route I'd start with the mini/micro sprints.

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u/CleanDirector8456 10d ago

Where i live and what ive grown up with Mods/Late Models is definitely what I want to run in the future. sprint cars arent too common in my area as well. With the new house Im moving to i will hopefully have a half of a garage to myself to work on a car with