A carefully-crafted cage can give you a nice boost in handling. E-bay, craigslist, and swap meets could really get you a long way towards something to beat on for fun. Big money racing can be fun to watch, but even most grassroots racing has gone the way of millionaire hobbyists that will spend on a weekender more than most of us make in a year. I don't begrudge them that, but it makes it hard for most of us to be competitive in open venues. I used to hate claimer sprints, but it grew on me over the years. The gross cheaters eventually got weeded out. Everyone bends the rulebook some.
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