It's interesting to me that "the business" of racing includes selling the race car. The Racer's Group has 2 cars racing at Daytona next weekend that can be had (presumably after the race and assuming in ??? condition) for the price of a stock GT3+.
Now this sounds like a pretty darn good deal. Wanna drive the GT winner of LeMans from '02, sure buddy, enjoy the nice hand me down. I would like to think that it is REASONABLE to assume that these cars are in great shape. Twelve even HARD hours on an engine doesn't sound to stressful, does it? After all they were driven by pro's.
Finally, can anyone help me here on sustained after market value? Do "race cars" depreciate a great deal faster than stock vehicles? Sail boats do, and howdy. You can get a world class, America's Cup race boat for a song, if it's OK with you that you can't win... Not to mention needing a world class crew to sail the thing.
I was at Ruznak today eyeing a new GT3. The dealerships certainly make a fair amount of swag on cute fashion bits, don't they. I guess I'm a bit old school but a carbon fiber dash means a whole lot less to me than a new appreciation for a dry sump oil system. Maybe that's what intreagues me about the race cars, get the car, the trailer (and a darn good mechanic), and enjoy. You know, I'd just rather hang with the mechanics and watch the work done, maybe learn something, rather than get free coffee, donuts, and my a** kissed. Hell, get the mechanic a coffee and donuts, and kiss his a** because talent is hard to find. Being able to appreciate talent is a gift.
Bryan