What do you racers do for a living????

[dragonfly]

I am 22 and am activelly trying to figure out how I can begin racing in the 05 or probobly 06 season...

I am looking to find out how many of you have racing as your "primary occupation". (probobly not many.) And all the rest what do you do to finance such an expensive hobbie???

Thanks for any replies!!
Micah

[OmniGLH]

Sponsors pay for everything of mine... not a dime out of my pocket.  They even came to ME - I didn't go to them.  No race resume needed.  They've probably tried to contact you once or twice already and you didn't even realize it.  Most people outside of the racing industry know them as "VISA" or "MASTERCARD."

;)

Ok, seriously... the folks that do it full-time for a living, that *I* can think of:  Robert Jensen, Larry Denning, Mark Junge.  Thing about these guys is that they are fast enough to top-10 (maybe even top-5) in an AMA race.  The rest of us losers work day jobs.  ;)  So you gotta be pretty damn fast to be able to demand the money that these guys do.

There are sponsorships out there, some even cash.  Do a search on here for sponsorship advice, there's a lot out there.  My small tip:  go with non-motorcycle industry companies.  You'll get WAY more money out of them.

Oh yeah - I'm a project manager for United Airlines (for now, anyways... going back to school full-time in the fall of '05.)

[cornercamping]

CTO, Tek-Werks Corporation

And my sponsor's are listed in my signature line  ;D

[cornercamping]

Oh yeah - I'm a project manager for United Airlines (for now, anyways... going back to school full-time in the fall of '05.)

Hook a brother up with a discount
 ;D

http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=ccs1;action=display;num=1101443713

[Mark Bernard]

I devorced my wife, I got custody of my kids, so I use the child support money that I get to finance my year!

Seriousley though... Oh wait! I was serious!  ;D

What that don't cover I cover myself. I work for Daimler-Chrysler in the material department driving a forklift.

I do however stash a little bit of my tax return to help the with the season budget also. Bern...!

[EX#996]

Tax return money goes towards the racing season.  Plus, Paul works maintenance at a manufacturing plant.

Sponsors? I'm Paul's major sponsor (me and my job).  I provide the means to get there.   :D

Dawn

[LMsports]

I threw away a Biology/chemistry education and opened my own motorcycle shop. My entire business is built around road racing and selling parts and doing specialty service for race bikes. Trackside support is also a huge part of our business and is something we take seriously as a major part of our business and not just an add on. That way I can justify the racing and travel expenses as necessary to the success of my business!

[am_#65_john_deere]

i'm a butcher by trade,
but construction in chicago pays for the racing,wife , kid, and all the other luxuries in life. being in the union just covers the health insurance side of things.

going back butchering in 05.
going back home in a couple of days,
doing a full season of irish roadraces in 05

bye bye all.

[am_#65_john_deere]

oh yeah,
dragonfly,
do not try figure out how you are going to finance your racing,
just buy all that you think you need, race for the season, get three jobs in the off season and pay your bills then.

what i am trying to tell you is not to worry about the money end...........if you want to race.........go race,

[Clay]

Computer nerd here.  I was working for Microsoft as a top tier support engineer, till they laid me off.   ::)  Basically I'm a network admin.  I live paycheck to paycheck during the racing season.  I'm living paycheck to paycheck now because I don't have a good job at the moment.  Hopefully that will change before too long!   :-/

[OmniGLH]

Hook a brother up with a discount
 ;D

http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=ccs1;action=display;num=1101443713

Uhhh yeah.  I work for UAL.  I can get tickets for next to nothing.  I fly Southwest whenever I go anywhere in the US.  That should tell you something.

[cornercamping]

Computer nerd here.  I was working for Microsoft as a top tier support engineer, till they laid me off.   ::)  Basically I'm a network admin.  I live paycheck to paycheck during the racing season.  I'm living paycheck to paycheck now because I don't have a good job at the moment.  Hopefully that will change before too long!   :-/

Cingular Wireless is now looking for TONS of network admins.  They merged with AT&T wireless and doubled the infrastructure and they're looking for people in:

Atlanta
Seattle
Chicago

The company I work for is a business partner with AT&T and the merger screwed us up completely on one of our products.  So, I talk to now Cingular daily and they mentioned they are GREATLY UNDERSTAFFED in their words.  Especially on the networking side.   I can make some calls for you if you'd like or give you a few contacts "higher in the ladder" if you'd like. No promises though.  I just know their looking.  Shoot me an email if your interested:

ducelectronics@mac.com

Dan