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Re: What's the next step?
Posted by 'SimonS' on 01 Dec 2008 @ 11:57

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The problem you have identified is "Can't afford MSA". You race at Strubby, so I am making the assumption that you literally mean that you think the cost of racing MSA is too high to afford.

Sponsorship. A sponsor needs to know two things, how much it is going to cost and how much benefit is it. At this stage, you are looking to sponsor the step to recognition of talent rather than a career in F1.

It's an important difference to make, a local businessman may find it useful to be seen as paying for a local lad to take a step up the ladder, a social responsibility sort of thing particularly if it generates articles in the papers his clients might buy.

It probably won't help him if he is seen as taking a Ł10 million 10 year flyer into the next youngest ever world champion based on no more that a few kart races against an unrecognised opposition.

So your next step has to be to move into a recognised championship. (as an FB driver, I'd suspect that winning the NKRA national championship is the cheapest route to a nationally recognised number against opposition some of whom have made their names in other championships but found them too expensive.)

If you can compete successfully against a national grid; you don't have to win but be recognised as a driver with good technique and skills, then there's a chance to move into a race team / race school. You work as instructor, mechanic, tea carrier, whatever during the week and three weekends out of four, but on the fourth the business has you on track winning prestige and glory for them!

Learning to deal with the public and bigger sponsors creditably is just as important as winning races, because you are winning the firm the credit and money.

And being in the circle where sponsors operate, where your talent is measured against real opposition puts you into the arena for another 'rags to riches' story.

But honestly, given a choice between a driver who brings his own money to the party and a driver who just brings talent, money will win 99% of the time.

So: Jamie Crease, current NKRA Blue Champion, published a budget of around Ł4000 a year to win the championship.

That's your target, funding that!

Message Thread:

What's the next step? by 'Booney' (27 Nov 2008 @ 22:33)

Re: What's the next step? by 'SamDan' (27 Nov 2008 @ 23:25)

Re: What's the next step? by 'buzzinrussell' (27 Nov 2008 @ 23:50)

Re: What's the next step? by 'djcv8' (28 Nov 2008 @ 9:17)

Re: What's the next step? by 'Chris34' (28 Nov 2008 @ 9:38)

When you say has talent? by 'SteveC' (28 Nov 2008 @ 10:38)

I'm the 1%... by 'MikeWelford' (28 Nov 2008 @ 15:55)

Re: I'm the 1%... by 'buzzinrussell' (28 Nov 2008 @ 16:27)

Re: That makes it 2% then! LOL nt. by 'DanTheK1RaceGearMan' (28 Nov 2008 @ 22:27)

Re: That makes it 2% then! LOL nt. by 'RichyC' (28 Nov 2008 @ 23:30)

Re: That makes it 2% then! LOL by 'rotaxmxr' (28 Nov 2008 @ 23:33)

And I do it because of....... by 'SteveC' (29 Nov 2008 @ 13:31)

Re: What's the next step? by 'FullCanRacer' (28 Nov 2008 @ 10:40)

Re: What's the next step? by 'itpro' (28 Nov 2008 @ 17:29)

Re: What's the next step? by 'FullCanRacer' (28 Nov 2008 @ 18:21)

Re: What's the next step? by 'itpro' (28 Nov 2008 @ 18:26)

Re: What's the next step? by 'archiebald' (28 Nov 2008 @ 18:25)

Re: What's the next step? by 'RichyC' (28 Nov 2008 @ 21:06)

..... the next step? by 'Tmoon' (29 Nov 2008 @ 13:22)

Re: ..... the next step? by 'Booney' (30 Nov 2008 @ 14:30)

Re: What's the next step? by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: So: Jamie Crease, current NKRA Blue Champion, by 'MikeWelford' (01 Dec 2008 @ 16:59)

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