Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/11/13 12:47 p.m.

I just got an email from Skip Barber Racing School. Here's the bottom line:

New Skippy Bucks Tier

We've announced a new program for avid racers who want to get more value for their racing dollars... Skippy Bucks!

There's a new, even better tier at $125,000! If you purchase $125,000 of Skippy Bucks, you get an additional $25,000 on your account! Now, that's an exchange rate worth making!

yamaha
yamaha UltraDork
3/11/13 12:56 p.m.

Is that a 5 year deal as a pay 2 play on a spec miata.....Or is Barber hurting for cash that badly?

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/11/13 1:03 p.m.

Even if I had unlimited resources, I'd have a hard time dropping more than a hundred grand on anything called "Skippy Bucks".

yamaha
yamaha UltraDork
3/11/13 1:16 p.m.

In reply to Woody:

Agreed, after using all that for their lessons, I'd expect you to be better than 99% of F1 drivers.....

Matt B
Matt B Dork
3/11/13 1:25 p.m.

Guess what guys - this isn't exactly aimed at our demographic.

Well, maybe except Wearymicrobe, but even then I doubt he would go for it. That guy seems pretty savvy and cost-efficient with his exotic car budgets.

dj06482
dj06482 GRM+ Memberand Dork
3/11/13 1:27 p.m.

That's a great deal, where can I sign up

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
3/11/13 1:41 p.m.

That is in Yen, right? They must be talking Yen.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UberDork
3/11/13 2:00 p.m.

This kind of thing makes me really leery that they will still be in business to honor there commitment.

psteav
psteav GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
3/11/13 2:09 p.m.
dean1484 wrote: This kind of thing makes me really leery that they will still be in business to honor there commitment.

I know, right? It'd be like a magazine offering a ten-year subscription for a hundred bucks.

wbjones
wbjones UberDork
3/11/13 2:16 p.m.
Brett_Murphy wrote: That is in Yen, right? They must be talking Yen.

Lira .....

ransom
ransom GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/11/13 2:25 p.m.

That's one of those things which, when I read it, immediately reminded me that some people's budgets are on a completely different planet to mine.

But as Woody points out, "Skippy bucks" does not engender... a good feeling.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/11/13 2:40 p.m.

Yeah for $125k they should train you to personally wipe that smug look off Vettel's face...instead you could spend a sane amount on training and then the rest on a supercar-killer or lots of pay-to-play racing.

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand Dork
3/11/13 2:50 p.m.

Well to do the Mazdaspeed challenge series it is 10.5K per weekend.. 65K for the season so that's basically buy two seasons get half of a season for free.. It is 20% back.. Not to bad of a rebate program really.

Not one I would be able to participate in but..

ClemSparks
ClemSparks PowerDork
3/11/13 2:59 p.m.

I'm curious about this term "Pay to Play racing." Is there any other kind? I think not really.

I've been around "professional racing" and it's very much "pay to play."

Rich people spending money on what they like to do. The top tier is a mix of "Find someone else to pay me to play" (as in, "I'm good enough to get a sponsor to fund my fun") and "I'm rich and can afford this." The rest of the field is pretty much filled out with the latter.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/11/13 3:02 p.m.
ClemSparks wrote: I'm curious about this term "Pay to Play racing." Is there any other kind? I think not really.

It's where you pay teams 5-digit sums to allow you to drive, and you don't pay for anything apart from that.

ClemSparks
ClemSparks PowerDork
3/11/13 3:19 p.m.

Ok. Like I said...that's how professional racing works (most of the time).

I guess my main thing is that it doesn't matter what level of racing you're at...you're paying to play.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UberDork
3/11/13 3:44 p.m.
psteav wrote:
dean1484 wrote: This kind of thing makes me really leery that they will still be in business to honor there commitment.
I know, right? It'd be like a magazine offering a ten-year subscription for a hundred bucks.

Risk versus reward. I went for the $100 deal as well but it is only $100. 125K I would want a financial statement certified by a CPA before I put that kind of $$$$$ down.

I see your point

racerdave600
racerdave600 Dork
3/11/13 5:00 p.m.

We're so not the target audience for this. I have met people that can simply write that check...it's like us paying an autocross fee.

car39
car39 HalfDork
3/11/13 5:03 p.m.

Is this related to the Lime Rock Autocross opportunity for $225. Makes a $200 track day look like Walmart

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/11/13 5:05 p.m.

And again, can we please start editing thread titles?

Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
3/11/13 5:11 p.m.
Woody wrote: And again, can we please start editing thread titles?

That's something I can do for you if you ask real nice like. The first one's free, but there's a new Alan Bucks tier I'd like to tell you all about...

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/11/13 5:39 p.m.
Alan Cesar wrote:
Woody wrote: And again, can we please start editing thread titles?
That's something I can do for you if you ask real nice like. The first one's free, but there's a new Alan Bucks tier I'd like to tell you all about...

Thanks. I owe you a hundred and twenty five thousand Woody Bucks.

yamaha
yamaha UltraDork
3/11/13 6:24 p.m.

In reply to Woody:

With exchange rate and inflation, I presume that's worth about treefiddy?

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
3/11/13 6:27 p.m.
yamaha wrote: In reply to Woody: With exchange rate and inflation, I presume that's worth about treefiddy?

I think he could buy out bitcoin with treefiddy though so there is that.

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