Topic: Newcomers in the Atlanta area looking for general help
Myself and several guys from work are hoping to put together a car for the December race. We haven't yet registered, as we don't yet have a concept or a car, but we want to really soon! We're a bit nervous about a few things as newbies - primarily purchasing the car and not getting accepted to the race, or otherwise missing something big.
Half our team is engineers, and we have access to a real actual large shop including manual tube bender and MIG/TIG welding equipment, so we intend to build our own cage, but we still want to be really sure to do it right. It'd be great to review our plans with an experienced cage builder, and have it pre-inspected before the race.
I've also put together a budget after reading all the rules, but it'd be nice to see how far off it is or if we're missing anything unexpected.
None of us have anything more than autocross experience, really. Some guys with track time on motorcycles; I've put in a bolt-on rollbar. That's about the speed of things.