Greenhorn Teen looking For Team

How big is your allowance?

Don't mean to sound pedantic but just to get you in a drivers seat is going to cost you around $2000-2500 in safety gear and drivers fees for your first race and $1000-1500 PER race after that. So if you join a team that does 4 races a year, you're could be staring down a $5000-7000 investment. A suit is just part of your safety gear, helmet, gloves, shoes. nomex undies, and most importantly a HANS device all rack up the cost, even if you buy used or share a hans.

This is highly generic. What kind of "experience". Real world racing is much different than sim racing, and downshifting into a corner at 100mph is a lot different than pulling up to a stop sign. There is no reset button. If you badly crash someone's race car are you prepared to spend up to $20,000 to help replace that car?

The best thing you can do now is figure out how to get funded for this expensive hobby, and start attending HPDEs at your local tracks. If you can get your own track day beater car (like an old miata) and learn how to prepare/repair that car, you'll get a good idea of what goes into racing as well as gain non-sim experience that you can put on a resume. There's no reason not to wait a few years, especially since you "will do whatever it takes".

At the end of the day, someone has to pay the bills, so it's a crazy notion to think that just buying a suit is going to get you a chance to race. People in Lemons are crazy, but not that kind of crazy.

Let me suggest you take a mature attitude toward your interest - as I did - and immerse yourself in the knowledge contained in this forum.

I lurked here for about a year and a half before even registering to post.

I'll specifically suggest you begin with the "stickies" in the "Lemons Newcomers" section.

Then find threads which answer questions you currently have.

Then find threads that are interesting to you in some way.

And: read them in detail, including the responses.

Almost all initial questions have been answered here numerous times already.

Do the work yourself - in this lway you'll show potential value to a team.

When you have thoroughly read this forum, you'll have most of the answers you're looking for.

This is known as the "Read The Forum Meme", which will never die.

I’ll be honest. I have no knowledge driving on a race track. I do have knowledge of wrenching on BMWs though. I know thats not much but its something in halfway decent at. Its really always been a dream of mine to get into racing and I cant afford carting

I could afford a turn on the track. I may not have the money now but I could by the first race I can get to. Easily.

Thank you paddock rat. I’m going to try doing a racing school this year. Not only would that give me experience in driving performance cars but also set me up for potentially racing in SCCA races. I still want to participate in Lemons though because at the very least portions of the community seem friendly