New Guy

$50 for the license - no schools needed. 

Don't think this racing is cheap - after personal safety gear, expect to pay $1,000/driver to get to the track.

Dice... Where do you hail from?

If your going to Buttonwillow  Old Fart racing is putting on a driving class. The cost is around
$25.00 bucks and well worth it! All of my new drivers are required to take the class or they don't drive.
http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=6595

Dice1: As has been pointed out, you do not need any special license. You only need a valid driver's license for driving on public roads. If you and your team mates have the, and $50, then you have a License to race in Lemons for a year.

It's nice to read that safety and fair play are your biggest concerns: I think everyone is in agreement on that!

The best  advice I can give you is load up all of the members of your team and head to the next closest Lemons race to you as spectators before you start buying and building a car.

It is quite an eye-opener and most everybody is usually very happy to answer your questions. There's just nothing like seeing in person what it is everyone tries to capture in words or video clips.

The Tracks i want to run are Laguna Seca and Infieion. I know there is no race at Laguna but if there ever was I would make a trip to race that track in a heart beat no questions.

Work: Dice1 you are  suposed to be at work today!!!!!
Dice1: Nope the beater race is at Luganu Seca and I am not gonna miss it!!!!!

There are different perspectives to this whole Lemons thing.  Some people get off on the prospect of winning overall, or winning the Index of Effluency.  Some just want to finish.  Some actually thrive on the fact that their car WILL break and they'll have to fix it.  You have to decide where on that curve you want to be.  For your first race, I'd recommend just finishing.

If you follow that advice... to finish, you need two things:  a reliable car, and a competent set of drivers.

To ensure that you have a reliable car and competent drivers that will get through the race without incident, I highly recommend that you get your drivers some track time.  Your local track should offer track events with instruction that they can do in either their own car or your "race car" if it is worthy.  I think you're far better off getting your guys familiar with the track environment in a controlled setting like that with an instructor rather than just throwing them to the wolves in a Lemons race.

Along the same lines, I believe your car should be mercilessly tested before the race.  So, after you've got your team some basic driver education, sign up for another track event and FLOG THE SNOT OUT OF THE CAR for several hours.

You can daily drive your race car, and if possible, you should.  That will shake out a lot of general problems and such.  But, don't think for a second that daily driving it is going to be anywhere near as stressful on the car as actually driving it at speed on a race track!  If you want to get past the first few hours of the race, do some track testing.

If you have some autocross under your belt and are from around outside Philly, I probably know you or know of you. 

If you are headed down to the Delaware Park for the Philly event this weekend, stop over and say hi.  A lot of the Schumacher Taxi team will be there.