Imagine the costs for those competing in motor racing?
I used to compete in amateur auto road racing.
For a two-day weekend it was around $3-4k.
Hotel, travel, fuel, tires, brakes, entry fee, etc.
That doesn't include the car, safety gear, tools, trailer and truck to tow the fucking thing.
It did it for three years. Was an amazing experience, but a huge waste of money.
Prizes were either a free set of racing tires or $2k.
There are multi millionaires in the circuits, so winning the series championship is almost impossible.
I did win a few events for my class, but never had the time or money to complete the circuit.
I had 80k in the car, 25k truck, 5k tools and 8k trailer.
That's peanuts compared to what most guys spend.