CD player just tanked.

jennerl, I tried what you recommended but no go. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. However, there is also a like-new Onkyo home theater system with standard speaker and sub hook ups and it is 85 watts per channel so I’m going to try that for simplicity.

Technically I am not racing. Just track days. I’m an instructor. I’ve got roll bar, race seats, HANS and all that for safety. We have an instructor run group and even though we aren’t technically "racing"....we are actually racing a good bit...informally...so safety is a serious (and expensive) issue.

My children are grown and on their own. I’m in pretty good health. Hope to keep doing this another 5-10 years. Other than tires and brake pads I’ve got the expenses pretty low.

Ah....you are where I want to be in 10--15 years when my daughter is out of school! Didn't mean to talk "down" to you at all, I had no idea your age or situation. What club or group do you instruct with?

My problem is I feel in love with the wrong marque to track. Porsche Club racing and Porsche Club HPDE events, car and parts are like money vacuums! I'm located very close to Lime Rock Park in CT and it's really the only way for me to race unless I wanted to do Spec Miata. Since our racing season is so short due to the weather we don't have enough other established car clubs. BMW has a great club and Audi's is "OK" but neither does anything more than HDPE out here. The clubs that allow any marque/driver are like the the wild west and are too risky to bring a Porsche too.

Anyhow back to the audio stuff good luck! Feel free to message or email me if I can help you out at all.

Racing is a whole other level of expense regardless of the car compared to HPDE.

I drive with NASA. They are loads of fun to run with but the racing classes are serious and you don't see too many shiny late model high branded cars.

DE4, for me, is tons of fun. Find 4 or 5 guys with comparable cars/talent and race all you want....just don't call it racing. I drive a 2007 Nissan 350Z that is not worth anything. I think it is a lot more fun when I don't have to worry about wadding up an expensive car.....but it certainly does not drive like a Porsche!

Funny thing is, down here in the south I skip July-Sept.NASA SE doesn't even run in August at all. Just too dang hot.

Yes, back to the music. I'm fortunate to enter the hobby with upper level stuff but for me there is sticker shock for every little tweak. I'm getting used to it.

I used to go to Limerock quite often. It’s a very small narrow track compared to some. The Porsche guys are very good at club events. I used to like the vintage stuff, seeing a pre-war Alfa on that track was a hoot. I drove that track back in the Skip Barber 3 day training sessions many years ago, using those Formula Jr. cars with Dodge Neon engines? I cannot imagine putting a powerful heavy car on that track but I know people who used to race there- Bill Hubbell (yes, his grandfather or great grandfather invented the electrical plug) was one.
That track at the motorcycle museum in Birmingham Ala is very nice. Porsche uses it as a training facility.
Cars can get pretty nutty; almost makes this hobby look sane. I’m well out of it at this point and never had the skill of a real racing driver. I did like the long rallies over B- roads on sanctioned events. We did the Targa Florio some years ago in Sicily. That was splendid .

I drive VIR frequently. Awesome track. The other two tracks I drive are local unknowns but still lots of fun. Barber is on my list. About a six hour drive. I'll probably drive Road Atlanta this year.

Limerock and Watkins Glen would be great but I don't see me towing a car that far.

The fellow I go to events with has a '67 Mustang. He built every inch of it including the engine. 675 hp. No power steering. No power brakes. It is faster than you'd think in the corners (5 link suspension in the rear) and it is terrifyingly fast in the straights.

For me one of the great aspects of track driving is that you find out where you and your car stand right quick. It can be humbling....to be passed by a Miata.

I have video of me on the back stretch of VIR at about 140mph. A Ferrari 458 Challenge car was there for a test-n-tune. 18 wheeler support vehicle, engineers, tire warmers, etc. He comes by me and it looks like I'm going 30 mph. I'm guessing he was up around 175 mph. Wonderful sound.

Targa Florio in Sicily! Must have been wonderful.