Maybe not so hidden, but not talked about much outside of people who race regularly. Racing dad myself, we started in karts, came up through club racing in Spec Miata, then to WRL. This year we had an opportunity to do SRO with Hyundai which was unbelievably cool, will certainly do more in the future.. but with a number of friends that have made it higher in the ranks (Trans Am, NASCAR, IMSA, Road to Indy), for the money and experience WRL cannot be beat.
Seat Time: one race weekend my son spends more time in the seat (roughly four and a half hours, sometimes more sometimes less), it would take two full sprint race weekends to match it, maybe 3.
Competition: you’re on track with drivers and teams who run the higher pro series. It isn’t just the racing that is valuable, it’s the networking. When the Hyundai opportunity came up, references were checked and most of them came from WRL. Everyone knows everyone.
If you’re a photographer (which I have become) this is the best place to learn. ChampCar is just as good, it’s the amount of time you have, the different conditions, the development is just unmatched. I attribute where I am now to spending a lot of time trackside and some pretty historic tracks, taking photos.
I could go on and on, but WRL streams its races if anyone ever wants to watch. Last year we went to Roval, COTA, tracks that were video game dreams before, Daytona is up next in June.
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