Thread: If You Where a Racing Driver, Where Would You Drive?

If you where a racing driver what race series would you race in and why ?
E.g DTM,IRL,Nascar etc
I proberly race in F1 or DTM

The IRL first, I mean we have the Indy 500, doesnt get any bigger than that and NASCAR second.

This is roughly how much racing drivers earn
F1:There are reports saying that Alonso will make $46 million this season. That's only from his contract with Renault and does not include lucrative sponsorship deals, and only stands if Alonso stays for a second year. Hamilton recently resigned with McLaren for $138 million over the next five years, which breaks down to $27.6 million per year or $1.53 million per race in 2008. Alonso will be earning $2.55 million per race this year, and if renewed for next year will beat even the lucrative $86 million two-year offer Schumacher got to stay at Ferrari through 2008

Nascar:
Sponsorship; Over the years, the most comfortable amount traded in was around $12 - $16 million for advertising on this car side.The associate sponsors, though amounting roughly from $50,000 to $500,000 do provide a substantial boost to the sponsored funds.
The prize money;The amount is nothing to sneeze at. Sterling Marlin's 1985 Daytona win got him and his team $300. Jeff Gordon's win this year got him five times that amount.

I will try and find out how much other drivers earn in other racing series.

No thanks salty, you know Im afraid of flying..

For me, realistically, I'd have to race Legends Car series. In fantasy land, we'd all race F1 (minus DR who would drive IRL).

In my La-La world I'd be WRC driver from 1983 to 1985 and drive those monstorous B-group cars, after that I'd go to F1 for seasons 1986 to 1994 and get to compete aginst Senna, Prost, Mansell, Arnoux, Schumacher, Piquet, Berger, Hakkinen etc.