Getting started in US?

[Lee Janotta]

Hi. This is really a question for the Americans, and perhaps the Canadians here. I'm quite tired of watching from afar, and I at least want to give racing a try. I don't have anything you could possibly call a budget, though, so my options are rather limited. The best I've come up with is trying to impress with daily driver in some SCCA Solo II events. All I've got are an '86 Chevy Celebrity wagon and a 90-horsepower '88 Mustang, so I'm certainly not going to win anything, even in H stock! Do you think, though, that seeing a 20 year-old with zero experience flinging a rusted-out old piece of junk thru corners in full four-wheel drift _could_ be suitably impressive to get some outside support? Hey, I don't even know I'll be that good, but I'll never know if I don't try. Should at least be pretty fun to finally open it up all the way without fear of law enforcement.

Any other ideas? I can't do karting due to budget and geography.