dgmark

The average gas station sells upwards of 200,000 gallons per month that's a load possibly 2 loads per day at 8000 gallons per load. At the track they will be lucky to sell 6000 gallons per month.
I do not think most tracks are getting rich off of selling you fuel

LuigiVampa

Do you really want to pay attention to how much you spend at the track?

DTMiller

+$2,378.46/day

Drewster67

Just curious if any of the gas stations close to the track sell race gas.

In Phoenix - there is a Loves Truck Stop, across the freeway from Wild Horse Motorsports Park, that sells race gas.

100/110 Octane at 8.49 Gallon

hacker-pschorr

Order a 50 gallon drum and bring your own:

http://www.vpracingfuels.com/racing-fuel

John H

Many of the tracks I frequent require a 10 minute or so drive to the gas station nearest the track (VIR, Watkins Glen, Mid Ohio, Putnam). I figure by the time I load up the jugs, drive to the station, fill the jugs, drive back, unload the jugs and pour the gas in, I am not saving much. How's that for rationalization? I do try to pre-fill three five gallon jugs on the way to the track on most occasions.

ExMB

I fill mine as well as my car prior to arriving at the track. Then refill the empty ones on the way back to the hotel. Very rarely do I get any at the track or at stations located right at track entrance.

85Gold

VIR is the only track I have visited that I didn't feel drawn and quartered when buying fuel. Mostly run 93 and never buy at the track except VIR.

Peter

LuigiVampa

Never pay attention to how much money you spend while on vacation, at a strip club, or tracking your car.

Drewster67

One of my track friends actually became a rep ....(I used that term very loosely) for Torco racing fuels -

He usually brings a 55 gallon drum with him and sells the fuel to his race buddies at cost.

jscott82

Back when gas prices were rising, my local track (CMP) was cheaper than stations. Was told the track was pricing the pump based off what they paid, whereas most gas stations price based on what they predict it will cost to refill.

Don't know how true that is or if it applies to other places though...

mglobe

Yes and when you don't have time to go get more fuel before you next race don't whine about prices at the track or the lack of fuel at the track.

Prices may be high at the track but I don't think a lot of tracks are making huge profits providing fuel. I view it as a major convenience to have the ability to buy fuel without leaving the track. It's worth the extra price at times.

Kein_Ersatz

^^^^ This ^^^^

Kein_Ersatz

Having just gone thru seasonal oil changes, I had a similar observation that motor oil prices have stayed flat too, yet base stock (crude) has dropped in price w/o gas pump price effect. If I recall the chemistry, the cracking of crude produces all sort of products from "a barrel of oil".

Make money where you can...

Joe T

I have had the same thought - why is race gas so expensive relative to pump gas? The team I race with does by it by the drum and yet there is no real savings there either. My guess has to do with the cost of doing special, one-off runs at the refinery given the low volume and without a $5-6$+ per gallon margin it probably is not worth their time/opportunity cost.