The cash lost doesn't even compare to the time lost. He's been tweaking things on that snowmobile for YEARS. Majority of it was hand-machined. The motor that was in there is obviously not stock, so that had to be custom mounted. The pipes were hand 'tweaked' to fit under the hood. Good news is- he really enjoys working on them. The racing is a bonus, but it's the 'tinkering' that he likes. So he has a lot of tinkering in his future as he starts to rebuild a new race sled!