like Thunderbucket said, go to your local track, try going on test & tune night. I'll be honest with you when you ask questions only believe about 1/2 of what you are told. must yahoos will talk all kinds of crap. the best thing to do is think about what type of car you would like to use, then go to the track talk to the folks that use that style car. but I will warn you & I don't mean this in a disrespectfull way but the Chevy & import (aka) ricer people have more BS than most. they will tell you they only have X amount of $ in there car, or "it's all stock". I will tell you, quick = $$$. bracket racing can be alot of fun & you don't need a quick car, you just need to practice. now what they call heads up racing, unless you have very deep pockets you can forget it, usualy the one with the most $ wins.