Getting started in racing has always been expensive and for many drivers — and fans —- Irwindale’s closing will raise those costs.

The slabs of flesh were expensive, and the thought of handling them disturbed me.

Other technology exists, but surgeons said the simplicity of the machine allows people to be trained quickly and some alternatives require a surgical team to travel to the donor, which can be expensive.

"You see everywhere is getting dead expensive and there doesn't seem to be a lot of support for clubs these days, so it's really nice to see somewhere like this still open," he says.

Among the things it considers are if services arrive on time and without cancellations, how regular they are during peak times, how fast they are, and how expensive they are per mile.