I love to practice I just wish I had more time to do it. So if you have the time to put in practice 2 to 3 times a week and a track is that close by consider yourself fortunate. Like the guy said in the previous post max you can go is 2 to 3 weeks without practicing and you will lose your edge. It just happened to me this past weekend race I was only able to practice on our new layout once and it showed in qualifying I normally make the a-main in sportsman but could not put it together in the quals. So if I had more time to practice it would have made a huge difference in my performance. So just remember it is a hobby and it is supposed to be fun the day that it becomes more headache than what it is worth is the day you should give it up.