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Originally Posted by Midget98
You are absolutely spot on with this. Even if the costs are $3,000,000, there's way more than a million in profit left. also, the website says that the Chili Bowl has seating for 15,000 so you are being conservative with your figures. It's a private business venture, so we'll never know the actual profit made each year, but your numbers don't even take into account the whole week of the Shootout. About 20 years ago, I was in Tulsa and was sitting around chatting with a bunch of guys including Lanny Edwards. It was brought up that the week before the Chili Bowl pretty much paid the expenses for the whole deal. Lanny just smiled and didn't say much about it. I'd bet the entry fees and pit passes for the Shootout are even more than the Chili Bowl based on the even larger number of cars and competitors. And do they even pay a purse for the Shootout or is it just trophies?
I don't begrudge anyone from making a profit (even a large one) from an event that he started and grew over the years, but it makes Emmet Hahn look pretty stupid when he makes statements and tries to claim that he's barely scraping by. Anyone with a calculator can tell you, that just isn't true.
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I agree about the guy making a profit. I want him to make money, a lot of money. Thats what business is about, risk and reward. However, to pay $10K to win when you are bringing in $4-5million and asking people to live in Tulsa for an entire week is just wrong.
Here is the entire Knoxville Nationals pay out. This is probably what the Chili Bowl should be paying.
KNOXVILLE NATIONALS PURSE BREAKDOWN
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY:
Heats:
1. $150 2. $125 3. $100 4. $90 5. $80 6. $70 7. $60 8. $50 9. $50 10. $50
C Main:
1. $150 2. $150 3. $150 4. $150 5. $250
6. $200 7. $175 8. $150 9. $140 10. $100
11. $100 12. $100 13. $100 14. $100 15. $100
16. $100 17. $100 18. $100 19. $100 20. $100
B Main:
1. $200 2. $200 3. $200 4. $200 5. $600
6. $550 7. $500 8. $475 9. $450 10. $425
11. $400 12. $375 13. $350 14. $325 15. $300
16. $275 17. $260 18. $250 19. $240 20. $225
21. $200 22. $200 23. $200 24. $200
A Main:
1. $12,000 2. $10,000 3. $7,000 4. $6,000
5. $5,000 6. $4,000 7. $3,500 8. $2,500
9. $2,000 10. $1,750 11. $1,500 12. $1,400
13. $1,300 14. $1,250 15. $1,200 16. $1,150
17. $1,100 18. $1,050 19. $1,000 20. $1,000
21. $1,000 22. $1,000 23. $1,000 24. $1,000
HARD KNOX FRIDAY:
C Main:
1. $200 2. $200 3. $200 4. $200 5. $200
6. $200 7. $200 8. $200 9. $600 10. $550
11. $500 12. $475 13. $450 14. $425 15. $400
16. $375 17. $350 18. $325 19. $300 20. $200
21. $200 22. $200 23. $200 24. $200
B Mains 1 and 2:
1. $400 2. $400 3. $400 4. $1,200 5. $1,100
6. $1,000 7. $950 8. $900 9. $850 10. $825
11. $800 12. $775 13. $750 14. $725 15. $700
16. $675 17. $650 18. $625 19. $600 20. $575
21. $550 22. $500 23. $500 24. $500
A Main:
1. $4,000 2. $4,000 3. $4,000 4. $4,000 5. $5,000
6. $4,000 7. $3,000 8. $3,000 9. $3,000 10. $3,000
11. $3,000 12. $2,500 13. $2,400 14. $2,300 15. $2,200 16. $2,100 17. $2,000 18. $1,900 19. $1,800 20. $1,700 21. $1,600 22. $1,500 23. $1,400 24. $1,300
CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY:
Best Appearing Crew:
1. $500 2. $250 3. $150
Best Appearing Car:
1. $1.500 2. $750 3. $400
Mr. Sprint Award:
1. $6,000 2. $2,500 3. $1,000
Pole Award Award:
$2,000
Rookie of the Year Award:
$1,000
E Main:
1. $600 2. $600 3. $600 4. $600 5. $600
6. $600 7. $800 8. $775 9. $750 10. $725
11. $700 12. $675 13. $650 14. $625 15. $600
16. $575 17. $550 18. $525 19. $500 20. $475
21. $450 22. $425 23. $400 24. $400
D Main:
1. $800 2. $800 3. $800 4. $800 5. $1,200
6. $1,100 7. $1,000 8. $950 9. $900 10. $850
11. $825 12. $800 13. $800 14. $800 15. $800
16. $800 17. $800 18. $800 19. $800 20. $800
21. $800 22. $800 23. $800 24. $800
C Main:
1. $1,000 2. $1,000 3. $1,000 4. $1,000 5. $2,000
6. $1,750 7. $1,500 8. $1,400 9. $1,300 10. $1,250 11. $1,225 12. $1,200 13. $1,175 14. $1,150 15. $1,125 16. $1,100 17. $1,050 18. $1,000 19. $950 20. $900
21. $850 22. $825 23. $825 24. $825
B Main:
1. $1,000 2. $1,000 3. $1,000 4. $1,000 5. $8,000
6. $7,000 7. $6,000 8. $5,000 9. $4,000 10. $3,500 11. $3,000 12. $2,500 13. $2,250 14. $2,000 15. $1,750 16. $1,500 17. $1,450 18. $1,400 19. $1,350 20. $1,300
21. $1,250 22. $1,200 23. $1,150 24. $1,100
Championship A Main:
1. $150,000 2. $75,000 3. $37,500 4. $26,000
5. $21,000 6. $20,000 7. $19,000 8. $18,000
9. $17,000 10. $16,000 11. $15,000 12. $14,000
13. $13,000 14. $12,000 15. $11,000 16. $10,500
17. $10,000 18. $10,000 19. $10,000 20. $10,000
21. $10,000 22. $10,000 23. $10,000 24. $10,000
TOTAL PURSE: $970,105