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5/13/10, 1:37 PM |
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Would fans be willing to pay more for USAC Sprints if?
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the purse looked like this? I think I would be willing to pay $25-$30 per race if I knew it was going to the drivers/teams/owners. If the average crowd at a USAC sprint show was 3,000 people and you increased the ticket price $5, that would cover $15,000 of this $22,000 purse. I may just be dreaming, but does anyone have any thoughts?
$5,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,000.00 $900.00 $875.00 $850.00 $825.00 $800.00 $775.00 $750.00 $725.00 $700.00 $680.00 $660.00 $640.00 $620.00 $600.00 $580.00 $560.00 $540.00 $520.00 $500.00 $450.00 $450.00 $200 Tow Money for anyone not making the feature. |
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5/13/10, 2:03 PM |
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I don't know what the breakdown is but we are already at $5K to win if I remember right. But yes, I would pay more as USAC is the best IMO.
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5/13/10, 2:15 PM |
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I would definitely pay $5 more at the gate if the purse were increased substantially; like 40-50% more. Or, how bout a third more, plus tow money for the little guy.
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5/13/10, 2:24 PM |
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If someone has the breakdown of the USAC purse, please post it, I would love to look at it. I thought that most standard USAC Sprint shows paid $4k to win.
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5/13/10, 2:28 PM |
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Well considering that I spent $23 (reserved at TSS) to watch the Hut 100, and to watch USAC or MSCS from the covered grandstands at THAT is $25, we are pretty much there anyway, so yes.
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5/13/10, 2:33 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 19 Race Count Last Year: 51 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 655 |
http://www.usacracing.com/sprint_index/garage_s
Click on the entry form PDF's on the lower right for each events details. Iowa Sprints $6,000 to win, $500 to start. Terre Haute 5/27 is $5,000 to win, $500 to start Knoxville has $200 for DNQ cars http://www.usacracing.com/assets/fil...xville8810.pdf
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5/13/10, 2:33 PM |
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Bloomington Speedway Purse 5/7/10:
$20,600 Total 1st-$5,000 2nd-$2500 3-1250 4-1000 5-900 6-800 7-700 8-650 9-625 10-600 11-600 12-550 13-500 14-450 15-425 16-22=400 |
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5/13/10, 2:35 PM |
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All of the USAC entry forms are available for download on their website.
The purse for the May 7th rain out at Bloomington was: 1- $5,000 2- $2,500 3- $1,250 4- $1,000 5- $900 6- $800 7- $700 8- $650 9- $625 10- $600 11- $600 12- $550 13- $500 14- $450 15- $425 16- $400 17- $400 18- $400 19- $400 20- $400 21- $400 22- $400 B Main non transfers - $100 The eastern swing purses are approximately 27% higher paying $6,000 to win and $600 to start. |
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5/13/10, 2:38 PM |
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I think WingsAreForCheaters is pretty spot on when he says that a $5 gate increase should equal a minimum of $15,000 (if the promoter has done his work beforehand, of course.). So, if you add that $15,000 directly to the $20,600 standard purse, it now becomes a $35,600 purse. That's a nearly 58% increase! Wow!?
Here's what a $35,600 purse might look like: 1-$7,893 2-$3,946 3-$1,973 4-$1,578 5-1420 6-1263 7-1105 8-1026 9-986 10-947 11-947 12-868 13-789 14-710 15-670 16-22=$632 Now, that just even dispursement, I know they're not nice round numbers, but hey, that'd be a pretty decent standard payout.
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5/13/10, 2:39 PM |
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This is why I said $25-$30. $30 for Terre Haute, and $28 for reserved at Tri-State. I just always hear talk of how bad the payouts are so I tried to start a constructive thread discussing payouts vs. ticket price.
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