quicktime3 (Offline)
#12
10/6/14 2:52 PM
This purse would mean an average of $315 per car if a full field is reached (which will surely be a stretch to start). The point of a "support division" is for car-affiliated income to out-weigh total payback. If the average car includes 4 people ($120 in pit passes), that leaves $195 to recoup by one gate or the other. Tough to do.
This has been proposed as a "support division" all along, meaning the purse would be small and covered entirely (and then some, hopefully, for the promoter) by those directly connected to the teams. Anything over $200 per car seems extremely unlikely.
I will hold my opinion on this added class in Indiana.
quicktime3 (Offline)
#14
10/6/14 3:25 PM
An AVERAGE of $200 per car is more than what modifieds currently get & is probably on the high end for a support division.
If it is to be believed that some of these cars will come in the form of transitioned modified or sprint car racers, what is being gained? They will likely be paid more than a modified or a "B Main" sprint racer, so the track would be losing money on them.
Remember, these cars are now the headliner at certain places (like Eagle, where they replaced a winged 360 class). And as the headliner, they are still only paid $315 per car on a feature purse.
Josh Kinser (Offline)
#15
10/6/14 3:31 PM
Im just posting from the perspective of being a driver or owner(Im neither) and saying what I think it would take, payout wise, for a person to want to start up a team to go racing in that class. As a driver it would be simple; does it pay enough and are there enough cars to run against. The math equations and all of that don't really do much for me, that seems more like a promoters business point of view, and all I can speak for is the drivers point of view, and I assumed that's what most people on here also try to do; speak for the drivers and try to make things change to benefit them and give owners incentive to field a car. I'm not going to talk down a potentially new class of race cars,just because I'm concerned that the racetrack may lose a little bit of money, they have their own group of people to make those decisions.
Josh Kinser (Offline)
#16
10/6/14 3:45 PM
And I have no stake in this at all, Im just surprised people would be against bringing another class of sprinters to run, I assumed everyone would be gung ho, mainly because we are on a message board called Indiana Open Wheel.
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KKinser99 (Offline)
#19
10/6/14 4:20 PM
Anyone who disagrees with payout discussed please give your opinion on what payout should be . We need to have dialogue to see where everyone stands.
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