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I traveled to Tulsa with two others so fuel and lodging were split evenly over seven days. Lodging $250.00 Fuel $75 Tickets $350.00 Pit pass $120.00 (not a necessity but worth the price) Cash $1000.00 Total $1795.00 I rounded up a little,not much. All ready planning next year:6:

Nice of you to share that so others have an idea of what to expect. I am sure it is on most bucket lists if they have not experienced the Chili Bowl already.

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You spent $1,000 in cash???
Thats a lot.... :17:

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I barely spent that when I took my own car to race it! lol. But I was/am CHEAP...

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The Town Pump did have a free buffet on Saturday and the bartenders did a cute trick with two quarters.Everything else cost $$$$$.

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I assumed he included food/beverage cost into the "cash" section?

It's always fun to go and enjoy all the great things that we all love. Our racing families enjoy the racing road trips and it's nice when you have a great group of guys that rent a van and split the rental and gas and hotel cost and make some life times memories and Kodak moments. We will begin our racing road trips for the year in a couple of weeks. Hopefully that we will see you guys in Florida. God bless America. Thanks.

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Six days in Tulsa in Jan. is different than any thing else we do.The weather doesnt really allow for tailgating and consessions are on par with NASCAR .The twelve days Im in Florida will probably be least costly even though Florida is more expensive.Ill be tailgating,camping,grilling and bumming off my friends and inlaws. Consessions at Ocala and Volusia are more reasonable.Im hoping my $1000.00 will stretch a little further.

Depends where you go🙄👀

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there was a guy in my section who likely spent his $1000 just in beer. He never let the beer man pass without buying 4,6,8 beers for his group.

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Wish I had a friend like that!

Could any of them tell you about the race?

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Yea, "beverage"....
I don't drink & never spent nearly that much at CB
But to each his own... enjoy! :23:

A trip over to Atwood's Farm and Ranch would account for some of the cost.

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well they seemed to be doing all right but at $8 a beer plus tips even a $1000 over 6 days probably not going to get a group too hammered.

On the other hand my expo beverage costs for the week were a mere $21.25. Outside of travel and lodging I think I only spent about $100 bucks.

Must've hit Night Trips

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I was there and I'm still scratching my head how someone would need or could spend $1,000 in cash for the week. I stuffed my pockets full of snacks and stuff to cut down spending $$$ on their overpriced concessions. And I was happy to find Chase Briscoe's team selling t-shirts for only $10. But hey.....mc/rider must have lived it up! Party on!

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I was tempted to spend $1,000 when i went a couple of years ago... good deals in the Trade Show on MIG welders
But it wouldn't fit in my Ford Focus....

We take alittle over $2000.00 with us just as a cushion. We had car trouble afew years ago and glad we had the extra money. We do buy chili bowl shirts and sweatshirts a shirt for our dog. And we always buy acouple drivers shirts. We always come home with almost half or more. It depends on what you want to buy. The food in my opinion only isn't worth the price. A footlong hotdog $7.00 and when you take a bit it's cold.a 32 ounce pop is $5.00 when you can go to the gas station and get a 32 ounce for .99$ We usually go somewhere after the races for half the price. But love the chili bowl it's the best thing to do in January

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Nice to see talk of buying T-shirts...also, don't be afraid to slap some $20s(+) on the low-dollar teams even, with guys who don't even have T-shirts. I sure appreciated fans (many from this site), who did so the year KO drove my car (as I had no business taking a car there/being any sort of car-owner, lol - but at the time, even tho I was sick, it was the only place I wanted to be! - & we got way more sponsorship with KO driving than we me! lol). The reality is, the Silly Bowl pays very little for the fact you basically HAVE to be there for a full week (barely worked out for T-mez leaving this year!), so if you have any extra in your budget, don't be afraid to find a team struggling for gas $ to get back home, or looking to buy a new tire to help compete thru the week! They will much appreciate it!

I just made my 5th trip in 6 years to the Chili Bowl. I’ve averaged roughly $1500 per trip. That’s been between flying & sharing a room split 3 ways or driving from Ohio & splitting the cost 2 ways with room & fuel. Room avg $40-$55 a night for my share depending on where we stayed at over the years. We would eat at a restaurant during the day (BurnCo, Fatguys, ect..) with a good size meal, then a fast food joint on way back to hotel/house after the races. Drank some beer during the week, but never from the Expo at their prices. Always got snacks & beverages in through different ways. You can make it cheaper by what you eat & drink & lodging. I have always done reserved seats with full week pit upgrade combo.
Can’t wait to go back next year January.