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Originally Posted by Need For Speed
USAC sure went 'all out' on this point fund. 
Doing the math ($116,000/80 races), they are paying out a whopping $1,450 per race, and demanding loyalty from 'private contractors' 
How will this huge $1,450 per race bonus be distributed/broken down?
If they wanted loyalty within 200 miles, on nights USAC was racing...I can understand.
But who the hell is USAC to tell somebody where/when they can race, on an 'OFF' night?? |
I'll try to get the point across one more time.
This money is being supplied by the United States Auto Club. Six figures worth of money is nothing to sneeze at - especially in our sport where we regularly race for a thousand bucks to win. This is an attempt by them to do what the drivers have been screaming for - pay out more money!! And by doing it in this way, there is a path to having a more valuable program that will have tracks willing to pay more money, and it is also a way to attract more sponsors.
Under Miller's reign, USAC has already boosted standard purses in the Sprint Car & Midget division. That was the first time that had happened in USAC in a VERY long time.
The payout for the NDC is listed above. This is big money and an important carrot for those drivers who choose to follow it.
Because they are the ones providing the money, they are allowed to employ some stipulations. Am I understanding this right that USAC should pay out $40,000 to someone who has skipped their races for others, or watered down his own sport so it loses value? Do you think USAC races should pay much better, and a track owner should be willing to pay that, just to see those same drivers race the next night, right down the road, for a fraction of the purse?