Originally Posted by DonMoore10:
Well, I certainly do appreciate your response and I can feel the pain of promoting whatever events you are involved with. After reading your response it sounds like you are hanging on by a thread with the promotion business. If it's how you describe, I'm not sure that the entry fee(s) and pit pass money from the owners and drivers would make a difference in the success of the event monetary wise.
Remember that I'm not saying that the track shouldn't be selling pit passes. I'm talking about ONLY drivers and owners. These are the people that are the attractions for your event, risk their lives and equipment and deserve the respect. If the ambulance driver, water truck person, pit steward, flag person... If all those people are taking how actually cash that's more than the owners and drivers receive for their efforts.. then what's wrong with that picture? It seems to me that the entire business model that is used currently is totally a$$ backwards.
I'm wondering what is the fee paid tosome of the people I've mentioned above for a nights work at the track? Could you give us some idea and compare that to what the owners/drivers take away form the event. Do the people I've mentioned above buy a pit pass? for example, the ambulance drivers? They are in the pits just like everyone else. If not, why not?
Real simple safty wise (straight from the fire department I had to use): $35 per hour, per person. 3-4 on fire truck, 2 on ambulance. You figure most race tracks go from 5-11. to have coverage for 6 hours $1260. No matter what type of show you have, you need 6-10 track workers. At $50 each thats $300-$500. A tech guy that knows what he is doing $100 to $500. Equipment is not cheap. Basically to rent a dozer, grader, or something like this, $600 per day. Looks like a motorized sheeps foot would be $400 per day. My show takes $600 to $1200 worth of equipment. Drivers run for $1000 to win normally (just an adverage).
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Hay Don, your in the entertainment industry, so help me... How do you advertise shows these days? Most people do not get a daily news paper any more. Most listen to the radio, but normally just the main stream stations. I can not afford there time slots. Tv is more. Advertising 10-15 years ago was so much easier. Everyone got a news paper. Go to 4 or 5 surrounding papers and now you have reached majority of the population.