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Whoever posted that without the fans there wouldn't be car owners is ignoring all the amatuer racing that goes on. Very few carowners come close to breaking even on what the tracks pay. Some branches of racing, like the SCCA, don't even try to attract paying spectators.
If we are really honest about it, today's top level racers [NASCAR, IRL, ARCA] don't race for purse payouts either. Last weekend Road America hosted the fall runoffs. There were probably more people in the pits than in the stands.
I agree with most of Don Moore's posts even though I only own sportsman midgets. If you want to avoid the "SCCA model" being our only racing option in the future you should be concerned about those practices too.
As a fan I never cared how much money the race teams lost until they stopped showing up to entertain me.
Chuck Schultz
Winfield, Illinois
IRS #6 Sportsman midget carowner
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