Originally Posted by treecitytornado:
Did Steve run his Dad's car? He just blew his motor last week.
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Yes. He drove the steel block car. Made it look pretty good, too!
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Originally Posted by claycountyspeedway:
Well what can I say. I will start with I sent out over 75 payout sheets to drivers before season began with the purse breakdown with 1-12 400 to win 150 to start. 13to 20 600 to win 150 to start. Also payout sheets were in clear site at the pill draw booth and available for drivers. I also received at least 20 to 25 calls from drivers saying they would be there weekly but I stil had to cover my butt with a scaled purse. I am sorry I should have asked everyone at the drivers meeting if they were aware of the payout scale. It was never my intentions to (screw) anyone. I will accept any and all blame for this past sat. Night. With my other classes I haven't ever been in this situation before as far as a scaled purse goes in the past it really never crossed my mind that not all the drivers knew the purse and I hope the drivers who did receave a copy wil speak up to let everyone know that it was out there. Also when the drivers came to me on sat night wanting there extra 200 and 100 dolars if I did have the money to pay them I would have but to let everyone know we took a very large hit sat. There wasn't even enough money made to payout all of the purse. About 2600 dollars had to come out of my pocket to payout everyone. I know that's part of the job and the risk and I'm doing the best I can I will continue to run the sprints and the payout scale is available toanyone interested I do not have them on computer but I can mail them to you or pick one up at the track. Thanks michael
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Michael - I do not doubt that there was a letter sent with your sliding pay scale on it. However, in todays electronic media age, the internet will supercede any snail mail 1000 fold. This is where your car count is going to come from. And there is a slim chance that every one on any given night recieved one of your letters. 2 points to make here: 1) On this very board, there was never a mention of the under 12 car sliding pay scale. This is what many of the racers are going by. And 2) The pill draw window is a poor place to post the payout. This should be at the sign in shack. That way, if a guy does not agree with the payout, they can leave without incident.
I am not attempting to flame or slam anyone here. I am trying to relay some ideas to better the racing expierience at Clay County Speedway. Some of us are a bit leery of promoters because of the hosing Joe Spiker gave the racers at Vermilion County Speedway a couple of years ago. I would hate to see that happen to CCS. You truly have a nice facility and we have had fun racing there. Hopefully, we can continue to do so!