Originally Posted by MHess:
5 classes on a sunday with a $30 pit pass for a better purse but not a great purse plus an entry fee? No Thanks...I can deal with the classes and swallow the pit pass but an entry fee? Work harder at promoting and getting 50-100 extra people in the stands if you really need that extra 600-900 dollars that entry fee is going to bring in. $200 hundred to start is actually $175 to start and $50 tow is actually $25 tow. Sprint payout should look like this:Sprint payout: 1. 1,975 2. 975 3. 775 4. 575 5. 475 6. 425 7. 325 8. 250 9. 225 10. 220 11-20.175 B-main $50 first car that doesnt transfer $35 for second and $25 on back. Don't take this wrong it's still a good payout but get rid of the entry fee and adjust your payout accordingly. Hope it's succesful and they run again but re think the entry fee for a "normal" show. Also, modifieds running for $1000 to win with no entry fee?
Mike,
I don't disagree with you one bit on the entry fee subject, but saying anything on here does no good, they live on 4m.net and I saw a post on hoseheads. Thats why I listed their phone numbers and website. And this isn't a "normal" weekly show for sprints, it's a "special" to them and they are used to the entry fee thing.....outside of usac I'm not. I argued to at least give the driver or the owner one free pit pass for each entry.....fell on deaf ears. So this is a special, on a special night and so it goes. I tried. If it turns out to be a good thing, and they finish the year out with sprints, I was told the purse will be about what we had at Danville 2 years ago. And no fee. Until Sunday comes and goes, I guess no one will know for sure. Again I agree with you and argued this point since April with them. But looking at the big picture or the future, It's worth the investment.
Andrew, I was told sprints will run first as there has been numerous calls from the Indiana drivers about the time change and they seem to get that.
Steve