In response to the thread originator, minispeed,
This past sat. Aug. 27th the MMSA had 17 cars at Brownstown, the Waynesfield track had 16 cars and the Amsa had 15 at K-C, a total of 48
In which case, 3 cars received 1st place money, 3 cars received 2nd place money right on down the finish order,had all of these cars been at a single track 28 cars would have went home without running a feature and consequentley very little or no payout at all, while the top 20 received regular payout, the bottom 28 left dissapointed, some may not return next week or never after a few weeks of dissapoimtment.
The mini sprints were (and are) a support class at all 3 tracks, promoters don't provide a lot of money for support classes, Waynesfield and Brownstown ran 6 classes and K-C 4 sat nite, outside sponsors help increase the purse sometimes and are very much appreciated by all.
The mini sprint class is by & large a development division for advanced open wheel racers, or in some case it's what racers enjoy and can afford. I'm not aware of any track where mini sprints are the premier class with a payout better than what we have now.
Just a little background info. for comparision, several years ago, when I ran the Buckeye Mini Sprints, a 600 upright organization, we took 50 cars to the 16th St. speedway in Indy. I received a hell of a lot more negative remarks from racers that failed to make the feature than positive from those that did. Too many cars for a fixed amount of money and there is the sometimes present ego factor involved.
If your goal is to be part of a 40 cars field, get a sprint car and go to Paragon every week where all cars run a feature, good luck finding a promoter that will do that for mini sprints, the crowds just don't demand or support it. Bottom line, Promoters need to make money.
There is a lot of competition out there for support classes for the Promoter to choose from.
The Fun Fest at Brownstown will provide the opportunity for all area mini sprint racers to come together and demonstrate to the promoters that a large car count is possible, we are considering making one night non wing to appeal to more racers and give additional experience without the wing as we plan more non wing races next season, as it has been mentioned earlier in this thread, some racers need that experience and this is an opportunity to get it. could be beneficial if you do make that move to Paragon or somewhere else in a full sprint.
I would like so see some tye of a Nationals event with a super car count and payout sometime in the near future, I will work on it.
In the meantime, good luck to all racers in the future and enjoy what you have now.

Bill May