i feel alot like mike and kenny after reading there posts. it happens all the time, all over the country, with alot of different groups, but it just feels wrong to pay an entry feel when you are really providing the show. it is kind of what i call a backgate promoting mindset that seems to be taking over racing. Maybe it is a necissary evil, but it just kind of bothers me. i was considering going last friday, and the $50 fee was not the deciding factor in my staying home, but it was a thought in the back of my mind along with the other work related issues. like Al said, if it was a race with the payout from his post (all of the posted $ amounts minus $50) within 3 hours from home for me, i would have thought it was not too bad of a deal for a local show. i had to ask myself why it kept popping up in my head. The only answer i came up with is it just feels wrong. One of the things i like about running the sprint so far this season is that i have only paid and entry fee 1 out of the 6 times i have run and it was only $10 toward the points fund for that series. The other thing is i have never left the track without some sort of money in my hand, which is not something i can say about my years running a midget. Maybe it is just an ego, or respect thing, but as a sprint car and midget owner/driver i certainly enjoy not having to keep pulling money out of my pocket at every stop along the way when i get the race track.