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Originally Posted by Kevin Miller
As I have stated before...I will post facts or positions when I see the need to clarify some of the discussions here.
Points funds are made up from 2 sources...money collected from track promoters which comes from the individual race revenue, and series sponsor money In our type of racing, there are many variables (such as race cancellations and rainouts) which often lead to a purse being determined and paid at the end of the year.
In 2007, USAC collected a total of $24,850 from track promoters. There were no series sponsors for the CRA series, with the exception of several races aired on TV to help owners with individual sponsorship.
USAC added $15,150 to make the $40,000 total purse. USAC has historically recognized both driver AND car owner in their annual payout. We paid the top 15 drivers in CRA in 2007. The top driver received $4800, and the car owner received $4800, for a team total of $9600. These checks were mailed and paid at season end. Tony and I have had several discussions to review numbers and rationale.
In the past, the CRA series has had historically higher points funds. In fact, I have heard stories about ASCOT paying $10,000 to champions many, many years ago. Payout's today are directly related to economics of the sport today.
For payouts to increase, in any of USAC's series, we must increase demand for our sport and get more fans in the seats at local tracks. That's our #1 job at USAC...create better shows and increase fan support for the sport. We get more fans, then we can justify increasing the race purse and contribution to the points fund from promoters.
Those of us with a vested interest in sprint car racing must understand we all have the same goals. Promoters want to make money, racers want to earn more for their efforts, car owners want to at least break even. All of this is funded by the paying fan. We must work together to increase fan support to create bigger events and bigger payouts.
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While your explanation is logical, and quite clear, you fail to address Tony's issue/question. Why did someone tell Tony $10,000? And if USAC is losing money on its USAC/CRA deal as stated in the article, why does USAC continue to support a monry loser?
Like I posted on the SCRAfan board, all USAC has managed to do is drive up costs for the racer's, and make a lot of unmet promises from the Rollie Helmling days. Seems to me that the Press Enterprise gave you an opportunity to address Tony's question - you chose to NOT answer his, or the reporter's query.....just like here.....