Originally Posted by Stevensville Mike:
Thanks for the reply, '857. I still would like to know who goes out and gets the sponsors, how much money the sponsors kick in, do the sponsors hang on for every race of the week, and is the pot divvied up equally at the end of the week. They are paying out GOOD money for PA Speed Week and said money has to come from somewhere other than the gate at the tracks.
Sounds like the PA promoters/owners have a good system going however it shakes out in the end.
To my knowledge each track gets it's own sponsors. I'm sure there are sponsors that do the whole week at every track, but mostly it is a track by track basis.
The front gate probley pays most of it anyway. USAC total payout is around $23,000.00 even if you have a $25,000 payout thats only 1000 fans through the front gate at $25 each, plus pits at $30 for another 500 people. $15,000 more in pocket for support class plus food stand $$$. It's not a hard thing to pull off.
You just have to get people in the seats and the $$$ takes care of it's self.