I don't understand why people think these promoters are making HUGE profits and that promoters are lowering purses and raising prices because they are greedy. A lot of racers and car owners own their own businesses and would not continually lose money just to keep prices in a range that makes their customers happy. So why do these same people expect a track to offer high purses with low prices and lose money. The reality is racing attendance is down and car counts are down. Its not because of one single issue like the economy. Then cost to run a track (overhead, insurance, lights, etc.) is not cheap. There are a lot of tracks that are lucky to break even and some that take small loses. So we should be happy that tracks are not looking to make big profits and are happy to get their money back each season otherwise the choices to race or spectate each weekend would be VERY few.