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As a small time micro sprint promotor, nothing huge, but finding money isn't all that damned simple. How do you raise the purse without raising anything else if you don't have sponsors. What this sport needs is an actual marketing group to go out and find sponsors, or rather than have Mopar give a "possible" 50 thousand bucks to one race, spread it over a few races and make a few bigger shows. I just use that as an example.
These guys are right though, the cost of racing is to high for what we all race for, and to say that we'd race for peanuts doesn't really fit well, because with that mentality nothing will ever change. But its also some of our responsibility too to provide a good avenue for a sponsor to get exposure. If we race and look like a bunch of hillbilly idiots, who would want to sponsor that, if our racetracks are dirty, trash not taken out, bathrooms not cleaned, etc... who would want to sponsor that, I sure as hell wouldn't want my businesses name on something that doesn't look professional. I think we all know what the problems are, its just a matter of finding the sponsors to make it happen.
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