Mr. Helberg,

I've noticed you've taken the time to pull up my press releases from the Grundy County round. At that point in time, I was employed with STARS. I had no affiliation with the King of the Wing series. All the various racing websites you refer to as posting this payout was just my original press release being copied and posted on their sites.

The truth of the matter is that I got my information regarding the payout from the press release that the King of the Wing Series released in April. At that point, in April, the announced payout was correct. That was the information I went on.

Yes it's true, that the info regarding the original payout was posted on the official King of the Wing website. So were the official rules and all the other information that can be found on the site. However, throughout the course of April, May, and June, some of the rules were tweaked as was the payout structure for each of the titles as well as the purse for each of the races. That was posted on the King of the Wing website.

I took the information on the initial April press release as gospel. However, I found out after the Midwest swing of the series had passed, that in June, the payout had been changed. The person who wrote the press releases for the west coast swing of the series is also not affiliated with the King of the Wing series. He simply used what I wrote (from the original April press release).

In closing, the info of the $2500 to win regional championships and the $5000 to win overall championship was just the original information being passed on and on from the original April press release. However, the payout, as can be seen on a flyer that was posted on this message board in June, (before the first King of the Wing race) indicates that it had been changed.