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Originally Posted by jjones752
Actually, Dad's got a point; a payout sheet would be helpful but even the one that he posted the link to has the same payout for last, whether it's 8 cars or 20. First doesn't suffer, the last 4 don't suffer but the middle takes a bit of a hit...
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Jim
Their are all kinds of racers>>>>Most look at the win part and never look any further. I used to help promote Mini Sprints in conjunction with a monster truck show here in Louisville. The promoter didn't want a lot of cars and allowed me to invite cars to race. The purse wasn't too big>>>he gave nice trophys>>>and free passes to the show for the competitors. I asked one racer if he would be interested and he told me out right that he wouldn't race for such a small purse. I promoted it for the publicity for mini Sprints and despite the small purse it was a very big race around here (10,000 fans in some years) People still use a win there in their racing resume.
Other racers don't pay a lot of attention to the win part of the purse but only to the pay out in the middle and the show money. They know what it cost them to go racing on a good night with no problems and race for that amount. If we go to Montpelier I know that $125.00 won't quite get me back home so we need to finish in the middle to pay for gas and food. I don't intend to make money but loose as little as possible.
Most races always have 4 or 5 possible winners and the rest of us are running to support the habit. If you keep the win money and make the show money the same the only way to make your money back is in the middle of the pack.
Harold on the other hand has chosen to keep his purse the same whether 10 cars or 20 cars>>>By doing so he is also developing a quality consistent car count. We call that "deferred gratification" he chose to take a little bigger hit at the start in order to keep his regular cars coming back. If I had the ambition to run a race track I would definitely like to take a class or to from Harold. Good business people make good promoters.
Honest Dad himself
