Originally Posted by Kart#51:
I may have misunderstood, but I don't think I missed the overarching premise of his statements that were he was happy to race for more money or he wouldn't have shown up, regardless of what car, right? $5K for second.... that's a USAC win. $2K for 5th that equals a runner up in USAC. I'm not down there and the group I'm associated with said money has been the talk of the week.
I would ask you this....if you feel like you are adequately paid in your job do mention how much you are paid?
Does Donny Schatz or Brad Sweet ever say anything about money in an interview?
All I am saying is it's additional $$ to be made. While nice I don't see how any of these races (For now) pay anywhere close to say the USAC Nationals at Husets. I think USAC has a room for improvement that doesn't hurt their bottom line much . I think every sprint week race could probably pay a third more thru the pack and the promoters would still do well by it. (I say this because it's typically about a thousand more attend than a reg usac show.) Of course some tracks are only doing well on USAC and other specials and breaking even or less on the regular shows.
I see nothing but good from XOS. Could see a three night deal at say THAT of MSCS night one, XOS night two and USAC night three, Switch it up every year on the headline series. Everyone gets their series in the spotlight more fans attending, bigger purses. Or say a East meets west battle USAC and BoSS vs XOS and WAR.
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Just speculating where it could go, The cost of running these cars only keeps compounding.