Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - Silighty off topic, Port Royal Feature.

revjimk (Offline)
#10 4/25/22 3:51 PM

Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
As another pointed out, there is a video on Flo of Macri's shop with at least six cars complete. You gotta guess for top equipment its about a hundred grand a car 5-7 races between motor rebuilds Hauler, Probably crew chief gets over a hundred grand and a percentage. So no, A driver making 40-50% couldn't fund a team. The Team couldn't fund itself it it got the full winnings but winning, they are actually losing less than everyone else who didn't.

But for a driver if he gets half, seventeen grand in two weekends is darn good. And no plane ticket or hotel stays required.

I have no clue about expenses, but Macri didn't have to travel far for all those wins, so maybe his team did OK financially?

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