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Originally Posted by oldfan49
I was talking weekly shows.
I grew up in Central Mo sprint car country. When I moved to the central western Mo border i was surprised to hear this was common at the local tracks. (I stand corrected, you have to take the checkered flag).
I have heard many stories about racers who overheated or such would pull into the infield then pull out to take the checkered flag to get paid some using the starter to get across. I have read track purses that read if you don't finish you get tow money.
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We raced a mini sprint and 360 and 410 winged sprint all over MO and never had to take the checkered flag to get paid. I've never heard of that happening. It's kind of crappy for a track to do that. Most places did force you to start the A or B to get any pay. Some would take care of you even if you had issues in a heat and couldn't continue.