Originally Posted by nathans1012:
Payout comes mostly from XR Streaming subscriptions and some small sponsors. Not having the race has nothing to do with $money$.
Also, only reason many of the September races where dropped is so Barry Braun (XR Boss) can get the old Pennsboro Speedway in West Virginia up and going again. They have been working on it since late last year.
P.S. Barry is one who puts his money where his mouth is. He is running a number of $100,000 to win dirt races this year, in a number of different divisions include a race this week at 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa for dirt Stock Cars "XR Stock Car Rampage" https://www.facebook.com/stockcarrampage. He has a few more $100K to win races to run this year for 604 Crate Late Models and a few other divisions. He promoted a $100K to win Modified race back in early May at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Wisconsin.
Not including the super late models here are the huge events Barry Braun in promoting this year.
The Big Deal Modifieds (100K to win) (May 29th - June 1st) at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Wisconsin
XR Stock Car Rampage - ($100K to win (August 27th-31st) at 300 Raceway in Farley, Iowa - https://www.facebook.com/stockcarrampage
XR 604 Nationals ($100K to win) (December 11th-14th) at Golden Isles Speedway in Georgia - https://www.facebook.com/604nationals
XR 602 Nationals ($50k to win) (October 18th-19th) at Ultimate Motorsports Park in North Carolina - https://www.facebook.com/602nationals
Yes you are right. Looking at the business model, it is clear the Super late model races did not pan out as expected last year. He would have done them again. Instead, he downsized many of those races this year. Who could blame him? His event schedule is very interesting for this year. He is embracing smaller classes. Will this increase the streaming revenue? It has a good chance to. Plus as you already see this week, drivers stepping down to chase the money. Pennsboro is going to be interesting.