Originally Posted by Rick Eaton:
From Ken Wagner's website:
Don Kazarian announced this week at the pit meeting that the Oval Nationals purse will be cut back this year due to the current economy crunch that has hurt racers and the track alike. This opens the door to anyone who wants to help boost the purse for the three day event. The question is how many cars will there be this year, with the seriously low car counts on a weekly basis, and will that support everyone running three days for the lower purse. The Temechula Valley Pipe and Supply $30,000 to win event has been one of the year’s top event’s for years, let’s hope it can continue. The announced $12,500 to win is a comedown, but the drop will help those on back in their pocketbook, hopefully. Dropping one night would help all the racers as the cost of lodging, fuel, tires and other parts for one day is a significant number. Perhaps dropping the USAC sanction fee would free up some cash for the racers. Maybe USAC could add cash to the purse, ha ha, not in this lifetime!
How about the promoter getting sponsorship money by selling laps do you think this would help? the nationals have been awesome in the past would hate to see it go away or be anything less then it has been....