racefan20 (Offline)
#33
11/12/08 11:46 PM
Originally Posted by Kirk Spridgeon:
It depends on how profitable you think an Indiana Sprintweek race will be. That is going to be one of the few entities in short-track racing that is a recession-proof moneymaker. And if those promoters want the even-bigger profit of a two-day show, they can throw up a little bit more cash to go back to the racers. I'm not expecting double the purse....I'm saying maybe that could give us a six- or seven-grand to win race during the week that also pays maybe six-hundred to start. Asking the promoters cannot hurt - if they don't want to do it, they don't have to....but if they think it's worth a little extra money to get another date, it benefits the guys in the pits!
Bad part about that Kirk is that maybe the extra bucks wont go into the purse
John Hoover
“To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus