Depending on how the rule is written.....I'm with USAC on this. They have to build a brand and protect that brand and they have started to figure out the brand(Product) is their drivers. Not the teams or cars. The drivers.
It probably won't be executed properly and it will only work if the drivers can make a living without having to run other shows, but the Darland and the Shumans of the world are the show. Not the types of cars they drive or the initials of the group that runs the show.
Why pay x amount to see Dave race when you can pay a lower price to see him the next night?
Originally Posted by LEADERS EDGE:
Depending on how the rule is written.....I'm with USAC on this. They have to build a brand and protect that brand and they have started to figure out the brand(Product) is their drivers. Not the teams or cars. The drivers.
It probably won't be executed properly and it will only work if the drivers can make a living without having to run other shows, but the Darland and the Shumans of the world are the show. Not the types of cars they drive or the initials of the group that runs the show.
Why pay x amount to see Dave race when you can pay a lower price to see him the next night?
like u.s.a raceway (AZ) promoting that DARLAND was gonna race there with the canyon region series, a chance to see a U.S.A.C star
I rarely disagree with you, Scott but, I think USAC is going to kill themselves with this rule. As a matter of fact, their whole problem is too many rules, not enough money and too many guys walking around the pits in those clown suits trying to make you put rollbar padding behind a full containment seat (TRUE STORY!). If they want to control where their drivers are going to race on off nights, they need to pay'em....
Originally Posted by LEADERS EDGE:
Depending on how the rule is written.....I'm with USAC on this. They have to build a brand and protect that brand and they have started to figure out the brand(Product) is their drivers.
I'm going to dive into this Baue since it's your dime on this thread and not mine, but I can already sense the mud balls flying my way. LOL
Is the org protecting race tracks/territory or drivers? I'm totally confused. The tracks that fall under the protection... Gas City, Bloomington, Kokomo etc. are running weekly shows with these drivers regularly participating for $XXXX. So are all those shows suddenly or eventually going to disappear? Are the name drivers going to disappear? Sounds like that's where this is going. If the weekly purse at these shows is going to pay more, then the fans are going to have to dig deeper to support it. How's that going to be sustained? I don't get where this is all going. So eventually these weekly shows apparently are going to become high paying purses according to what the theory says or they will just disappear altogether if the only appearance of these drivers is going to be a USAC show. What I don't get is that it's OK apparently to run at track A for, say $1200 to win but it's not OK to run at track B for the same amount of money. Again, I don't get it or... if the intent is what I think it is.................. then I do get it.
Originally Posted by Sandy Lowe:
Which is exactly what they are doing with the USAC National Drivers Championships 2K10.
Sandy, I mean't the "event" purses. Very few people are going to be involved in, or share, that point money. I just don't think USAC is in a postion to control where people race on "off" nights. Maybe I'm wrong. JMO
