The purses have not come close to the increased cost to race,we need car counts but also exciting racing. Each car brings friends & family. The racers who race to win bring fans. I do not want to be a promoter but i want to race. When I race i want to win. For this to work I need to be rewarded for that so we can keep racing. It is all a gamble. We all need each other. Some tracks pay the purse from the pit gate. The most successful ones pay it from tickets to see a show. The economy is tough and we all love our sport. We need to do our best to promote our sport and help each other when we can. We need to look at all aspects and be part of the solution.
Bill is the Boss here, and as his last statement shows a smart one. Also why worry what it pays through the back half of the field. If you go to the track with that in mind, you definitely don't plan on winning, and you're beat before you go to the track.
Originally Posted by mlamb:
Just saw where Bloomington speedway has lowered the sprint car feature winner $$$ from $1,400 to $1,200 to win. My fist question is am I the only one who thinks racers and car owners deserve more money to win or more money to start(or atleast what they paid last year)not smaller? I understand running a track is never easy, and at times financially taxing. Raising admission prices and pit passes, yet paying the ones whom support your track LESS, just doesn't make sense! I'm curious what drivers and car owners think? Maybe they'll consider supporting a track whom in turn supports them?
Sometimes, for the promotor, it's simply a choice of taking steps to make the place more profitable or, closing the gates. Look what Keith Ford did at Paragon ........ 50 to 60 cars paying $500 to win .... Brilliant!!
somehow I never considered sprint car racing a hobby and I like the idea of spreading the wealth, but its never going to sit well by taking some off the top
Well, if a weekly track paid what the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series does for a standard show, we would all be much happier! Thanks to Aaron Fry for standing up for the local racers! $1500 to Win $250 to start! Nice!
Originally Posted by mlamb:
For those of you whom may not know, Billy Puterbaugh Jr has won a lot of races and multiple track championships. I think he may understand racing economics? I appreciate your insight Billy!
How many races and or, tracks has Billy Puterbaugh promoted????? He only knows "one side" of the racing economics. When it gets to the point where it becomes a "Hobby" (meaning making no $$$ or, worse) for the promoter, the gates close.
When iam looking out my window and i see it snowing i just wish that i was a dirt track getting to watch some great dirt track racing here in indiana. I will fill the same way when its 90 in july. Its all great racing in indiana. Lets all go out and have some fun in 2014.
As Cecil pointed out. The Promotor is no longer the owner and probably doesn't have the number of connections the old promotor had as far as sponsorships etc.
The Promotor now has a Lease and that takes money off the bottom line.
