Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
Who raises the prices when they have more fans not sure what you mean? There is one $10,000 to win, $1000 to start race in Indiana and I don't remember ever seeing you there. Even with the tickets being cheap when spread across 4 nights. If fans and teams supported high paying shows and didn't go to low paying shows tracks would have to raise purses.
Since you seem more informed than I on tracks finances, How much money are tracks making that they could $7500-$750 to start and not effect the bottom line?
All Im saying is that sprint week draws a much bigger crowd than the average USAC race. Meaning everyone paying $25 as I don't know many of the sprintweek shows that offer discounts, Therefore the tracks are making more.
If they can make a profit on a spring USAC show with the Standard 5k-500, Why are sprintweek shows paying the same?
You know Im at all the big shows I can make. Unfortunately my health isn't allowing tent camping and multiple nights in a hotel isn't in the budget, Didn't see your at Mansfield's Great Lakes. last year and don't remember seeing you at the No Way this year.
Of the seven nights of SPrint Week, I always make at least three, sometimes four.
I also know that some of the tracks, Sprintweek is a major player in the tracks survival, But a bigger payday for them should also help the racers get to the next race.
Also the PPV $$$ I don't see hurting the crowd size, yet I don't see it reflected in the purse. I don't know what Speedshift or others pay to stream it. I often buy a PPV for tracks just too difficult to get too be it distance or cost to go there. So the tracks still benefiting from me who normally wouldn't be there anyway. I don't know if it's a buck or ten bucks or more, It has to help. I did buy the PPV for Gas City last year. Im sure many did.
Just looking for ways for the track to get more cars and more cars equal more fans and keep them cars racing for a few $$$ more