opnwhlmnd (Offline)
#11
9/5/23 7:30 PM
Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Did you read the article?
Yes teacher I read the article this spring when it came out. Do I need to pass a 10 question quiz now?
While I have much respect for Gappens any article with a Kenny Brown opinion is pretty much worthless to me. I think it's hilarious that his Extreme/POWRi merger has only hurt POWRi.
National engines
Production based engines
D2 engines
Paging Don Moore for advice on the topic.
Face it midgets are not a weekly class, except in Badger land, or a weekly touring series. USAC does the traveling series the best as evident in their car counts. Badger does it best for local/regional shows.
We still haven't answered the OPs question of why small car counts the last two USAC Midget shows. Had 31 at Lawrenceburg midget week so it can't be all doom and gloom as this forum prefers.
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BrentTFunk (Offline)
#14
9/5/23 8:21 PM
I think one of the problems with sprints and late models is that they are too divided up. You used to just have late models. Now you have several different types of crates, limited etc. Same with sprints. You have 305, 360, 410, steel block. So you take a small pie, and slice it into a bunch of pieces. This results in a less entertaining program for spectators. Even though the cost is lower, they race for less.
I also think the weekly schedule is too long at some tracks. Low buck guys can't afford to race that much. A car owner told me over 10 years ago, it costs him $2000 a night to race. Bet that number has not went down. All this did not happen overnight. It has been coming for a long time. I noticed that guys who run the economy classes still have enclosed trailers, 4 wheelers, side by sides. Stuff that 30 years ago no one had, and they were still able to race.
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Chief Wahoo (Offline)
#17
9/5/23 8:54 PM
Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Anyone know what Montpelier got for steel block sat night? Bet it was the highest count of the four tracks that ran.
20 is your answer
Eat dirt, be happy
Let’s go Brandon!!
Bryan Hirshman
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Hubie48 (Offline)
#18
9/7/23 10:53 AM
I'm just a fan, but years ago I had money in the sport
Midget racing NEVER made sense from an economical standpoint.
Now, running a Autocraft at the SpeedDrome once a week was a total blast. We would run IRP races and had a ghost of a chance. Then the Pontiac showed up. That was the beginning of the end of affordable midget racing.
If KKM boycotted, the entire USAC series would die!
Charles Nungester (Offline)
#20
9/7/23 3:49 PM
USAC is clear as day on payout and start money is three times Reg shows payout. At least double. It's in their schedule under event info.
BURG
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $20,000
2 67 $8,000
3 64 $4,000
4 61 $2,000
5 58 $1,750
6 55 $1,500
7 52 $1,200
8 49 $1,000
9 46 $900
10 43 $800
11 41 $775
12 39 $750
13 37 $725
14 35 $700
15 33 $675
16 31 $650
17 29 $625
18 27 $600
19 25 $600
20 23 $600
21 23 $600
22 23 $600
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It also helps to have several nights of racing so teams have a chance to recoupe some of the travel moneyh One off shows don't draw from far distance. But Sprint Week, Smack down. Knox Nationals, Kings Royal, Tuscadora do have multiple nights to make it feesable to put a thousand in the tank to get there and back.
Charles Nungester