[Charles Nungester]

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk I know a 10 car heat race sounds good, but who does it really help if the invert changes? I think there are alot of positives being talked about here. Raising ticket prices too much could exclude fans and limit some tracks. Most people who don't think $10 dollar increase is no big deal don't have to pay to get in. I hope for positive changes not drastic changes. Funk, who feels the best part of a USAC show are the heats, because the inversion promotes passing.

It promots passing to a point, The midget week guys wouldn't settle for second or third after getting locked in because they were not guaranteed locked in JUST TOTALLY AWESOME racing.

I agree, little changes is what Im talking about, more racing, not less and even, TOW MONEY???????

Chuck

[hoosierhillbilly]

I personally think that the podcasts and other online video solutions would be a good marketing move. The right marketing would or could help USAC attract a younger crowd.

I would also like ot be able to download video to a portable video device. It would be cool to watch a race or a driver interview or something related to USAC on a PVR while at lunch.

[cecil98]

i'm not sure how true this is but, i read earlier this year that one promotor wanted to charge more for the USAC show at his track and USAC nixed the price increase because they wanted uniformity in admissions pricing for their shows. anyone remember hearing about this? so, maybe USAC does have some say in setting gate prices, or not?

maybe USAC does have some say in setting gate prices

Not at our Midget race, they don't. We set the admission price and the entry fee. We are 1 of the only USAC races that I know of that pays out CASH after every race too.

[D.O.]

check out www.mo-pod.com This is something Kevin Miller set up at MOPAR. It has some Belleville midget pod cast on it.

Originally Posted by chadsniffsmethanol Don, those stories are depressing me...all i get are the stories about the mile dirt track glory days

Because that is sadly all that is left of the once mighty mile dirst tracks. There are only three still in use today by the Silver Crown series adn they are all within a few hundred miles of each other.

Langhorne, Syracuse, Milwaukee, Trenton, Sacramento, and DelMar are all gone from the schedule.

Originally Posted by cecil98 i'm not sure how true this is but, i read earlier this year that one promotor wanted to charge more for the USAC show at his track and USAC nixed the price increase because they wanted uniformity in admissions pricing for their shows. anyone remember hearing about this? so, maybe USAC does have some say in setting gate prices, or not?

Here's what I can tell you about how some of this works. Keep in mind that each track can be differnt and that depends on the contract, insurance obligations and such as they sign an agreement for the event. I do not know all the details or any exact figure, so any I state is just to be used as an example for this discussion.

First what a track charges the general public to come in the front gate is not something we control. It's their's to decide what the public is willing to pay. As for the pit passes. Again depending on the agreement for the event a portion of the pit fee goes directly toward the cost for insurance per signed in person, I'm going to say $15. as an example not an exact figure. Any additional amount above the cost of the insurance is then set by the track or usac depending on how the contract was agreed to. Some times the track recieves all the pit gate fee's and some times usac keeps the pit gate fee's. I generaly never get to see the contracts with the tracks. One of the main reasons we have someone selling the pit passes at the events is for insurance purposes only, not to regulate the price of the pit passes.

I hope this explains it a little. It was how it was explained to me. So if there is a promotor that deals with usac and this isn't right please fill free to corect me.
Ron

[Charles Nungester]

Originally Posted by RDS2 Here's what I can tell you about how some of this works. Keep in mind that each track can be differnt and that depends on the contract, insurance obligations and such as they sign an agreement for the event. I do not know all the details or any exact figure, so any I state is just to be used as an example for this discussion. First what a track charges the general public to come in the front gate is not something we control. It's their's to decide what the public is willing to pay. As for the pit passes. Again depending on the agreement for the event a portion of the pit fee goes directly toward the cost for insurance per signed in person, I'm going to say $15. as an example not an exact figure. Any additional amount above the cost of the insurance is then set by the track or usac depending on how the contract was agreed to. Some times the track recieves all the pit gate fee's and some times usac keeps the pit gate fee's. I generaly never get to see the contracts with the tracks. One of the main reasons we have someone selling the pit passes at the events is for insurance purposes only, not to regulate the price of the pit passes. I hope this explains it a little. It was how it was explained to me. So if there is a promotor that deals with usac and this isn't right please fill free to corect me. Ron

Thanks