the purse looked like this? I think I would be willing to pay $25-$30 per race if I knew it was going to the drivers/teams/owners. If the average crowd at a USAC sprint show was 3,000 people and you increased the ticket price $5, that would cover $15,000 of this $22,000 purse. I may just be dreaming, but does anyone have any thoughts?

$5,000.00
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
$900.00
$875.00
$850.00
$825.00
$800.00
$775.00
$750.00
$725.00
$700.00
$680.00
$660.00
$640.00
$620.00
$600.00
$580.00
$560.00
$540.00
$520.00
$500.00
$450.00
$450.00
$200 Tow Money for anyone not making the feature.

I don't know what the breakdown is but we are already at $5K to win if I remember right. But yes, I would pay more as USAC is the best IMO.

I would definitely pay $5 more at the gate if the purse were increased substantially; like 40-50% more. Or, how bout a third more, plus tow money for the little guy.

If someone has the breakdown of the USAC purse, please post it, I would love to look at it. I thought that most standard USAC Sprint shows paid $4k to win.

Well considering that I spent $23 (reserved at TSS) to watch the Hut 100, and to watch USAC or MSCS from the covered grandstands at THAT is $25, we are pretty much there anyway, so yes.

http://www.usacracing.com/sprint_index/garage_s

Click on the entry form PDF's on the lower right for each events details.

Iowa Sprints $6,000 to win, $500 to start.
Terre Haute 5/27 is $5,000 to win, $500 to start

Knoxville has $200 for DNQ cars
http://www.usacracing.com/assets/fil...xville8810.pdf

Bloomington Speedway Purse 5/7/10:
$20,600 Total
1st-$5,000
2nd-$2500
3-1250
4-1000
5-900
6-800
7-700
8-650
9-625
10-600
11-600
12-550
13-500
14-450
15-425
16-22=400

All of the USAC entry forms are available for download on their website.

The purse for the May 7th rain out at Bloomington was:
1- $5,000
2- $2,500
3- $1,250
4- $1,000
5- $900
6- $800
7- $700
8- $650
9- $625
10- $600
11- $600
12- $550
13- $500
14- $450
15- $425
16- $400
17- $400
18- $400
19- $400
20- $400
21- $400
22- $400
B Main non transfers - $100

The eastern swing purses are approximately 27% higher paying $6,000 to win and $600 to start.

I think WingsAreForCheaters is pretty spot on when he says that a $5 gate increase should equal a minimum of $15,000 (if the promoter has done his work beforehand, of course.). So, if you add that $15,000 directly to the $20,600 standard purse, it now becomes a $35,600 purse. That's a nearly 58% increase! Wow!?

Here's what a $35,600 purse might look like:

1-$7,893
2-$3,946
3-$1,973
4-$1,578
5-1420
6-1263
7-1105
8-1026
9-986
10-947
11-947
12-868
13-789
14-710
15-670
16-22=$632

Now, that just even dispursement, I know they're not nice round numbers, but hey, that'd be a pretty decent standard payout.

This is why I said $25-$30. $30 for Terre Haute, and $28 for reserved at Tri-State. I just always hear talk of how bad the payouts are so I tried to start a constructive thread discussing payouts vs. ticket price.