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I wish we knew what the answer was for the low car counts, to me this "WAS" supposed to be the same weekend of the D3 / Sportsnats at Columbus so did everyone take back their vacation time when it was announced they were going IHRA?? I mean by the looks of it not many went to SGMP from that area. I mean all of us at one point in time have come on CR to complain about the payouts, I get it....we don't do it for the money but, a $5,000 payout isn't a bad day in the office for only 20+ cars to show up. I've been on the other end as a promoter for big $$$ events along with Mike Beard, Lee Zane & BVP, Dave Ley, Tyler and TB Promotions and the car counts are not enough / just enough to break even and prevent you from stripping on the side to pay the track rental. I mean owning the track you are hosting an event at is even better because you can just take the plus / loss as they come but for most promoters your looking at a track rental for the weekend to cover the expenses and depending on the facility it could be between $25,000 to $45,000 for a 2 day event

From what I've been told the new owner has done everything that was ever asked for by racers, now maybe the communication could have been better because from what I've been told your $300 entry fee also got you 3 crew passes....how many times have we been like "Man, $300 to race and $100 per crew member for 1 race"....so maybe pushing that for Milan will be a big thing, Free Lunch on Wednesday & Racers dinner on Thursday Night, he drove around on a fork lift yesterday with a pallet of ice giving it out to racers who needed it. So, I mean the guy is trying and I wish him success and I'm a little upset I didn't mark this on my calender to go but hopefully in 2026 he sees a big increase in support.