What would it take for you to attend a Sportsman Race

[Dan Fletcher]

My last $.02 on this deal...

The race had MANY sponsors. Thats how they were able to have the fantastic payouts and prizes they did.

I realize Florida, New Hampsire, Washington state, etc are on the edges of the country. I lived in NY on top of Lake Ontario, as in 30 miles as the crow flies from Toronto. I get the travel concern better than anyone.

Let me just put this out there. At Numidia, the same facility that hosted the Class Racer Nationals, there was a divisional event two weeks prior. 96 Stockers and 69 Super stockers in attendance. The week prior at Columbus (not too far down the road) there was the Sport Nats and divisional with a very marginal, dare I say horrible weather forecast. 139 Stockers and 103 Super Stockers. The following week for the Class Racer event with a perfect weather forecast? 55 cars total between the two classes.

The people have clearly spoken...

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher

My last $.02 on this deal...

The race had MANY sponsors. Thats how they were able to have the fantastic payouts and prizes they did.

I realize Florida, New Hampsire, Washington state, etc are on the edges of the country. I lived in NY on top of Lake Ontario, as in 30 miles as the crow flies from Toronto. I get the travel concern better than anyone.

Let me just put this out there. At Numidia, the same facility that hosted the Class Racer Nationals, there was a divisional event two weeks prior. 96 Stockers and 69 Super stockers in attendance. The week prior at Columbus (not too far down the road) there was the Sport Nats and divisional with a very marginal, dare I say horrible weather forecast. 139 Stockers and 103 Super Stockers. The following week for the Class Racer event with a perfect weather forecast? 55 cars total between the two classes.

The people have clearly spoken...

FYI, your $0.02 is very much appreciated, just like your efforts, at least by some people. I'm sitting here pecking away at some projects, while I try to recover from my treatments, hoping that I can figure out a way to get our stuff back to the track. And now hoping we'll have places to race. Thanks for posting and sharing your thoughts, and experience.


And some of us get exactly what you're saying. It's really heartbreaking to put in that kind of effort, and offer that kind of payout, and not even get 25% of the car count. That's truly sad. Worse is what it says about the possibilities for racing. You'd think that racers would do better than that to support fellow racers trying to do something for them.

[tommy d]

Don't forget that the bracket races Also offer double entry's and buy backs along with some other perks that won't work for class racers. These help the promoter make it financially.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by tommy d

Don't forget that the bracket races Also offer double entry's and buy backs along with some other perks that won't work for class racers. These help the promoter make it financially.

That's why one of my posts mentioned combo races, and a test and tune. Bowling Green usually hosts a test and tune in conjunction with the LODRS and the Open. It would only make sense to host a test and tune at a class event.


And the evening combo races are the equivalent of having a bracket program and buy backs. The $5000 to win Clay Jones combo draws a pretty decent field, as Larry stated. Given the right opportunity, there's a segment of the class racing community that will run "extra" and bonus races.



In the post where I expanded on a possible format, what I suggested gave the racer, for one tow, the opportunity to run 3-5 races in a weekend, and control what they spent. Spend $250 and run one race over 2 to 2-1/2 days, or spend up to $650 or so and run 3-5 races, with a shot at $2500, up to maybe $7500, or more. And it lets the promoter and track have a chance to make money on multiple races, and keep a show going for a while for spectators.