[Mike Carr]

Glen, all our races are 100% payback. We don't pay the track to be there, and we do not require any money from the track to have us. We show up, race, and have a good time. The track makes their money, from us, by way of crew/spectator fees (normal admission is $10 per person), concession and souvenir stands, and any tech card fee they charge at the gate (in the past, anywhere from $10 to $40, of which sometimes they kick some into the purse). We have our own people to handle entry, payouts, ladder and pairings, etc. The only thing we need from the track is the people to tech the cars in. You could work a deal out with the track, to the benefit of them, or for all involved. Say the track charges a $20 tech card fee, and you get the 23 cars I mentioned above. That's $460 for the track. Some tracks may elect to keep it all, or put x-amount back into the purse. I leave that up to each track's preference as to what they want to do. It usually works out pretty well for both. Even at $75 per car into the purse, $1,725 total for 23 cars, you can still make for a decent payout without it being top-heavy. $25 second round, 75 third, 150 fourth, 400 r/u and 800 win. Just tossing some ideas out there. Travis mentioned a two-day event. Even if you don't have two races in those two days, a Saturday test session plus S/SS Gamblers race would work out. The track keeps the test and tune tech card money, and do a lower entry Gamblers-style race, something like $50 to enter, and pay back winner, r/u and semifinal (maybe 1/4 final if there are enough cars--we've done this format in the past as well). I think these races (local assocations for S/SS, .90 racing, etc) will be the way to go in the future as people tire of the costs and hassles with NHRA/IHRA racing.