Who said race rigs had anything to do with payouts??
It's hard to listen to people crying about the payout not being enough when you pull through the gate with the stuff they do now.
It is the same way in dirt track racing as their payout is crap but the haulers keep getting bigger all the time.
So money should not be an issue to many the way it looks
How many racers didn't know the payout before they bought their race rigs?