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Originally Posted by Paul Merolla
This thread makes me even more grateful to the folks that make Midwest Class Racers such a success. 8 races this year, and they all pay like this or better! It's no wonder we always have 50-75 cars at every race.
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These types of events can be successful if the promoter can get some sort of corporate sponsorship to cover the purse plus get some butts in the seats to generate revenue. Then the car counts would not be so critical until the event gets some history. The promoter cannot expect to make a huge profit or even break even at the first few events but he has to start somewhere and build on the event year to year. Most all of us have to schedule our vacation time to attend large events during the racing season. I have to schedule mine early in the year so I schedule around the NHRA and IHRA major events that are the closest to my area. As I have said many times it is up to the promoter to sell his product to the paying customer and that is not just the racer. I really hope someone like Michael Beard can get another class national series going. He had a great idea but did not have the financial backing to continue on which is a shame. They put a ton of effort into that race.