[Lyn Smith]

Upon entering the gate and paying my entry to the Div. 5 race at Earlville over the weekend I was asked if I wanted to pay an extra $35 dollars to enhance the purse. It was not explained very well how this extra money was going to be distributed, and I told the nice lady no thanks. I questioned a few of my fellow Stock racers and didn’t find anyone who had pitched in the extra $35. When I went to the tower to collect the little round money I had won, I ran into a Div. 5 official and questioned him about the supplemental fund.He told me that some racers are willing to pay a little more to race for a little more ,and 19 racers in Stock had payed into the fund. The racer who advances the farthest in eliminations will get the extra money paid in, and in the few races they have done this no winner or runner up has cashed in. He also told me that his observation is that ”most racers are not here for the money anyway.”