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Old 07-26-2008, 07:31 PM   #9
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Default Re: how can you pass this deal up ?

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Originally Posted by BobOrme View Post
Last year, a "professional" sportsman racer told me that an NHRA divisional event win in his Super Stock car meant a $18,000 payday including contingency money. He takes full advantage of every possible contingency available. $1.2 million divided by $18k would be 67 division wins. While that would be a bunch, there'd also be divisional runner-ups, national event wins and runner-ups, regular bracket races and a few big money bracket races that could make reaching that figure with one car quite possible.
You are way off in your estimate of what you can win drag racing with an NHRA SS car.....Ed is right, the only way you could come away with that much money is with a gun......
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