Big $$$ S/SS Races as a Business Model..Viable?

Mike Pearson · 04-05-2021, 11:27 AM

I raced at the SGMP Southern Sportsman big money race. I ran the 20K races but did not get in the 50k. We had a great time there and the event was well run. That race had over 160 cars each day. One of my friends spoke with Jason Line and he said they needed around 150 cars to make it work. So they hit that number. They also indicated that they weren't in it to turn a profit just to give back to the Sportsman racers. I hope the race in Illinois turned out OK as well. They did things a bit different with the two 5K combo races and running the big money 25K races over a two day period. At SGMP the races were done in 2 days. They were marathons though. For me the less time I have to take off of work the better.
We all need to do our best to support these type of events and local association events to give us different opportunities to race our classes
Big thanks to the promoters that put on these two events and I truly hope they can continue in the future. Most any event of this nature need to build up some history and grow each time the event is run.

04-05-2021, 11:27 AM	#13
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,445 Likes: 614 Liked 1,919 Times in 576 Posts	Re: Big $$$ S/SS Races as a Business Model..Viable? I raced at the SGMP Southern Sportsman big money race. I ran the 20K races but did not get in the 50k. We had a great time there and the event was well run. That race had over 160 cars each day. One of my friends spoke with Jason Line and he said they needed around 150 cars to make it work. So they hit that number. They also indicated that they weren't in it to turn a profit just to give back to the Sportsman racers. I hope the race in Illinois turned out OK as well. They did things a bit different with the two 5K combo races and running the big money 25K races over a two day period. At SGMP the races were done in 2 days. They were marathons though. For me the less time I have to take off of work the better. We all need to do our best to support these type of events and local association events to give us different opportunities to race our classes Big thanks to the promoters that put on these two events and I truly hope they can continue in the future. Most any event of this nature need to build up some history and grow each time the event is run. __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS