Racing fairness versus Circus attendance

[Alan Roehrich]

Unless you can find some serious sponsorship, and plenty of it, it's going to be really hard to pay any 1st round money, that's asking a lot, for a first time event.

Having "wants" is great, but given that this is going to be hard enough to make happen (it's been ten years since it happened, once), the track and promoter really need to be shown a good opportunity to make some profit. You can only ask people putting up their own money to only break even or take a chance on a loss if there's a really good chance of multiple events so they can hope to eventually make a decent profit, or at least not lose anything over the long run.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it be possible to pay something in the first round, but that's a really tough request in this economy.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Unless you can find some serious sponsorship, and plenty of it, it's going to be really hard to pay any 1st round money, that's asking a lot, for a first time event.

Having "wants" is great, but given that this is going to be hard enough to make happen (it's been ten years since it happened, once), the track and promoter really need to be shown a good opportunity to make some profit. You can only ask people putting up their own money to only break even or take a chance on a loss if there's a really good chance of multiple events so they can hope to eventually make a decent profit, or at least not lose anything over the long run.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it be possible to pay something in the first round, but that's a really tough request in this economy.

ok, ok. I'll step up and hand out a free coors light to the first round losers at the timing shack

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

ok, ok. I'll step up and hand out a free coors light to the first round losers at the timing shack

You say that as a joke. But maybe a free hot dog/hamburger and a beer/coke, and/or maybe an event t-shirt, is a viable small thank you for a guy smarting from a first round runner up.

Another thing is that this is the race you go find people who like to throw cookouts and/or or parties and get them interested.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

You say that as a joke. But maybe a free hot dog/hamburger and a beer/coke, and/or maybe an event t-shirt, is a viable small thank you for a guy smarting from a first round runner up.

Another thing is that this is the race you go find people who like to throw cookouts and/or or parties and get them interested.

I agree, I think a t-shirt to all entrants wouldn't be that hard to pull off, and heck I know some racers who consume more beer in a weekend than we would need to pass out. and it shouldn't be too hard to find someone to throw a party/cookout

[Alan Roehrich]

As far as a calender date goes, look at it like this:

Find a general area of the country (a region, or whatever you want to call it) you want to draw to and from. Then find a date in the "slow period" where there are fewer events to conflict with. Then find a location in the area with a record for decent weather during the slow period. It would be best if a couple of guys who are better at this sort of thing, like Beard and Carr, got together and did a spreadsheet or something of that nature to give some indication of when and where.

It's a hard thing to balance, you have event conflicts, weather conditions, and travel time/distance to consider, all factors that can make or break the event in a heart beat.

If you try to do it later in the year, remember that everyone will have tired race cars, empty wallets/used up budgets, and mostly used up vacation time. That's three big factors working hard against you.