LODRS payout increases ideas

[Pistol Pete]

Your idea is a good one but what we don't know is:
How much does the track have to pay nhra to have a points race at their track ??

[The Hawk]

If the payout increased, it would be decent. The way things are going I can see the entry fee being the $225 with the payout the same as it is now in 5 years. About 5 or so years ago a track was to put up around 10K to host a Divisional Points meet, no idea what it is now.

[James Perrone]

I hear the track pays thousands to put on the race with entry's going to Nhra. It's up to Nhra to pay more. NotGonnaHappen Eric good idea but the increase is a bit steep for most folks.We need to find sponsor s like D-6 does with comp. Separate fund awarded on the side.

[James Perrone]

I hear the track pays thousands to put on the race with entry's going to Nhra. It's up to Nhra to pay more. NotGonnaHappen Eric good idea but the increase is a bit steep for most folks.We need to find sponsor s like D-6 does with comp. Separate fund awarded on the side.

[JWhalen58]

NHRA isn't going to increase the payout because they don't have to. But something could be done among the racers but would take someone to do it. Back in the early 80's where I was bracket racing had a side pot you could get in if you wanted, strictly up to you. Now the track did run this. The entry was $25 and the side pot was I believe an additional $10. Their normal payout was $200 to win. They would always have about 100 cars in each of the 4 brackets, I was racing in bracket 2 or pro as it was called. The way it worked was winner got 1/2 the pot and r/u 1/2 of what was left and semi's split what was left, or something like that I am probably off on exact numbers but you guys understand the concept. Now if any of the winners were not in the pot the money was split with the ones that were. I won several times and the side pot was always more than the regular payout, 500-600 in 1981 was good money to win then. So when we have a race now with the better part of 100 cars and people kick $20 or so into a side pot the money to win gets a lot better. This should only be for the top 4 places again only people in the pot could win the pot. I don't think the powers to be would be much in favor of it because it would be upstaging them some, but I could be wrong.

[Pistol Pete]

Yes, the "pot" idea is a good one too. Probably 1 idea that would work.

Pay the last 4 or 8 cars left.

Div.1 gets at least 90-100 plus Stockers at a Divisional, so that would be some
Nice Additional Money To Get !!!!!

I'd say an extra $20. per driver.

[dartman]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

Yes, the "pot" idea is a good one too. Probably 1 idea that would work.

Pay the last 4 or 8 cars left.

Div.1 gets at least 90-100 plus Stockers at a Divisional, so that would be some
Nice Additional Money To Get !!!!!

I'd say an extra $20. per driver.

X2($50 to $60)

[JWhalen58]

I think so, what's an extra 20-50 bucks. I would be willing to take care of it at Div 3 races.

[BKSG1198]

Great Idea but, increasing the entry fee's is not the answer and you will only push away racers, no matter what the payouts are. With the lower class quotas at Nationals in a few years all you will see if the professional sportsman racers at events with maybe a few guys who run a national here and there and have enough grade points. If you want to look into something to be done it needs to be on the National Event side. The entry fee has gone up significantly over the past years with no pay increase to the winner. Contingency has gone way down (Yes it supposed to be better this year). I pulled out an entry form from the 1994 Keystone Nationals a few weeks back and it was $170 to get in for $1,800 to win, now it's $320 for $1,800 but, you have an event like Mike Beard or Myself put on and we take a bath in it......go figure.