S/SS combo @ BIR 2011

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Travis
I wish you would have been at the meeting.
The track opened up & showed us the total $ for the year. IN , OUT, AND HOLD.

You may not believe this,... but by god... THEY HAVE BILLS TOO!!!!!!!!

As far as 100% profit maybe you are not seeing the whole picture here.
First you need to look at the property tax on the huge establishment it's self.
Then insurance on buildings & public liability.
Electric bills for the lighting and all those "pure profit" camping out-lets.
Sewer & port-a-potty pumping and R/M on the showers and toilets.
Garbage pick-up and dumpster rental.
Track scrubber and all the equipment to prep the track.( and all the gas and R/M on all that stuff.)
VHT
General up keep
Staff
Security
(The staff and security are being scaled back this year.)
and on and on and on.
NOW
The bottom line is this. BIR IS a for profit biz.
If you can't handle that, I don't know what I can do for you?
If you look at the numbers you put down that total will not go all that far in operation costs.

I would like to keep this a positive thing so lets just get some more cars up to BIR for the S/SS RACES!!

By the way.. I have run my own shop for 20 years and have never seen this 100% profit you speak of??

Thanks
Glen DeMENGE

Originally Posted by 5919 SSKA

Let's look at it like this Glen...the track has quite a few spots it 'reserves' for the year. If I recall correctly it has been $225 no electric hook-ups, $275 w/electric. Not sure how many "spots" are rented, but lets assume 50 for the year (random number), probably more being the car count is roughly 300+.
Let's now say it's 50/50 electric, no electric. Total = $12,500 for 5 events. Pretty much 100% profit---agree?
Now throw in the fact that you can rent an open spot for the weekend ($30 if I recall correctly...which a few do)...let's say 10 per/event. That adds another $1,500 for the year. Total = $14,000 No payout. 100% profit before you even open the gate.

Bracket 1 and Bracket 2 average 70 cars (est.) @ $80 entry. Total = $11,200 per/wknd x 5 events = $56,000 per/year

S/SS average 16 (est.) @ $100 entry. Total = $1,600 per/wknd x 5 events = $8,000 per/year

S/ST, S/G, S/C average 60 combined let's say @ $100 entry. Total =$6,000 per/wknd x 5 events =$30,000 per/year.

Now let's throw in Trophy, Bracket 3, & Jr's. I'm not sure what the entry fee is for these as I've never run them. But let's say $30 for Trophy and assume 30 cars (probably more, since there are 2 Trophy classes). Total = $900 per/wknd
Bracket 3, I will assume 25 cars @ $40. Total = $1,000 per/wknd
Jr's, I will assume 20 @ $25. Total = $500 per/wknd
Above for 5 events. Total = $12,000 per/year...not to mention, very little Payout for these.

Let's again assume, every entry has at least 1 crew member, family member, or friend that comes to watch @ $10 per/day (2 day event). Total =$6,000 per/wknd or Total = $30,000 per/year

Add all that up and you get $150,000 per/year (conserative number too in my book). That's doesn't include Test-n-Tune, camping, on site condo rental (which are super sweet...stayed in one last season), golf carts/scooters, advertising, consessions & goats. And that's just for the drag racing. The road course is run often at the same time the drag strip is. I fail to see how this track isn't profitable.

Now I agree, back in the 90s car counts were closer to 400 + per/weekend. I recall winning one race in Bracket 2 (no gizmo) that was 8 rounds!

What has changed? Why don't racer's want to race at one of the BEST drag strips in the country? MY $.02----Long Tech lines, long waits at the gate, security issues, long waits in the lanes, very few runs in the course of the weekend.
I realize this is what your working on Glen, along with the Bracket reps. on this new formed committee.

In the past 2 years alone, I have run my super stocker at Topeka, Cordova, Tri-State, Route 66, Interstate Dragways, Oahe, and BIR. I won't even touch on where I have bracket raced. Yet the only place I ever see 'security' is BIR. What's the purpose? I guarantee if I EVER need security, it will be the Co. Sheriff that needs to be called. Some staffing overhead can be cut.