Fontana divisional rumor

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Spring Fling

This is a great topic.

Let me shed some light and be transparent on how a divisional works for the host track.

The host track pays NHRA a fee to be able to host a LODRS. If the host track gets over 300 entries then you pay an additional fee per car over 300. The host track pays 100% of the purse along with the normal overhead of their employees, insurance and so on. NHRA supplies them with the Wally's, a handful of employees (tech, starter, scales etc) and the division director to help run the event.

This year I took as the manager at Sonoma I looked at ways of making the drag strip more profitable for all the events hosted. It seemed like a no brainer to me to extend the Saturday evening curfew to 10pm (we can do this twice a year) and give all the LODRS racers three runs on Saturday and make Friday a test n tune to allow for less overhead for us and less time off for the racers. Division 2 has tried this method in the past and this year every division race is a 2 day format in that division. The majority of the D2 racers love the idea and with the three events they had this year all have shown big increases over last year.

I have also worked with companies to give back to the LODRS racers attending the Sonoma event. I have $6,750 worth of cash to give back to each class at our division race ($250 cash for the best losing package 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds for every class).

For me it's fairly simple. Give the racers the best product possible while also giving our track the best opportunity to be profitable.

Hope to see everyone July 21-22.

-Kyle
510.912.4160

Kyle, Slightly o/t, but does NHRA still help with the local advertising? I believe that was the case in previous years.
Also, I remember when I was at Edgewater, we'd need 500+ to have a good weekend. (I don't remember the 300+ clause)
Is that still the case?

Thanks, bud