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Old 02-07-2012, 11:37 AM   #27
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Default Re: NHRA LODRS Divisional payout info?

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Originally Posted by 63corvette View Post
Don't forget NHRA gave the Division Race two more classes to make payouts on a couple of years ago which increased their costs. Top Sportsman and Top Dragster were added but very few new cars were added and not enough to make up for the added payouts. Most of those class cars came out of Super Gas and Super Comp and those classes were reduced in numbers.
I had one track operator tell me that change took all the profit out of their division race the first year. I have not talked to him about it since that first year but I know a Division Race is not as profitable as a Big Money Bracket Race at that one track.
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Rick Cates
Don't forget D2 also runs the 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 classes and their low car counts wouldn't have paid their purse last year, suppose NHRA still wants to experiment with this since the Unleashed thing seems to have kinda fallen on it's face. Local bracket races are so much more attractive to many, especially with diesel hovering at $4.00 with more increases predicted. Personally, I want the local tracks to stay healthy; otherwise there will be no tracks besides those like Bruton's Charlotte facility, existing just for the sake of a few specialty events and NHRA's Fuel show.
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