LODRS Purse Information Div 3

[Lyn Smith]

You can enter your tow vehicle in the Sportsmen bracket race for $40. and race for $1000. The same amount payed to all the other NHRA categories that pay $100. to enter.

[Andy Friar]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

You can enter your tow vehicle in the Sportsmen bracket race for $40. and race for $1000. The same amount payed to all the other NHRA categories that pay $100. to enter.

Could you double enter your STK/ SS car being that the bracket race is IRP run, and not NHRA? I would if I could. I get that guys/gals might be worried about hot lapping or whatever.

[442OLDS]

This post kind of got off track discussing National Opens.
The original post is a good one though.
Why can't there be ONE entry fee that is the same for ALL Divisions and ONE payout?
It appears that Division 1 is racing for double the purse and the entry isn't all that much more.
I know last year I lost in the fourth round at one race and got $125.Third round loser gets $100.
$25 extra for another round? Really?

[BKSG1198]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

This post kind of got off track discussing National Opens.
The original post is a good one though.
Why can't there be ONE entry fee that is the same for ALL Divisions and ONE payout?
It appears that Division 1 is racing for double the purse and the entry isn't all that much more.
I know last year I lost in the fourth round at one race and got $125.Third round loser gets $100.
$25 extra for another round? Really?

We pay $200 for Divisionals in D1 for about the past 4-5 years now, we used to be $170. It's pro-rated which is not a big deal with Stock & SS because they get the cars, sometimes .90 tinkers on that edge of 32 cars and I know a few TS & TD racers who were quite shocked when they won and only got $1,000 because they had below 16 cars at a few D1 races this year. Still is $100 for a R3 loss and it goes up $100 per round after that but, I do agree it would be nice if the entry fees were all the same all the way across.

The opens are normally $150 I believe except for the Dutch which is always a few bucks higher due to it being a day longer and on the same payout scale as the D1 races. I know last year we had 17 cars in SG and I got $400 for the R/UP.

[Adub464Q]

Division 4 went from $165 (maybe it was $160?) to $200 a few years ago and re-tooled the purses to pay out to the 1/4s rather than starting with 3rd round.

These days with our current car counts, the 1/4s is generally the fourth round with exception of a few divisionals.

See payout at the link here: https://www.nhradiv4.com/2014/PurseEntryFees.pdf

In addition to the posted payout, division 4 has sponsors for multiple classes that add $500 to the winners and $250 to the runner ups purses.

Thanks in particular to Sam Tech for Stock and Stanfield Racing Engines for the bonuses in D4.

[BKSG1198]

Austin,
You actually bring up a good point and something someone asked me to do this in my series for next year and remove the 3rd round loser cash and make it 4th round but, a bigger purse. I wonder what everyone else’s thoughts are on that or do we enjoy the 3rd round payouts?

[1347]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

Austin,
You actually bring up a good point and something someone asked me to do this in my series for next year and remove the 3rd round loser cash and make it 4th round but, a bigger purse. I wonder what everyone else’s thoughts are on that or do we enjoy the 3rd round payouts?

Kent brought it up earlier this year, I think for national events, And most of the Stock/Super Stock guys wanted the earlier round money.

[Lenny5160]

The entry/payout ratio is definitely out of whack compared to a typical bracket race but a bracket race also doesn't need to pay a group of people to run the scales and check fuel samples. Doesn't help a Super-class guy like me, but I know what I'm getting into.

With that said, I am generally against the combination of raised entry fees and fewer people getting paid. The winner is going to be happy regardless of the amount written on the check.