[Bill Baer]

Top 10 Things Killing Bracketc. Independent Series

I don't know why tracks let these independent series in their gates, because they're there for one thing, and that's to convert the racers at the track to chase his series, thus more loss of revenue for the local track once the circus goes to the next town.
Johnny, don't knock it till you try it, I've been active in an independent series for more that 20 years. Since we pay the tracks their money up front and controll our own payout and to some extent police our members responses to on track problems they appreciate us.
Since we control our pay out we pay first round winners and have a points fund that pays the top ten at the end of the year. When the last time you got paid for winning the first round? or got cash for finishing 10th. in the points? We also usually have two races per weekend for one tow.
It true that we do try to convert other racers to our series because we offer a better deal than the race tracks and scantion bodies do and were also trying to up our car count and our payout.
We go to different race tracks to support those racers who support us If we just raced at the convient local track our car counts would suffer and our pay outs would stink plus, If a racer can't afford to travel and want to race with us when were at his or her track thats fine(many do)

I was once a bracket racer but I'll tell you some of the reasons why I don't bracket race much.
#1 Greed buy backs, multiple car entries, mutliple driver entries and lack of round monies are all based in greed, everyone wants to race for $10000 and they don't care if everyone else gets little or nothing.
#2 Lack of sportsman ship I have very rarely had a bracket racer shake my hand when I beat them and I have had some look at me like I had somthing growing out of my head when I congratulate the for defeating me.
#3 Racing someone who's total investment is $100 to race their Mom's station wagon, I have been in some gamblers races where I had to spot such people 9-10 seconds.

If you don't like the way things are going you can either take steps to change it for the better, quit and take your money to the casino or just bitch on line.

Sincerely