[JWhalen58]

NHRA isn't going to increase the payout because they don't have to. But something could be done among the racers but would take someone to do it. Back in the early 80's where I was bracket racing had a side pot you could get in if you wanted, strictly up to you. Now the track did run this. The entry was $25 and the side pot was I believe an additional $10. Their normal payout was $200 to win. They would always have about 100 cars in each of the 4 brackets, I was racing in bracket 2 or pro as it was called. The way it worked was winner got 1/2 the pot and r/u 1/2 of what was left and semi's split what was left, or something like that I am probably off on exact numbers but you guys understand the concept. Now if any of the winners were not in the pot the money was split with the ones that were. I won several times and the side pot was always more than the regular payout, 500-600 in 1981 was good money to win then. So when we have a race now with the better part of 100 cars and people kick $20 or so into a side pot the money to win gets a lot better. This should only be for the top 4 places again only people in the pot could win the pot. I don't think the powers to be would be much in favor of it because it would be upstaging them some, but I could be wrong.