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[Randall Klein]

Years ago one of the early services of this type put out a request that one of their reporters needed a laptop....I sent in $100 as it was well worth it to me for value received

In thinking over the comments about a membership support of your costs, I mulled over what ceiling I would be comfortable with....$500 made me wince a little, but in order to throw a figure "out there", for entertainment values alone I am in the $200/yr range

Now what number of subscribers needed at what fee is for someone else to figure

I'm in at $200/yr if you want a start

[HR9121]

Count me in on a membership. I think you will find more than enough support to keep this thing going.

[Tim Kish]

On race weekends I'm checking DRC more than Facebook!

[Toby Lang]

Great coverage, Larry. Thanks again!

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by randall klein

in thinking over the comments about a membership support of your costs, i mulled over what ceiling i would be comfortable with....$500 made me wince a little, but in order to throw a figure "out there", for entertainment values alone i am in the $200/yr range

now what number of subscribers needed at what fee is for someone else to figure

A *lot*. And I suspect that $200/year would price out most people. You might be able to sell it at "$10/month" (of course then you have even more costs involved with establishing and maintaining a payment/subscriber system), at which point you need thousands of subscribers.

If it goes to a subscriber-only model, the value to sponsors drops dramatically along with the traffic to the site. On the flip side, if non-subscribers can get everything for free that subscribers pay for, then you will have significantly less subscribers.

[Chris Hill]

Who owns http://www.dragracecentral.com/?

[jmcarter]

Chris, Larry Sullivan. He started the thread.

[Toby Lang]

I actually like the end-of-day reports. I get to see eliminations for every round. Ever since I joined ComuServe in the early 90s, I have wanted to see eliminations for all rounds posted.

If end-of-day reports is what it takes, then I'm all for it.

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Chris Hill

Who owns http://www.dragracecentral.com/?

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: DRAGRACECENTRAL.COM
Created on: 14-Jul-99
Expires on: 15-May-13
Last Updated on: 08-Nov-12

Registrant:
Autosales Incorporated
1200 Southeast Ave
Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
United States

Administrative Contact:
Master, Web email@summitracing.com
Autosales Incorporated
1200 Southeast Ave
Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
United States
+1.3306300270 Fax -- +1.3306305330

Technical Contact:
Master, Web email@summitracing.com
Autosales Incorporated
1200 Southeast Ave
Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
United States
+1.3306300270 Fax -- +1.3306305330

Domain servers in listed order:
CBRU.BR.NS.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET
CMTU.MT.NS.ELS-GMS.ATT.NET

[Larry Sullivan]

Originally Posted by Chris Hill

Who owns http://www.dragracecentral.com/?

As far as I know, the name "Drag Race Central" and the website belong to Summit Racing Equipment. Rick Green and I are "FastNews Network Inc." We supply the content and operate the website.