The Present Points system to win the World Championship need

[Don Kennedy]

So Basically a racer in order to win the world Championship has to go to at least 14 races a year ,spend appx $50,000 to $150,000 to win the Purse for Stock at $10,000 and Super Stock at $15,000 . The Purse that NHRA offers is a joke and my point is that NHRA needs to adress this regardless of how Much Money a racer has or spends > If i were NHRA I would be embaressed about the purse structrue for Stock and Super Stock and it seems not too many of us try to get the purse increased by even talking to The decision Makers at NHRA That is one of my points we need to be more professionally vocal with NHRA .

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

So Basically a racer in order to win the world Championship has to go to at least 14 races a year...

Yes.

....spend appx $50,000 to $150,000....

WOW! Where do you get those numbers? I currently budget around $17,000.00 per car to run the NHRA points. That is entry fees, diesel, and hotels.

The Purse that NHRA offers is a joke and my point is that NHRA needs to adress this regardless of how Much Money a racer has or spends > If i were NHRA I would be embaressed about the purse structrue for Stock and Super Stock and it seems not too many of us try to get the purse increased by even talking to The decision Makers at NHRA That is one of my points we need to be more professionally vocal with NHRA .

Where does the new money come from?

[Don Kennedy]

,I am including the the total investment divided by the number of races to go to to make a run for the World chamionship racing operation to go to 14 races to win the purse is what i mean to say. There just needs the Racers reps to bring up the low purse concerns to NHRA

[Lenny5160_v2]

Stop screwing around and just win your closest 7 events.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160_v2

Stop screwing around and just win your closest 7 events.

That method seemed to work rather well for Kyle Rizzoli this year, didn`t it? Even with taking off 4 months in the middle of the season!

[J.R. Haddad]

If you want to cut down on expense, What would happen if you counted
your best 6 out of 8 LODRS events, and your best 2 out of 3 National
Events?

J.R.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by J.R. Haddad

If you want to cut down on expense, What would happen if you counted
your best 6 out of 8 LODRS events, and your best 2 out of 3 National
Events?

J.R.

How about just using using your Home LODRS only, then have the shoot out with the winner and runner up of each division Going to the World Finals Shoot out making the Purse huge, Not every racer has the time or finances to go to 14 races to win the low purse Just throwing around some ideas during the off season lol

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

There just needs the Racers reps to bring up the low purse to NHRA

Not that I want people to think that I'm feeling sorry for them BUT, take a look at the Pro purses vs. the monies spent if you want to talk about "purse structures".

OBTW, while we're talking about the ridiculous purses let us remember, we're ALL running for the same amount of money. I think that for the time being, I'll just keep playing with my "junk".

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Not that I want people to think that I'm feeling sorry for them BUT, take a look at the Pro purses vs. the monies spent if you want to talk about "purse structures".

OBTW, while we're talking about the ridiculous purses let us remember, we're ALL running for the same amount of money. I think that for the time being, I'll just keep playing with my "junk".

The pro racers get multi million dollar sponsorships.


I find it amusing that anyone thinks that because some racers have a nicer rig, it's okay to keep the purse low.


And just because a racer loves to race, isn't a reason not to work for the racers to give them the opportunity for a bigger purse.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

The pro racers get multi million dollar sponsorships.


I find it amusing that anyone thinks that because some racers have a nicer rig, it's okay to keep the purse low.


And just because a racer loves to race, isn't a reason not to work for the racers to give them the opportunity for a bigger purse.

I understand that, I was just making a statement.


I certainly hope that you're not referring to me.


I don't believe that ANY Racer "loves to race" more than me. And having supported my racing by racing for a long time, I find today's purses personally insulting.


If I have insulted ANY Racer with my written thoughts, I apologize. HOWEVER, I will continue to race my junk for as long as I enjoy the challenge of it and the people that I meet.
Just one more thing, I have always considered my racing as a business. Now, I'm not a Biondo or Fletcher but I've done OK and it's not good "business" to spend dollars to make pennies.