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[Floyd Gomez]

Originally Posted by Tony Janes

Here is the big problem with this thread. The show is not geared to drag racers it is for the drag race fan and there is a big difference. Just for the sake of argument there are ten thousand drag racers and the program is has an audience of two hundred thousand, the drag racers are 5% of the audience. I would say that ESPN would not be interested in the opinion of the ten thousand drag racers.

Tony here is where NHRA has dropped the ball. The average sportsman racer at a National event spends 600.00 with entry fees, crew fees and misc. expenses paid to NHRA. With an average car count of 384 total TRUE sportsman racers that is a profit of $230400.00. The average paying fan count is 10 to 20 thousand. With the new $10.00 fan relief prices that is a profit of 200000.00. And believe it or not there are still plenty fans that leave the stands after Pro-Stock and head to the sportsman pits. This is where I see a reall benefit for Speed Channel or SpikeTv. NHRA claims that sportsman class is a loser but if you look at the payout and freebies to the Pros that is where they lose money.