dot compliance

Chuck Porter · 12-05-2009, 12:14 PM

The whole "for profit" tact that the DOT is taking is suspect at best. First of all in any business cash flow doesn't constitute profit. Cash flow minus operating expenses etc. then equals profit. I've in this game long enough to know you have to win a lot of races to make a profit, especially when you factor in the "true" cost of the racecar, trailer, tow rig, tools, entry, the list goes on. The average guy doesn't make a "profit".

So if this is the direction the DOT is going, then every guy with a set of golf clubs in the back of his pickup who is heading for a golf tournament, or a guy with a little boat and a fishing pole heading for a fishing tournament should all be subject to the same rules, because there is the potential for profit. The whole thing smells.

We're easy targets.

12-05-2009, 12:14 PM	#10
Chuck Porter Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 104 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: dot compliance The whole "for profit" tact that the DOT is taking is suspect at best. First of all in any business cash flow doesn't constitute profit. Cash flow minus operating expenses etc. then equals profit. I've in this game long enough to know you have to win a lot of races to make a profit, especially when you factor in the "true" cost of the racecar, trailer, tow rig, tools, entry, the list goes on. The average guy doesn't make a "profit". So if this is the direction the DOT is going, then every guy with a set of golf clubs in the back of his pickup who is heading for a golf tournament, or a guy with a little boat and a fishing pole heading for a fishing tournament should all be subject to the same rules, because there is the potential for profit. The whole thing smells. We're easy targets. __________________ Chuck Porter STK