Big $$$ S/SS Races as a Business Model..Viable?

Mark Yacavone · 04-07-2021, 10:38 PM

Okay..Lots of folks think heads up racing would be the big draw for spectators.

Lets think about this , but first a little history lesson. Heads up class racing was all there was in the beginning . Someone got the idea to run all the class winners in eliminator fashion.. You had to win class to be in the eliminator..Obviously, you had to have class runoffs first.
Not so today..Everybody gets a chance to qualify.
But maybe , for the sake of promoting heads up, spectator friendly racing, we need to re-think this.
I'll just throw this out here.
What if class runoffs were held Saturday night, under the lights? You can imagine what the local radio commercials would sound like?
Maybe channel some of the entry and / or advertising money towards a class win. Or racers could put up a Franklin towards the pot. Strictly an optional program.
Of course, run them in order...A,B, C and so on.
How about that, Larry Hill? 1500 bucks cash for a class win?

How about it? Any merit to this?

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,818 Likes: 2,910 Liked 5,126 Times in 1,954 Posts	Re: Big $$$ S/SS Races as a Business Model..Viable? Okay..Lots of folks think heads up racing would be the big draw for spectators. Lets think about this , but first a little history lesson. Heads up class racing was all there was in the beginning . Someone got the idea to run all the class winners in eliminator fashion.. You had to win class to be in the eliminator..Obviously, you had to have class runoffs first. Not so today..Everybody gets a chance to qualify. But maybe , for the sake of promoting heads up, spectator friendly racing, we need to re-think this. I'll just throw this out here. What if class runoffs were held Saturday night, under the lights? You can imagine what the local radio commercials would sound like? Maybe channel some of the entry and / or advertising money towards a class win. Or racers could put up a Franklin towards the pot. Strictly an optional program. Of course, run them in order...A,B, C and so on. How about that, Larry Hill? 1500 bucks cash for a class win? How about it? Any merit to this? __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers