BIG $$$ Race

[JeremyDuncan]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

They both pay money to race.
They both put a number on the car.
They both go down the track.
How are they different.

Win $50,000
R/U $20,000
Semi $7,500
1/4 $4,000
7th Rd $2,500
6th Rd $2,000
5th Rd $1,500
4th Rd $1,000
3rd Rd $500

Entry $999. 3 days @ $50,000 + $20,000 warm up race, that is 4 events per week

What does a National event that takes 4 days pay out? What is the entry fee?
Tell me again why it won't work for Stk SS.

Don't forget buybacks are a large part of the purse and buybacks will not be well received by class racers(I am one or them).

[Mike Pearson]

I went to the big money race at SGMP. It was a great time. Anyone that didnt go missed a awesome event. Lots of good food and a big party one evening. The weather wasnt totally cooperative and they had to group two of the 20k races into one 40K race. That was the only hiccup. There was a some issues with the timing and ladder but that got resolved pretty quickly. They had about 160 cars there and I thought that they reached a break even point at near that number. I was hoping that there would be another one of those events this year. Bo returned to Pro Stock, Line retired from Pro Stock and I am not sure if Connley is still working for what was KB Racing. I know he has a shock business that he is operating. All of this might have had some effect on more events. I was surprised that more didnt show up with that amount of money on the line.

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

They both pay money to race.
They both put a number on the car.
They both go down the track.
How are they different.

Win $50,000
R/U $20,000
Semi $7,500
1/4 $4,000
7th Rd $2,500
6th Rd $2,000
5th Rd $1,500
4th Rd $1,000
3rd Rd $500

Entry $999. 3 days @ $50,000 + $20,000 warm up race, that is 4 events per week

What does a National event that takes 4 days pay out? What is the entry fee?
Tell me again why it won't work for Stk SS.

Lack of grade points, maybe?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Don’t forget that a number of stock/superstock racers won’t race unless a Wally and National Ragster are involved …

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

Lack of grade points, maybe?

I believe that's part of it. Also, lack of Wallys.

My opinion is that, seeing we're involved in a highly specialized sub-culture, NHRA (and to a lesser degree, IHRA ) is the venue where most want to show off their performance in the form of qualifying, class wins, etc. The eliminator win is almost a secondary concern to many.
Therefore, big $$$ races are not as big of a draw as they are to bracket racers.
Some of my opinions are based on actually promoting S/SS combo races on a small scale.

[Mike McCandless]

It's just math. The number of bracket cars far exceeds the number of s/ss cars out there. Difficult to race for big money, without huge entry fee's, if there aren't enough cars. Throw in all the obligations throughout the year, not sure where the masses of S/SS racers would have an open schedule and be willing to travel.

You could probably do something at a big money bracket race where the S/SS cars are kept separate and then the winner is put into the big race. This is done with footbrake cars at big money top races.

Just a thought.

[Roy Kinslow]

They will let anyone with the money enter, if someone wants to race for big money. They separate bottom bulb racers. No reason a stock or super stock car wont be competitive, especially since it's all eighth mile. Might need a bigger radiator . Better be capable of excellent reaction times. Give it a shot, they will be glad to have you.