Apparently if you did not qualify for the A Main you did not get paid a penny at the Gateway Dirt Nationals. No tow money, nothing. Zero. It was a $300 entry fee to get in also. I was wondering why they did not publish the purse, now we know. I also heard the payoff was terrible. Anyone else hear this?
Word on street is that the payoff was very bad, I think Friday night total purse was $11,000 and Saturday purse was better but not for what was charged to get in. Also have you noticed how quite it has been since this race has been run, with only DOD giving it some reviews, not much else about it. We never heard if Bloomquist tires were right. Also understand that there were some cleanup issues at the dome that those people were not happy about, just curious to see what develops with this
This is correct. We were in a C main Friday and a B Main Saturday and recieved nothing. Terrible. Spent lots on entry fee, pit passes, fuel, hotel,etc. We consistently asked officials about the payoff and they tried to play it off and act as if they did not know. We later found out why. After all the money made on the event the promoter should do the right thing and mail a check to each driver. We will not be back.
They were rubber. Is that not right??????????????Quote:
Originally Posted by LMNED10
Imagine if they got the full amount of cars that were advertised.
This information doesn't bode well for future renditions of this event.
He's purchased Mansfield speedway in Ohio. Switching it back to dirt from asphalt
He's leasing it i thought
Only Bloomquist, the mod winner, the promoter, Dirt on Dirt, area businesses and few others made money on this race. All the other racers paid in alot of money and went home with a little or nothing. They did a great job of promoting this race. They convinced alot of people before and after that it was a huge deal and great for the sport (lol). I didn't go and will not go if they have it again.
I think perverton should cough up some purse money from his cut of advertisements!!! hahahhahahahhahaaaQuote:
Originally Posted by dirtwriter
Anyway he should at least be picked up by the ankles a shook like a rug!! :)
On the serious side that is downright crooked and grounds for being a one shot deal if true.
Yep.....three year lease with option to purchase.Quote:
Originally Posted by WisWildManFan
No, 4M's authority on cheater tars, perverton will soon let us know that he indeed cheated again!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MI Dirt Fan
This cat screwed some others on the carolina crown races. I was waiting to see what was going to go down at this event.
Now your Dad is playing cricket, I see. hahahahahahaaaaQuote:
Originally Posted by SLIDING SIDEWAYS
Well if this is true probably no need in opening Mansfield it doesn't look like a good location for a dirt track anyway to me.
Karma is a bitch hope he fails at Mansfield
Do you have any details on what happened? curiousQuote:
Originally Posted by SLIDING SIDEWAYS
Would you goto work if your employer couldn't tell you what you were going to be paid? I don't think Cody is the one with the problem......
Not exactly the whole story. Some how the promoter didnt pay the winner all his money one year. Now idk if he finished paying him or not. Winners purse was $30k and i think he paid him $20k. The place was standing room only so he made $$.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtwriter
Someone clear this up for me. The same guy that promoted the disaster in the dome bought Mansfield Speedway? Is this guy working on behalf of an investor group or on his own behalf?
I'm surprised that anybody was dumb enough to think that the pay was going to be decent. It was a novelty event.
I have no problem with it paying nothing if you didn't make the A, however that should most definitely have been relayed to the teams before they signed up.
Lesson learned: If you can't handle not getting a check after it's over, don't sign up and go.
It's a safe bet that will be the case for many car owners if this event is repeated next December.Quote:
Originally Posted by zach51
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Originally Posted by CIRF
I don't see how they could repeat this event again. Unless they change to another class of racing vehicles. Midgets? or something else.
If there is a 3 year lease that is, otherwise this was a hit and run show.
Looks like a hit an run to me I said it would never work before they ever started but everybody wanted to talk about how great it was going to be they pumped this race for months.
Sommer is about 29 years old so I would imagine he's fronting someone or some thing.
It was odd how this event was so hyped several months before the event, and then the closer it got the information became harder and harder to get. To charge a $300 entry fee to these guys and not give them a dime is ridiculous. Some of these guys never had a prayer of making the A, and probably some wouldn't have showed if they knew the payout structure. But I'm sure that was kept under wraps like most everything else until the event happened.
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Originally Posted by CIRF
Cody doesn't own Mansfield, just a standing promoter.
Yes it was kept under wraps. To attempt to cover it up and not tell anyone is a shame. It is unfortunate that he would do this and think no one would speak up
Really? Not a disaster? I'm thinking there are a fair amount of dirt late model car owners that might take issue with that line of thought. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by zyoung25
I never said he owned it. I asked the question if he did, or not. Thanks for the clarification. I think.
I see you're from northern IL. What car were you with?Quote:
Originally Posted by thexfactor0210
Yea but Friday was the best feature ever ran anywhere, I know that because DOD said so.
That's what he says because he doesn't go to the races. If it's on the internet it must be true.........Quote:
Originally Posted by ptown
i would think twice about bringing that shyster near a trackQuote:
Originally Posted by zyoung25
chili bowl entry fee is 200 I do believe http://www.chilibowl.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=72453Quote:
Originally Posted by bullring
I find it odd that here we are nearly a month removed from the event and just now hearing about this? Am I missing something?
I'm asking this loosely because I'm not making accusations. He shafted people at Carolina Crown races, Gateway Nationals event and is now leasing or buying a race track?
You took the words outa my mouth!Quote:
Originally Posted by zach51
Good Lord, everyone wants a trophy and a check!
well yeah since they were announcing best feature ever maybe not , entertaining YESQuote:
Originally Posted by ptown
Those who dont understand not getting anything clearly have no idea about owning or operating a race team. Tell every driver out there that payouts for all Late Model races are done if you dont make the show and see how far that gets them. The sport is tough enough to survive with costs the way they are now as is. If you tell a guy that only 22 drivers out of nearly 100 are going to make money I gurantee over half would not show. It just does not make sense. The promoter purposely tried to hide any purse details because he knew what the reaction would be. The point will be made if he attempts the same purse and runs gateway once again.