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The First World 100 Purse
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!
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$4K to win, 600.00 for third, and $25.00 for sixteenth through 20th.!!!!
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!
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Originally Posted by MasterSbilt_Racer
That was big money.
Bill Redwine,the promoter of Tri-county speedway in west chester ohio told the duke,(Earl Baltes),that he had lost his mind,To pay out that kind of money.
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Originally Posted by MasterSbilt_Racer
That was big money.
I watched part of the 1999 North/South last night on youtube that Pierce won. $15k was alot of money then also. I don't know what Bob was more excited about. Winning the $15k or just winning at Florence period.
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The purse was also listed on the DoD history page but not as in depth as this.
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Notice the time Sunday afternoon it didn't get real popular till they but up lights an started running on Saturday night not sure what year that was.
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They switched to night time racing in 1986. But I beg to differ on the popularity starting then. The late 70`s early 80`s there were always a lot of cars and people.
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Originally Posted by racedad11
They switched to night time racing in 1986. But I beg to differ on the popularity starting then. The late 70`s early 80`s there were always a lot of cars and people.
Yes. It was a huge event long before 86.
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$4000 in 1971 would be worth about $26,000 today.
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Originally Posted by chubfrankfan
$4000 in 1971 would be worth about $26,000 today.
The actual size of the purse is even bigger than that, as there were very few big paying late model events.
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I remember one of the announcers at Eldora talking about the first World 100. At the time, many thought it might have been a misprint, or that the total purse was $4,000. In 1971, a 4K to win race was unimaginable.
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The first Hillbilly in 1967 paid $2k
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In 1978 Robert Smalley started the NDRA paying 10,000 to win the first touring late models.
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How many cars turned out then compared to now?
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And the first 4 places in the heats and dash paid $$.
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Originally Posted by 84wedge
How many cars turned out then compared to now?
68 cars in 1971 fast time was 20.20. In 2019 there was 98. Fast time was 15.269
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Originally Posted by Rajflyboy
Nice find
Not hard to find. It's all right here.
https://www.dirtondirt.com/history-major.php?id=8
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Paid $9000 in 1976 and the guy that won it in 76 won a heat in 1977 but was a DNS for the feature.
Hughes blew up coming to the checkers in the heat.
Kenimer and Snooks went 1-2 in that feature. Could have had a NGA podium that year, but alas it was not meant to be.
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