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You lease somewhere and run your own race and pay what you want if it bothers you that much.
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You'll see with car counts going down.Comment
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NWPA apparently you have never owned a race car and have no idea of the expense of running one.Instead of being a smart ass try to help figure out an answer to the problem because if it ain't figured out soon late model racing as we know it is done.Comment
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He could have taken that $50k he put on winning and paid every position $2k more. $52k to win and $4k to start looks ALOT better to the racers than this payoff!Comment
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These are all great ideas. Kinda wish DLM racing had a national weakly podcast where we could get Carl's/Tony's/or the drivers insight on issues like these.Comment
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The Million show at Eldora paid $50,000 for second...talk about a drop off. We racers b!tch about the top heavy purses but we still show up even when we don't stand much chance of breaking even so maybe it's our own faults.Comment
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It just makes me wonder how many cars show up if the purse was $30,000 To Win, 20,000,15,000,12,500,10,000,9000,8000,7000,6500,60 00,5500,5000,4750,4500,4250,4000,3900,
3800,3700,3600, $3500 To Start?Comment
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You people on here amaze me. We been posting about spreading payouts more evenly for years and everyone says if we don't racing is going to be gone. Ok. So you think posting messages on a forum is going to help initiate the change we need? That's the same crap we hear in politics everyday. If you have a problem with payouts or anything and you post your answer to these problems then why don't you try to contact the right people and take action? I highly doubt they're circling the message boards to see what the idiots think. Social media is losing its credibility with fake news. No one cares what's said on here and it certainly ain't gonna envoke change.
I like the top heavy payouts because I want to see a battle for the win. What I don't want to see if drivers turning laps just to finish and collect a participation check. These racing teams know they're going to spend a ton of money each year and it's up to them to make it work.
I'm sure there's ways to get more for the little guy but I don't see changing the payouts as a resolution. You gotta work on the cost to get out there first so the little guy can compete. Cost to run and maintain a DLM is a lot. I'd say that would be step 1 to improving the sport but no one seems to want to do that.Comment
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The million was earls dream, and it was going to be a one shot deal. Do we really think earl made a cool mill that weekend? I bet if he had sold one more hot dog, he would've broke even.Originally posted by over4T View PostComment
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It's all just conversation and opinion.Comment
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I think it would be cool to make it 75,000 take the other 25k and spread it back through the field..but make it pay 5 k to make the race...Someone could possibly win the biggest purse of their career just by making the show and I think that could draw more cars...Comment
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Strawberry King helped finance that event. Not to take anything away from Earl. I remember being worried about late race restarts but it never came to pass. Donnie won and bought the car he won in and put it in his backyard according to his wife.Originally posted by zyoung25 View PostComment
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The guys who have a shot of running top 10 will all be there. Paying more doesn't get cars. It's been proven 10,000 times. The current body and car rules allow the pros to put 900hp to the ground. That is the problem not if the race pays 2k or 4K to start. How does getting more cars there who won't make the show anyway improve the situation for YOU ?? I don't get it , PRP is the best party and the best cars in the county will be there .. yet you find a reason to complain...Comment
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It would take a lot more than $25K to pay $5K to start.Originally posted by Illtsate32 View PostComment
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