Average $$$ per Driver running WOO

[TUTY]

34 Total races so far for WOO LM series
Madden $185,350 / $5451 per race
Marlar $164,750 / $4845 per race
B-Shep $250,155 / $7357 per race
Moran $132,100 / $3885 per race
Clanton $93,625 / $2753 per race
Eckert $79,440 / $2336 per race
Jurghans 74,220 / $2182 per race
Erb $68570 / $2016 per race
Breazele $58,070 / $1707 per race
Larson $52,890 / $1555 per race
There are some prelim nights that there is no pay.

[TMaCiLLiNi39]

34 Total races so far for WOO LM series
Madden $185,350 / $5451 per race
Marlar $164,750 / $4845 per race
B-Shep $250,155 / $7357 per race
Moran $132,100 / $3885 per race
Clanton $93,625 / $2753 per race
Eckert $79,440 / $2336 per race
Jurghans 74,220 / $2182 per race
Erb $68570 / $2016 per race
Breazele $58,070 / $1707 per race
Larson $52,890 / $1555 per race
There are some prelim nights that there is no pay.

Now show me what they have spent...

[wfofan]

Love to see that stat

[JMill99m]

Don't quote me but I've heard local late model guys say $1000 a night is there
Cost for a weekly regular show.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Cost of winning the championship?

Priceless

[Zonks32x]

Well...
Two cars at $35k each. (70k)
At least two bullets at $30k (60k)
$700-1000/night in tires
$7 gallon for race fuel
$10 per lap on avg (engine re-fresh)
Shock re-builds
Entry fees & pit passes
Hotels and food on the road
Paying crew members
Toterhome/Trailer maintenance
Toterhome/Trailer payments
Diesel cost to haul all that garage jewelry around the country.

On the low shoe-string budget end...$350-400k to run a national tour.
Most of these teams spend $500-600k+.

Sprintcar guys spend even more...but they do run more nights/year.

Half-million + per season helps explain why you see the turnover you do on the national series.

To that end...one of the top WoO drivers this year will not be back next year.

[TUTY]

I remember Steve Kinser in 1984 said at that time it cost $180,000 to $220,000 for the whole WOO series. I agree $500,000 plus for National LM series and probably $700,000 plus for WOO Sprint Cars. Plus yes u have the initial cost of truck and trailer.

[dalemcfan]

Do the figures in post 1 include tow money? If someone has no product sponsors or deals from chassis and engine suppliers they cant build a national touring late model for less than $90,000. A durham or cornett or clements is mid $40s, not $30. A roller lonhorn or rocket is also mid $40s. Figure in all expenses it is $25-$30 per lap depending on damage/failures. Took my financial advisor to a Lucas race. He loved it. Asked how much the cars and haulers cost and how much paid to win. I told him then he said one of the worst financial ratios he ever heard.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Do these guys really stay at hotels?

[No_Weak_Links]

Do these guys really stay at hotels?

Most of them no, not usually....unless REALLY well funded

[Zonks32x]

Do these guys really stay at hotels?

Not every night, but yes, they do. Spent many a night at hotels across the Midwest where WoO sprint, WoO LM, or Lucas LM guys were also staying there.

You get a driver out on the road with his wife, kids, car owner, and crew members, they're not all jamming into the toter home.

[Zonks32x]

A durham or cornett or clements is mid $40s, not $30.

Mid $40's to buy yes....but a number of teams have lease agreements with their engine builders.

Agree with your financial advisor 100%. Helps explain why there's plenty of plumbers, septic companies, bone yards, paving companies, and car dealers on the side of LM's...but no banks, financial planners, or investment corporations.

[#FALSuperman]

And then after you have figured out all the expenses, make sure to add all the advertising money that comes to these teams from top sponsors on the car. Some are pretty significant.

[hucktyson]

Brand new top of the line engines are over 50k not 30. Fuel is 600+ a drum for 54 gallons , top builders charge 10-16k for thousand lap rebuilds. The dude pulled his numbers out of his gash

[dirtcrazy4u]

Many times. The crews are going from race to race. And Yes, they are staying in the toter many times. Drivers of today have there motor homes they are sleeping in.

As for your cost figures, you better add another 25%.

Ahhh huck, you need to come back more often, I miss your look inside the real world of racin.