Sprint Car Payout vs Late Model Payout

[Josh Bayko]

But have you compared what a new rolling sprint car chassis costs compared to a new late model rolling chassis costs . The sprint car is way cheaper chassis wise.

Oh, I know a sprint roller is cheaper, but a top team will go through a dozen rollers a season.

[3 wide]

Back in may I went to the woo sprints at fairgrounds in Nashville it paid 15 grand Friday night an 25 grand Saturday night it was sold out Saturday night seats 20 thousand at 40 a seat.

[Snowmanracr21]

People complain theres no passing in winged sprint car racing, well late models have become pretty much just like it. Personally I like both, but other than the Knoxville Nationals and World 100 if I could chose between another World of Outlaws sprint car race vs a Lucas Oil late model race I will pick the Outlaws every time these days.

[TBSprintFan]

Oh, I know a sprint roller is cheaper, but a top team will go through a dozen rollers a season.

No WoO team goes through a dozen rollers a season, I would say most would get 2-3 new cars a season and refurbish their old cars as spares. I would say if you took everything into consideration the cost to just run the car alone, not including driver, crew, hauler , etc., it would be pretty much equal from a top late model to a top sprint team. You are starting to see a lot of areas starting to run wingless sprints as it is a more affordable option of race car now a days. You can buy a good low night roller for around $5000.

[play4kps]

Snowman, sadly, I feel the same as you. And it really sucks because I used to love dirt late model racing more than any other form, but over the past 3 years, the lack of passing and quality racing has really dwindled. And sadly most on this forum are cheerleading the death of this great form of racing, they will say, just dont go, or be happy we got something, really.

[kazual]

The “real” underdog here may be non-wing sprints which in my opinion, along with midgets, may offer the most competitive racing of any but seem to lag overall in fan attendance and purses money. The thing I’ll never understand about wing sprint fans is how excited they get when someone wins by half a lap. But they sure invest big time in tee shorts and caps.

[mcarter815]

Wingless sprint cars and midgets are really exciting to watch, but they are also more dangerous than the wing cars. Those wings were originally developed to make the cars safer.

[kazual]

Mcarter815

So very, very true.

[Hoosier]

I'm not happy 'til you're not happy too.

[play4kps]

Non wing sprints are much more exciting, but like you said much more dangerous! I live in Troy Ohio, We lack weekly dirt track racing in our area, Waynesfield used to run a weekly non wing sprint show, now special events. 2 plus hours from late model racing kind of sucks.