2024 UMP Summer Nationals start Wednesday at Peoria - Who's all racing the 1st week?

[Jim11h]

Dirt racing isn't meant to earn living at back of pack. Start money should cover fuel in car and hauler and that's about it, Maybe some pit passes. It's not fans, series, or tracks that made racing so stupid expensive. That fault is blamed on car owners! Top teams saying $5k a night expense are also funded by millionaire owners or sponsors that are using for tax write off for love of sport and bragging rights, not financial gain

[riddle28]

Dirt racing isn't meant to earn living at back of pack. Start money should cover fuel in car and hauler and that's about it, Maybe some pit passes. It's not fans, series, or tracks that made racing so stupid expensive. That fault is blamed on car owners! Top teams saying $5k a night expense are also funded by millionaire owners or sponsors that are using for tax write off for love of sport and bragging rights, not financial gain

most of the stuff he says is idiotic but Chaz made a video yesterday comparing LPGA purses to dirt racing and its hard to call racing a professional sport when the pay is as bad as it is compared to real professional sports. Idk what the answer is to getting it to where it should be but until theres massive crowds, corporate involvement and tv packages that arent this extreme niche im not sure itll ever be a sport the athletes make a good living at.

[TS FAN]

Dirtbags2020 that is an interesting take on Turbo in the Rocket one next year. His maturity seems to be getting better, and IMO that is the only thing that would hold him back. We shall see

[IL LM Fan]

Terbo kept his cool pretty good last night after being taken out while leading his heat. At least while on camera.

[Dirtbags2020]

Yes! Was surprised he didn’t retaliate and lose it.

[Jim11h]

Well I stand by what say because 410 sprints and top DLM teams are only ones making business decisions for their racing typically. The local racer, the bomber, emod, 305 sprint street stock, etc isn't making living typically from racing and they're low payouts typically help pay upper division bills. I've always felt that after winter expenses spent your business goals in racing are to minimize your cost/expenses nightly to maintain in sport maybe I'm incorrect but if you spent 20k fir shocks rebuild motor and other items over winter you did so to enjoy racing. Once season appears you need to minimize weekly costs to stay racing

[kidrock]

Hobbies can be expensive............