Payouts in the Midwest?

[rickybrown1952]

I-55 pevely mo $1200

[HoosierDirtFan]

It is one of the premier tracks in a state that actually still has supers. Who cares about the past ownership issues? They pay well and they get cars!

He was talking about Atomic Speedway not FALS!

[latemodelman]

Well back in the 70's and 80's there were a lot more 10,000 to win races but look at the crowds. I remember going to tracks with my dad and seeing standing room only on regular nights and seeing 100 to 120 cars in 3 or 4 classes. Now stands are half full to maybe 20 percent full and you have 70 or 80 cars a night in 5 classes. Racers have hurt racers with this motto "MONEY EQUALS POWER". Also pits were $10 and stands were $5. Now it is $15 stands and $30 pits.

[Kwoods25]

Racers are not the only ones to blame. Owners can kill a track as well

[Tri-City Speedway]

Tri City Speedway (IL) LM weekly $1200/$150 to start
Modified weekly $700/$100 to start

[STICKERDUDE]

Back in the 70's there were not quite as many tracks running against each other and cars and engines were built at home in the garage. Here's a photo at Fairbury in the 70's on a regular saturday night with approx. 4,000 in attendance.Once Factory built cars and professionally built engines came into play, drivers needed more money to keep going so tracks increased payouts as they could afford to. Gate prices increased, and families became busier and busier with kids activities and the fans slowly started staying home, It's no one's fault..... but the only people that seem to be attending weekly nowdays are the die hard fans. The casual fans still attend the specials and thats when you see larger attendance. If you want to fill the stands weekly again it has to be cheaper than it currently is. Just look at the crowds on $5.00 nights and tell me admission prices don't matter.

[Waldo]

MMSA-Monster mini stock series, is a 4-cylinder racing series that runs in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia and they have 18 races on their schedule for 2015 and everyone of them pays at least $1,500 to win.

[SFrancisFan15]

He was talking about Atomic Speedway not FALS!

Yeah and?? I'm pretty sure he was referring to Atomic about being a premier track in a state that still runs SLMs every single week and the old promoter at Atomic was a buffoon!

[Highside Hustler25]

Peoria Speedway

LM weekly 1000/150 start
Mods 1000/120 start

[Necrosis]

Heck, I think Bulls Gap in TN is paying at least $1,000 to win for Street Stock this year. I didn't realize purses were so low, that sucks. Big time.

[runyou-2]

Back in the 70's there were not quite as many tracks running against each other and cars and engines were built at home in the garage. Here's a photo at Fairbury in the 70's on a regular saturday night with approx. 4,000 in attendance.Once Factory built cars and professionally built engines came into play, drivers needed more money to keep going so tracks increased payouts as they could afford to. Gate prices increased, and families became busier and busier with kids activities and the fans slowly started staying home, It's no one's fault..... but the only people that seem to be attending weekly nowdays are the die hard fans. The casual fans still attend the specials and thats when you see larger attendance. If you want to fill the stands weekly again it has to be cheaper than it currently is. Just look at the crowds on $5.00 nights and tell me admission prices don't matter.

I can agree with everything you posted but,i think the attendance has more to do with the 'interest' of motorsports nowadays vs. the ticket price.
Just go to a movie theater on a weekend,they pay 20$ for a bucket of popcorn with a Soda.

I have 3 son in laws,and 5 grandsons.Not ONE of then will even stand in my shop to hear my racecar fire up.Not ONE has an interest at all Not even their parents! But if a ball game is on they are GLUED to the TV.Their parents spend 1000's every season on equipment,tickets,and running them every direction to either play or attend.

I also think part of the problem is the promotions of racing.You pick up a news paper and see 3 or 4 pages of ballgame highlights.No pictures of a car upside down,or who even races in that area.
I would bet 9 out of ten young kids doesn't even know their is race tracks anywhere near them.

It's gonna get worse too.The youngin's are wired different than the old days.They don't come home from school,change clothes,and go to dad's garage to work on a car.They lay on the living room floor playing Xbox until ball practice starts.

Small town tracks...It's a dying breed imo.

An exception to the small crowds has to be FALS,and maybe a few more,but that place truly amazes me with it's VERY dedicated fan base.I might be Bias,but it's the truth.So far,they still got it going on for the way times are nowdays,especially for being in the middle of nowhere.

[Nasty55]

I can agree with everything you posted but,i think the attendance has more to do with the 'interest' of motorsports nowadays vs. the ticket price.
Just go to a movie theater on a weekend,they pay 20$ for a bucket of popcorn with a Soda.

I have 3 son in laws,and 5 grandsons.Not ONE of then will even stand in my shop to hear my racecar fire up.Not ONE has an interest at all Not even their parents! But if a ball game is on they are GLUED to the TV.Their parents spend 1000's every season on equipment,tickets,and running them every direction to either play or attend.

I also think part of the problem is the promotions of racing.You pick up a news paper and see 3 or 4 pages of ballgame highlights.No pictures of a car upside down,or who even races in that area.
I would bet 9 out of ten young kids doesn't even know their is race tracks anywhere near them.

It's gonna get worse too.The youngin's are wired different than the old days.They don't come home from school,change clothes,and go to dad's garage to work on a car.They lay on the living room floor playing Xbox until ball practice starts.

Small town tracks...It's a dying breed imo.

An exception to the small crowds has to be FALS,and maybe a few more,but that place truly amazes me with it's VERY dedicated fan base.I might be Bias,but it's the truth.So far,they still got it going on for the way times are nowdays,especially for being in the middle of nowhere.

You are right about the news papers not having any local racing new or pictures from the local races... Heck I can remember when I was a kid picking up the news paper on a Monday and there it was the local racing news with pictures of all the feature winners from the weekends racing events.... But all we see in the news now is lebron this or how this players in trouble blah blah blah.... Or we read about nascar..... I know it will never happen but I wanna pick up my news paper and see some dirt racing news lol.... Thank god for DoD and National Speed Sport News...,

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

He was talking about Atomic Speedway not FALS!

He was comparing Atomic to FALS. I am defending Atomic.

[pink floyd]

Atomic Speedway in Chillicothe, Ohio pays $2,000 to win $175 to start weekly

good luck to atomic. hope this season is the best ever in the history of the track. we will be there a few times this season to support the place.

[noballsnobabies]

When I was growing up there was very little sports til you was a junior in high school. Now they stick a ball bat in their hand at 2 years old and don't let up on them til they are 22. Seven days a week year round. By the time Saturday night roles around the average family is too broke to do anything else and if they can afford it they are too tired to go to the races. Thats the reason I will never support kids sports.