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Travis Sorokie
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  10:43:21  Show Profile  Visit Travis Sorokie's Homepage  Send Travis Sorokie a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
What do you think is a fair entry fee/payout? Obviously, we would all like to pay less and earn more---but, what do you feel is "fair."



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Lenny5160
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  11:49:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I would like to see something along these lines for a track that draws a decent number of cars.

Winner gets 20X the entry fee, runner-up gets half of that and 3rd round losers get their money back. The track keeps 26% in this 90-car example.



Tony Leonard
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Travis Sorokie
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  12:02:50  Show Profile  Visit Travis Sorokie's Homepage  Send Travis Sorokie a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
That's a cool model there Tony...and seems pretty fair. If my SCSU math is correct then..using BIR as an example---$80 entry fee (90 cars)should pay $1600 Win/$800 RU.

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Lenny5160
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  13:12:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Same structure using some BIR numbers, as requested:



Tony Leonard
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Travis Sorokie
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  13:17:12  Show Profile  Visit Travis Sorokie's Homepage  Send Travis Sorokie a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Hmmm...One more Tony---

Super Classes ($110 entry)....16, 32 cars lets figure.

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Lenny5160
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  13:59:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Let's assume the track must take at least 25% of the total purse as profit:

To pay $1000/500, you will need at least 28 cars:


With only 17 cars, you can pay $700/350 by cutting round money to $75:


Tony Leonard
Edited by - Lenny5160 on 03/25/2008 14:04:25
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Travis Sorokie
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  14:52:27  Show Profile  Visit Travis Sorokie's Homepage  Send Travis Sorokie a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Nice work Tony!!!

I can only hope Jed and Scott from BIR are looking at this!!!

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Russ Elzy
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  20:45:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How much overhead do you think the track has? Employees? Equipment? Utilities? ETC. Russ
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Lenny5160
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Posted - 03/25/2008 :  21:11:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Overhead is going to vary WIDELY by track. That isn't something the racers really need to concern themselves with.

If a track has too much overhead and is trying to cover it with bracket race profits, they probably will not provide a program that is attractive when compared to that of a leaner/more efficient track.

Tony Leonard
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