Boy...I've been around BIR for a lot of years, I don't ever remember a higher pay out for Stock/Super Stock (that wasn't a USA Event) or a 'special' race like "Thunder at the Lakes"/"BIR 5000". And those races WOULD HAVE worked if they weren't held on the same weekend as a National Event at Topeka.
I've only been running Super Stock for 3 years now, and BIR has had the same payout for those years...I don't recall it being a lot different in years past. At least since the entry fee was 'bumped' up to $110.
You are still encouraging racers to wait as long as possible before purchasing a tech card. A bracket competitor loses $24 for each day that is completely rained out. On a 2-day race weekend, you would be an idiot to buy Sunday's tech card when you come in the gate. So now you put more burden on the staff selling tech cards that needs to deal with everyone multiple times.
If your class makes zero runs in a day, you should be refunded or credited in-full.
Until this year I have not been involved with the perticulars with reguard to bracket races. I did find out the rain out policy of 50% was fairly new and not posted or used until the last drag??. This is my last policy change for the year but you either: get your next race free (can cary over to next year), or 70% cash back. The change will be posted later today.
Bob is working on a pro-rated payout for short classes and will have it Friday. He will be here Wednesday for the street legal drags and we will be getting him into his email then. It will then be posted on our website. I have the new points structure and we will review it on Wed and post shorly thereafter.
Note: The second double race is contingent on the first double being finished on time.
Payout is set for the year. The higher payout may have been at the Thunder event in 04 but a 5K purse did not get many more cars.
Thanks for all your hard work and answering our questions promptly. This year will be a 'work in progress' for all involved.
Again---that's because there was a National Event in Topeka, KS (with Class Eliminations). There were still over 40 S/SS cars paying $250. On top of the 170+ Bracket cars. It WOULD HAVE WORKED---just on another weekend.
I think it would work better if the payout was structured more like the Byron "US Bracket Nationals" but you still can't pay $5000 to win a class with only 40 people in it.
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Posted - 05/05/2008 : 22:46:50
