Originally Posted by GrumpyTodd:
40+ is WAY too low for this type of event. There needs to be twice that. Last year was 71 cars and that was still not enough. USAC is just not doing a very good job with the event. Not nearly enough promotion and then they need to start looking at payouts for all series. They are becoming a farm league for the winged series. I think USAC needs a complete overhaul of people running it. Someone with more vision. Just my $.02.
Have you looked at the purse for this event? The payout for the top 5 in Saturday's feature is $20,039, $10,000, $7,500, $5,000 & $3,000. It pays $1,000 to start the feature with a total feature payout of $68,789 (24 cars).
20 cars start the last chance race with the top 8 transferring. 9th place (first non-transfer) pays $600 and it tapers down to $350 for 20th. The total payout for this race is $5,175.
The total purse for Saturday night with a feature, last chance race, 2 semi features, 2 C mains, & 2 D mains is $93,414 (120 cars). And they pay $100 to all non-starters in attendance.
Thursday and Friday's feature pays $5,000 to win, and $300 to start — a total payout of $19,500 for 24 cars each night.