Give everyone a trophy

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Originally posted by RPROGAS:

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Pay it deeper.

Bob

You know, I don't really mind the multiple entries etc. And true start etc is nice, but isn't a decider for me. But if they paid well down, even if it reduced the top, I would certainly consider the race. Heck the top is almost always split anyhow. Why kid ourselves with the sexy top payout?

True Races!! ONE MAN ONE CAR ONE ENTRY!! may the best man or woman win!!

I agree with 333mc and others. One person, one car, one entry.

for the recommendations of no double entries

Do double entries on a flyer make you stay at the house and not attend the event? or is it just something you would prefer?

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Originally posted by racerdude2054:
for the recommendations of no double entries

Do double entries on a flyer make you stay at the house and not attend the event? or is it just something you would prefer?

It doesn't MAKE me stay at the house but it helps determine if I will or will not go.

Drop the top purse a little, so you can pay back better, then 1099 people on where they finished.

Shawn Pinkerton has a great idea, but I don't think any track has that kind of cash at any given time.

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Originally posted by 329L:
Drop the top purse a little, so you can pay back better

SFG did this for 2019 in four of their events.

If there is a split at a big money race and you can make it, the payout can be much greater than the advertised flyer.

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Originally posted by racerdude2054: Do double entries on a flyer make you stay at the house and not attend the event?

Never! and I don't double

I could be wrong, but I feel that double entries for a big event would increase entry count more than the entries that it would turn away by people staying home? helping out the promoter

Its an opinion with no factual basis, but I don't believe as many people refuse to attend an event that has double entries as those who double enter at said event

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Originally posted by racerdude2054:
I could be wrong, but I feel that double entries for a big event would increase entry count more than the entries that it would turn away by people staying home? helping out the promoter.

I agree with this. BUT, if I can double, I am going to double. So I look at the flyer and figure how much it would cost to double enter, and what buyback money I would need for both entries. At the end, I say to myself, "I can just stay home and pretend I won [insert large figure here] dollars!"

I also agree with those saying to spread the purse back further, but then you don't get the sexy huge number to put on the flyer or event name and racers won't turn out for it.

I've just come to understand that I prefer $5-10K races with somewhat high entries that pay back well. Give me the old Tenn-Tuck format: $200 for $10K with no buybacks and some decent round money.

I always look to see how many rounds I'd need to go each day to get my entry back. If it is more than 3-4 rounds, I'm not interested.

One car, one driver. I have been to some races where they didn't have buybacks because there are too many entries. If you eliminated the double entries you might be able to have buybacks, which puts money back in the promoters pocket that they lost from not having double entries. In some cases the buybacks are more than the actual entry fee.
It sucks when you go to a race where you get zero time runs and there are no buybacks, that is where the double entries have an advantage IMO.

Mostly applies to out West...Support your Pro/bottom bulb racers to the same, or at least closer to the same extent you do the top bulb racers. At almost all races I've raced out west, the bottom bulb racer races for smaller purse, and those round prizes/best losing package prizes almost exclusively go to and are catered to top bulb racers.

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Originally posted by 442OLDS:
I haven't raced at any big money races,but my idea would be to offer more best losing package awards.

Maybe give awards to the racer that loses with the best reaction time,stripe hog award,or any number of reasons for losing.

At the end of the day,only one person wins.Very rarely is that winner truly the "best" racer of that day.

The packages are unbelievable and it takes an incredible amount of luck to win.

Winning "something" because you lost with a .005 package,because the other guy had a .003 package could help with the disappointment of losing with such a great run.

Election was 2 years ago the commie slimeball sanders lost.

Spread purse back ****her
No buy backs
Get the race run before bed time , no more of this all nighter stuff for us ole folks !!

I like the 1 car, 1 driver, idea and really like the no buyback idea but don't see it happening. I am a foot brake racer and we only get a few true foot brake races, not no box, but my suggestion is to get the buttons off the steering wheel at these races period. I don't care if you are using them or not they don't belong in a foot brake car and the promoters should have the b-al-ls to say so.

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Election was 2 years ago the commie slimeball sanders lost.[/QUOTE]

I am not advocating a "trophy" for everyone.


Years ago in Stock Eliminator,we had the "Perfectly Strange Performance Award" sponsored by Strange Engineering.

I kind of miss that.It was possible to win quite a bit of money without winning the whole race.

Maybe that is why they dropped it.Some people may have been offended.

1/4 mile
No buy backs
1 car 1 driver

x2, Bruce

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