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[Chili]

The answer isn’t cutting cost but increasing the payouts. If qualifying paid $50k and winning $250k, we would have full fields at every race.

 

[PDQ]

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no when super street is run at a national event it is super street come on down

 

[Andy]

My understanding is one of the biggest costs is travel. Layout the season so they do not have to cross the country back and fourth 4-5 times
And electric semis..............sarcasm.....................

Always wondered why when Raceway Park was still on the circuit here in Houston, they didn’t race on back to back weekends in Houston then Dallas, the races were months apart.

 

[Chili]

Always wondered why when Raceway Park was still on the circuit here in Houston, they didn’t race on back to back weekends in Houston then Dallas, the races were months apart.

For the touring racers it makes the most sense. However it is hard on the independent nitro racers. They ran Phoenix, Pomona and Vegas 3 out of 4 weekends. Really difficult for racers like Rupert and Densham to run three races so close together. Also hurts the attendance with three races drawing from the same region. Most fans can attend one or maybe two races but hard to do three so close together.

 

[Nunz]

The answer isn’t cutting cost but increasing the payouts. If qualifying paid $50k and winning $250k, we would have full fields at every race.

That WOULD solve the attendance issue. Problem is, do the math, and it's an astronomical amount of money, when you do it for both fuel classes, over 20 events. But you are correct, I believe more effort should be put into finding more money than slowing them down, which will ending up costing money. I also think the focus should be on increases at the bottom, meaning non-qualifying and round money. The closer racers can get to at least breaking even on travel and crew costs, the more you will see show up. The more races that smaller teams attend, means more laps, and that means more cars than can make good, clean, competitive runs. And the more track time for these teams, the better the chances to start attracting marketing partners, and that's how the whole deal grows.

 

[HoodooVoodooAngus]

The answer isn’t cutting cost but increasing the payouts. If qualifying paid $50k and winning $250k, we would have full fields at every race.

I agree. Just honestly curious, where does the money come from?

 

[Chili]

I agree. Just honestly curious, where does the money come from?

A typical NASCAR race purse is over 10 Million. So if NHRA could secure a sponsor for half of what NASCAR gets it would work. Unfortunately it’s very tough to find a series sponsor to dish out $100 million total for the entire season.

While I love both Nitro classes, I do think NHRA could pay more by only having one of the classes. With only one class the payouts could essentially be doubled. Of course how many of us would boycott the races if they took away one of the nitro classes? I think most of us would not be behind the decision. Now if we were getting 32 car fields with 40 plus cars trying to qualify, I think we would still be getting our moneys worth. But a larger field would then increase the payouts putting us back to the current situation. With automotive manufacturers being less involved in NHRA, we could eventually see funny car go away and Top Fuel being the surviving class.

 

[ironpony]

A typical NASCAR race purse is over 10 Million. So if NHRA could secure a sponsor for half of what NASCAR gets it would work. Unfortunately it’s very tough to find a series sponsor to dish out $100 million total for the entire season.

While I love both Nitro classes, I do think NHRA could pay more by only having one of the classes. With only one class the payouts could essentially be doubled. Of course how many of us would boycott the races if they took away one of the nitro classes? I think most of us would not be behind the decision. Now if we were getting 32 car fields with 40 plus cars trying to qualify, I think we would still be getting our moneys worth. But a larger field would then increase the payouts putting us back to the current situation. With automotive manufacturers being less involved in NHRA, we could eventually see funny car go away and Top Fuel being the surviving class.

With the current car counts, combine the two classes and take something away from TF, timing, fuel, RPM or give FC some. Hey they try to equalize every other class. They did such a good job in PS that Ford and MOPAR walked off. Oh and just to be fair let's not forget the PSB scandal.

 

[Marchboom]

Engine explosions is a BIG reason why TF and FC are so expensive. Do the teams figure in X amount of engine explosions in their yearly budget? How about FC bodies completely destroyed? And those blowers and hats are not cheap either.

 

[ironpony]

Engine explosions is a BIG reason why TF and FC are so expensive. Do the teams figure in X amount of engine explosions in their yearly budget? How about FC bodies completely destroyed? And those blowers and hats are not cheap either.

That is the reason in an earlier post I said it has to be limited to one of each for the weekend or receive a points penalty. I got booed very quickly.

 

[n/a]

Interesting that I thought Jasmiine was coming back in June. But she pulled all her entries thru June

 

[twostep]

Always wondered why when Raceway Park was still on the circuit here in Houston, they didn’t race on back to back weekends in Houston then Dallas, the races were months apart.

Holding a race at Houston and Ennis that close together would hurt attendance at both tracks. They're only 3 hours apart.

 

[Jack]

And the stands were packed......

Also a much different time back then when a large segment of folks were of the gear head persuasion and performance car's were a big part of culture. That has changed and it ain't ever going back to the good old days level of interest.