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I have been catching up on a bunch of west coast racing on Floracing and many tracks are still not allowing fans in the stands.  How are they paying the purse?  I know most series have a major sponsor and there are all the billboards, but will that cover the purse for multiple classes?  

Are tracks are somehow compensated by Flo?  Or are they paying for Flo coverage?

  A stock car series we run with in NorCal gets much of it's purse from sponsors who are dedicated to and love our Pro Stock class.  Some promoters have gotten very creative in raising funds at the no attendance tracks.  One of the best has what he calls a hot pass and a cold pass paid at the back gate.  Hot pass is your normal racers' fee and a cold pass allows you in the back gate for the hours preceding the actual racing.  When that starts you have to go to the stands.

  Some promoters with lesser creativity just run practice days where anyone who wants just pays the pit fee.  There's no purse paid at these so there's little risk to the promoter taking a bath.  Many tracks simply haven't opened at all.

  It's up to the counties' judgement who may or may not have spectators.  It's confusing, complicated and, frankly, i'm glad I'm not a promoter.

Starting today, outdoor sporting activities are allowed fans based on the county's tier, a plan in which one of four tiers is assigned to each county based on recent number of cases, etc.

Most tracks are now in 20% capacity allowed counties and further improvement will mean 33%   

I think the recall election of the governor is pushing forward.  California's statistics are much better than other states but still more restrictive procedures are in place. 

Even having 20% capacity is a huge improvement for tracks, and it is only due to the influence and pressure from MLB that it is happening.  































































































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Last year was rough for our tracks and racingt here in California! Most of our tracks couldn't have races because they were on a fairgrounds. Thankfully my local track, Marysville Raceway, could have races because it is privately owned. We had races every other Wednesday night and the purse was about $1,500 for 360 sprints.The Outlaws were also cancelled here and we only really ran a few KWS 410 races along with some other races where big sponsors where about to help pay the purse. Some of our drivers had to go out of state to be able to race. As of today thankfully our tracks can open up to the fans with a specific number of pre sale tickets available. Also, we can buy pit passes because we are pit crew and not fans, but they are like $40 instead of the $15-20 you would spend to go into the grandstands. Now we have like 3 different tracks running on Saturday nights and good car counts. Flo Racing and other online streaming producations have been a great addition to our sport. I try to go to as many races as I can, but I have a busy schedule and try to go to at least 1 race per month if possible. California has lots of different tracks, good series to race with with both 360 and 410 with no conflicts, great weather with few rainouts, great fans/ pit crew, and an amazing group of drivers where almost anyone is able to win on any given night. California has proven to be a hot bed for sprint car racing and only continues to get better and produces some of the best drivers in the U.S. who are capable of beating the Outlaws! I am really thankful to live here in California and soo glad racing is back! 

Looking forward to the new Golden State King of the 
West series schedule! 

Winged sprintcars = the fastest and most exciting 
racecars on dirt!