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Moderators:  /  David Smith Jr

Have the 2 day extra money shows lost ALL their appeal, or is it just me? They used to pay 25%-75% and be for double the purses they are now. What are we racing for on the first night? I love going racing as much as the next guy, but I cant see paying to get the family in, crew, fuel, and myself or an entry fee for 2 nights of racing and only get paid for 1. We run the risk of doing damage every time the car is unloaded, I get that, I just don't like the gamble of breaking or crashing out on night 1 to not have an envelope with my name on it at the end of the event.

There was a discussion on here about this a few months ago. It bascially said that the two day shows were a thing of the past just for the reasons you mentioned.

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands 
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he 
stands at times of challenge and controversy." 
Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Erich Petersen 

Let me esplain----- I practically invented the multi-day big paying shows back in the mid 80's for the little classes(not sprint cars or latemodels). When we offered up 5 grand for street stocks and I mean real street stocks not late model sportsmen cars called street stock. Then later we offered 10 grand and 20 grand and then 50 grand to win a modified show. I was copied by many other promoters.

I had several promoters call me and ask me if I had lost my mind and how did I think I was going to come out on the deal.

I said this:

You see it's all about the math. You could have a 2 day show that pays each night but only slightly more than a weekly show but you still need an entry fee to offset the bigger purse but you really would not have a SPECIAL SHOW. If you want a truly big special show that pays BIG BUCKS then you need 2 or 3 days of revenue to pay the purse. You could actually have a 5 grand to win one day show if you charged $200 entry fee and $50 pit passes and $25 to spectate but I think we all know how that would go over. So, you see the 2 or 3 day show with all the money being in the the Big A main on the last day comes from the revenue produced from the preliminary nights of qualifing. Or you could just have a money tree and harvest it just before the big race to pay the racers. LOL No free rides that I know of.