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November 15, 2013 at 02:57:42 PM

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I know that in the past, since WoO keeps seperate driver and owner point standings, there have actually been two checks issued. For instance, if a driver/owner combo stayed intact for the entire year and finished at the top of both driver and owner standings, and the total championship payout was $150,000, then the owner received a check for $75,000 and the driver received a check for $75,000.

Also--There ARE some drivers now receiving a set weekly salary plus a percentage of the car's winnings. There are also crew chiefs with the same arrangement. There are also now some GUARANTEED contracts in place as well, so that if a driver or crew cheif is let go during the year, they'll still receive their weekly salary (or at least a portion of it) for the rest of the season, even if they drive (or work on) another car.

JonR

November 15, 2013 at 06:50:17 PM

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Posted By: Johnny Gibson on November 15 2013 at 02:57:42 PM

Thanks. Nice to have some facts.

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November 16, 2013 at 05:13:07 AM

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Posted By: BIGFISH on November 14 2013 at 05:01:56 AM

BC-CAR-NASCAR-Nationwide Money Leaders1. Sam Hornish Jr., $1,146,9822. Austin Dillon, $1,124,3243. Kyle Busch, $1,105,3154. Elliott Sadler, $936,0175. Regan Smith, $900,1736. Trevor Bayne, $887,6627. Justin Allgaier, $878,2408. Kyle Larson, $873,0039. Brian Vickers, $856,17710. Brian Scott, $845,76311. Parker Kligerman, $809,40112. Alex Bowman, $792,20713. Nelson Piquet Jr., $735,20714. Travis Pastrana, $720,05715. Mike Bliss, $718,68216. Mike Wallace, $680,46117. Jeremy Clements, $657,44218. Brad Keselowski, $646,77519. Reed Sorenson, $601,65720. Joe Nemechek, $594,27721. Eric McClure, $593,17222. Michael Annett, $554,58923. Blake Koch, $476,72324. Jeff Green, $465,20025. Joey Logano, $461,21026. Matt Kenseth, $460,93227. Landon Cassill, $434,36328. Johanna Long, $427,80229. Jeffrey Earnhardt, $385,49430. Brad Sweet, $360,42031. Robert Richardson Jr., $336,97632. Josh Wise, $330,03733. Joey Gase, $324,40034. Jamie Dick, $318,33735. Kevin Harvick, $301,82036. Cole Whitt, $292,88837. Hal Martin, $284,23838. Dexter Stacey, $283,17739. Kevin Swindell, $264,75740. Kasey Kahne, $260,13041. Juan Carlos Blum, $232,96642. Jason White, $224,40843. J.J. Yeley, $201,34444. Carl Long, $198,27545. Kevin Lepage, $184,13646. Ty Dillon, $178,99547. Mike Harmon, $174,17948. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $154,75049. Ken Butler, $150,22950. T.J. Bell, $147,942 Copyright 2013 The_Associated_Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Thanks for a knowledgeable reply.I have read where it takes close to $20 million to run a average cup team and a good Woo sprint team can run many 100 thousand so the math tells you that sponsers are the key as the prize money would not support the operation.The drivers deserve everything they get and not many are getting rich but are doing what they love which is priceless.Most owners are lucky to break even and the way they are able to continue is most are successfull in another venue.The $25/$50 spent on tickets is cheap.We had a guy in our town who made a million $ racing the only problem was he started with 2.The other factor is several of the top teams get special deals where as the weekly racer usually has to pay for most everything.

puckzx6

November 16, 2013 at 08:59:42 AM

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I am in no way knowledgable, but a brief conversation with a driver on the tour and some easy math, said he had a million dollar a year budget from his wealthy owner. I know others do it on much less.

donimus

November 16, 2013 at 09:13:02 AM

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In the mid-80s Wolfgang was making over 300k

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