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Originally Posted by FeistyBearH22a
Are you high? Which autosports event have you been to where YOU got paid for participating.
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Western Speedway. They pay you to show up. The more cars the more money you make. It's not a lot ~$50 but it's better than nothing. And because of that they take some simple events and make them look bigger than what they are, because of driver participation, and they fill the stands. I know for a fact, from putting on events at Western, that the money doesn't come from drivers at all. The money is in general admission and added sales (ie food and merch). Income from drivers is the cherry on top but is easily shadowed by spectator revenues.
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Originally Posted by FeistyBearH22a
Right, all about marketing. Registration fees will probably barely cover the cost of the trophies. You have no clue what kind of money goes in to covering the costs for holding an event like this. If it was so lucrative where are the other car shows?
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Listen to your audience and needs of the community the event is trying to represent. Find financial backing. It's obviously not as black and white as that but I really have a hard time believing that it's as difficult as it's made out to be. At the end of the day there's going to be a profit and that profit stops at the point where the organizers want it to stop. Businesses don't hold events to lose money. Period.
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Originally Posted by FeistyBearH22a
I guess just one of the perks of doing stuff for RS. 
P.S. I don't get compensated by the organizers of the event. I was merely trying to help out the enthusiast community on both sides. I'm not employed by the organizers. |
They way I see it is we're the paying customers. Would I rather spend $50 to enter my car into a car show or $50 for entrance to a local drift event where I get to see cars that are just as impressive and get to track my car? It's a simple choice. I don't see these events offering anything spectacular back to community it represents past what could happen in a parking lot.