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Local World Cup Entry Fees etc
Sorry if you guys think I'm just having a gripe but the Enry Fee's for the World Cup Rounds here in Oz are a bit extreme I feel. Don't know what they are o/s and it doesn't really matter for me as I'm not racing o/s.
Ya know it all gets a wee bit exxy in a time when the economy totally sucks (globally too).
Just for a comparison in the Speedway Class I compete it's $40 - $100 to enter depending on the Promoter or Track (AU Title or not). And I get up to 7 races in a night. Sprintcars are around $100 to $250 per meet. Targa Meetings are upto $10000 but that includes all Insurances.
Billycart racing is a Gold Coin donation or the Aussie Title is $5 - $20 with Insurances included. At one BC race meet I had 34 races but at most I get 9 races.
At Zig-Zag here in Tassie the Entry was gold coin and the swag was bountiful and the runs were plentiful.
Last year at Bathurst Street Lugers got up to three or four Practice runs and the rain took care of their racing (that's fair enough). BBr's got no practice and no races (due to time constraints and the weather).(Don't know how many runs the Stand Ups had)
Some of the Entrance Fee is handed back if the Event is a wash out. This goes on in all other class's that I've mentioned except Billycarts as almost no one's going to gripe about a $5 Entry (although I had one once).
In all the sports I've competed the Sponsors paid for or part paid for some of the Entry for Competitors. At the end of the day yes I know the Organizers put it all together (been there plenty of times) and in all case's the Sponsors Dollars (or part of) were used to at least offset the burden on Competitors.
It's the riders who the Show is about and lets face it all the Riders are in the Entertainment Industry (wittingly or not) and it's not their fault if the Event Organizers (in the past) seemed unable to promote the event on a large enough scale to attract a big enough crowd (or Sponsors) to turn a Profit, so why are the Entrants slugged with what I deem as unfair Entry Fee's.
So, what about it ASRA? Is there a way our racing can be made more affordable?
Scotty
Premium Member
Trikes
It's good to get feed back. Just wanted to get the 'feel' of what others thought. I'm not a tight arse. Ask anyone down here and I work hard and probably spend more money than most on equipment etc. It's just the globally economy is so bad atm making it tough to land sponsorship of any kind in any Division of Motorsports and Billycarts, Gravity Bikes, Street Luge, Buttboard that I compete in but it appears others are doing well and that is good. Well done to ASRA and I hope your Events keep on happening. See you on the hill guys and I'm a yes to Luging in the wet.
Mar 11, 2012
Premium Member
Daniel Monaghan
The money is o.k when even a hack like me can pay for a start in an I.G.S.A event if I want. So glad we don't have to qualify for the honor.
Mar 13, 2012
ASRA Admin
Bugs
A year old, I know, but Dan's point about paying rather than qualifying is a real issue.
Many of the races in the US and Europe sell out quickly, and a lot of riders get upset that they can't race because they didn't have their finger poised over the mouse button when the registration opened. That's a fairly arbitrary way to ration the limited spots in those races - it might make as much sense to ration them by $$$ (higher entry fees) or by rider skill (ranking from previous year).
It's not such a problem in Australia cos we have a smaller population to draw from.
May 15, 2013