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Alot of talk has been said lately about shortening the schedules for an APBA race and cutting classes so I just thought I would post some of the principles that the ODA runs our races by and what makes us succesful with a short number of classes.
The ODA costs for putting on a race is anywhere from 2-3K depending on how far from our home base it is, which is Quincy, IL. When I go and sell a race to a community the requirements for the community are as follows: The must have prize money of at least $1,500 for a small local race and at least $2,500 for the bigger races. We also require that the community provide an ambulance for both days, porta pottis, water patrol, and any security that is needed. I sell the race as an event. We will bring in everything else that is needed to put on a race. We tell them it will be a 4 hour program that will be very entertaining. All money recieved from the sponsor is given to the drivers as prize and tow money. We pay all expenses out of the entry fees we generate. We charge $25 for the first class, $20 for the second, and 15 for all the rest. Over the last 10 years we have made a small profit for the club every year. We pay all of our officials to work the judges stand. We pay for the travel and hotel for the referee. Heck we even pay the flag person. All of this with only the possibility of 14 classes. Most of the time we have anywhere from 7-10 classes at our local races. At most of the races we out on we have full fields, especially in the mod 4cyl classes.
It can be done, you can shorten your race days and still survive, we are the prime example.
The ODA costs for putting on a race is anywhere from 2-3K depending on how far from our home base it is, which is Quincy, IL. When I go and sell a race to a community the requirements for the community are as follows: The must have prize money of at least $1,500 for a small local race and at least $2,500 for the bigger races. We also require that the community provide an ambulance for both days, porta pottis, water patrol, and any security that is needed. I sell the race as an event. We will bring in everything else that is needed to put on a race. We tell them it will be a 4 hour program that will be very entertaining. All money recieved from the sponsor is given to the drivers as prize and tow money. We pay all expenses out of the entry fees we generate. We charge $25 for the first class, $20 for the second, and 15 for all the rest. Over the last 10 years we have made a small profit for the club every year. We pay all of our officials to work the judges stand. We pay for the travel and hotel for the referee. Heck we even pay the flag person. All of this with only the possibility of 14 classes. Most of the time we have anywhere from 7-10 classes at our local races. At most of the races we out on we have full fields, especially in the mod 4cyl classes.
It can be done, you can shorten your race days and still survive, we are the prime example.
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