Ah, but what about dollars "made" per minute of horse racing? I'd gladly
accept several magnitudes less from autocrossing!
Will Kalman
'91 Escort GT
CSCC #232 STS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Dollars per minute?
> One of the gripes often heard about autocross is that the seat time per
event
> is fairly low, and for events of a national caliber, costs can be fairly
high,
> where 'high' is defined by the entrant. For sure, going to Nationals for
the
> opportunity to spend $XXXX for 5 or 6 total minutes of seat time can
appear as
> a pretty odd expense to those who don't understand.
>
> So this weekend I'm laying about the house, sidelined by a bit of flu,
when I
> have a zillion projects that need to be done. Clicking through the
channels
> I watch a bit of the Kentucky Derby.
>
> How many dollars are spent during the year that can be attributed to the
Derby?
> I mean entry fees, spectator tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, dining at
the
> local restuarants, gift shops, airline tickets, bourbon, car rentals,
special
> outfits, TV production, the costs of breeding, training, transporting the
> horses, jockey salaries, not to mention the wagers laid down. All for
roughly
> two minutes of competition by a dozen or two horses.
>
> Is there any way that autocrossing could even come within several orders
of
> magnitude of this expense?
>
> mjb.
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