On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 21:23:36 -0500, Eric Salem wrote
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> Anybody that thinks a track does a big event like either of these
> for free is kidding themselves. Mid-O's story after they lost it was
> the Runoffs were half their annual take.
His statement clearly says they are not receiving any rental revenue from
these events. I personally have an extremely diffucult time beleieving this.
>
> Why should HPT be any different? HPT probably does lose money on
> track rental, they just make it up in other ways. That our solo fees
> when up we moved from the decrepit, latrine-free, to a new built to
> SCCA specs facility. Yah, we should have to pay for it. Flush
> toilets, showers got's ta get paid for somehow.
To be honest, I would rather pay increased entrants fees to SCCA and have
them negiotiate payment for all of HPT's costs. No problem with the electric
hookups fee's...that's a fair, *cost based* charge.
Giving the track rental to SCCA for free, and then making up costs directly
from the competitors is dead wrong in my book, and one which I will fight
against.
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