To the guys at AMA / MXSports...ouch.

Neil_Romero wrote:

Per Daniel Blair's twitter, "Not a bad weekend. AMA needs to up their purse" http://instagr.am/p/PHyeEBDFXi/ Pretty bad when guys can go down to a race in...

Per Daniel Blair's twitter,
"Not a bad weekend. AMA needs to up their purse"
http://instagr.am/p/PHyeEBDFXi/

Pretty bad when guys can go down to a race in Fresnillo Mexico for a better payout. How is it that the outdoor nationals cannot afford to increase the purse? Are they not making money?

jeffro503 wrote:

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the...

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the NW over the last couple month. BUT....even with that they are probably barely breaking even.

Some of you guys that have been around the sport a long time may remember Rick Ryan and what he used to do. He would go up and down the west coast hitting all the CMC PAC-West races , gold cup events , special on-off type fair races and so forth....and he made a pretty good living doing it.

Honestly I don't understand why more guys don't do it. I personally have known some smoking fast pro's up here in the NW that would let alone sit home and do nothing than go out and make 3-5K on a weekend......thinking that everything needed to be handed to them....or " The show " wasn't a big enough venue. Fucking stupid.

jeffro503 wrote:

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the...

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the NW over the last couple month. BUT....even with that they are probably barely breaking even.

Some of you guys that have been around the sport a long time may remember Rick Ryan and what he used to do. He would go up and down the west coast hitting all the CMC PAC-West races , gold cup events , special on-off type fair races and so forth....and he made a pretty good living doing it.

Honestly I don't understand why more guys don't do it. I personally have known some smoking fast pro's up here in the NW that would let alone sit home and do nothing than go out and make 3-5K on a weekend......thinking that everything needed to be handed to them....or " The show " wasn't a big enough venue. Fucking stupid.

moto431 wrote:

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was...

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was pulling in $100,000.00 a year for a couple years doing this. We would be at a race and he would race the first motos, load up and head to another event the same day to get continency for both events.

jeffro503 wrote:

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the...

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the NW over the last couple month. BUT....even with that they are probably barely breaking even.

Some of you guys that have been around the sport a long time may remember Rick Ryan and what he used to do. He would go up and down the west coast hitting all the CMC PAC-West races , gold cup events , special on-off type fair races and so forth....and he made a pretty good living doing it.

Honestly I don't understand why more guys don't do it. I personally have known some smoking fast pro's up here in the NW that would let alone sit home and do nothing than go out and make 3-5K on a weekend......thinking that everything needed to be handed to them....or " The show " wasn't a big enough venue. Fucking stupid.

moto431 wrote:

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was...

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was pulling in $100,000.00 a year for a couple years doing this. We would be at a race and he would race the first motos, load up and head to another event the same day to get continency for both events.

GuyB wrote:

Racing in Mexico? That probably included hazard pay.

GuyB wrote:

Racing in Mexico? That probably included hazard pay.

Scott167 wrote:

No kidding.

jeffro503 wrote:

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the...

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the NW over the last couple month. BUT....even with that they are probably barely breaking even.

Some of you guys that have been around the sport a long time may remember Rick Ryan and what he used to do. He would go up and down the west coast hitting all the CMC PAC-West races , gold cup events , special on-off type fair races and so forth....and he made a pretty good living doing it.

Honestly I don't understand why more guys don't do it. I personally have known some smoking fast pro's up here in the NW that would let alone sit home and do nothing than go out and make 3-5K on a weekend......thinking that everything needed to be handed to them....or " The show " wasn't a big enough venue. Fucking stupid.

moto431 wrote:

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was...

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was pulling in $100,000.00 a year for a couple years doing this. We would be at a race and he would race the first motos, load up and head to another event the same day to get continency for both events.

jeffro503 wrote:

The last time I raced one of the Pac-west races at Albany ( I think 99' or 2000'? ) Ryan was still around doing his stuff...

The last time I raced one of the Pac-west races at Albany ( I think 99' or 2000'? ) Ryan was still around doing his stuff. He always raced 3 - 4 classes and won most of them every year. Me and some buddies went over and talked to Ryan and with his little bit of winnings , contingency money and some sponsor money he racked up about $8000.00 for the weekend. He said there was about 4 - 5 months of doing this traveling up and down the coast and I believe over to Nevada , Montana , Texas and so forth.....and I think he made a pretty good living doing it. Bottom line though....he just loved to race , and was pretty damn good at it.

BTW.....I wonder what ever happened to Rick? Anyone from the So-Cal area see him around any more?

jeffro503 wrote:

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the...

Yep....these smaller venues have some really good payouts. Ask Weston Pieck and his dad Lou.....they have been mopping up on some races up here in the NW over the last couple month. BUT....even with that they are probably barely breaking even.

Some of you guys that have been around the sport a long time may remember Rick Ryan and what he used to do. He would go up and down the west coast hitting all the CMC PAC-West races , gold cup events , special on-off type fair races and so forth....and he made a pretty good living doing it.

Honestly I don't understand why more guys don't do it. I personally have known some smoking fast pro's up here in the NW that would let alone sit home and do nothing than go out and make 3-5K on a weekend......thinking that everything needed to be handed to them....or " The show " wasn't a big enough venue. Fucking stupid.

moto431 wrote:

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was...

I was racing up North when Rick was doing this. A huge factor was Suzuki contingency at the time. I heard through some sources he was pulling in $100,000.00 a year for a couple years doing this. We would be at a race and he would race the first motos, load up and head to another event the same day to get continency for both events.

pitbike502 wrote:

that doesnt make much sense, dont they pay contingency per moto? or overall finish?