AMA National MX Purse Money?

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6/5/2013 11:58am Edited Date/Time 6/5/2013 12:00pm
huck wrote:
No offense, but if I had a job that I lived paycheck to paycheck I would seriously consider a different 'profession'.
Overdrive wrote:
If riders did what you are suggesting then we would have 10 riders on the gate at a national. For most of these guys and teams...
If riders did what you are suggesting then we would have 10 riders on the gate at a national. For most of these guys and teams they are not only paycheck to paycheck, they are going into hock and out of business trying to make it. Its really quite sad how long this gripe has been going around but nothing ever changes.

Yes DC you have made some great strides forward in many area's, and credit where credit is due. But the purse is not one of those areas and I hope that in the future this will be resolved.

The return on investment for these riders is getting worse by the year especially with the 4 strokes because everything it takes to participate is going up exept the profit for participating in a race.
The sport, as big time professional, is dying in my opinion. As a part of the off road or manufacturer's market, I really don't think they care either (ask any shop what percentage of their sales are moto bikes or moto gear, compared to ATV or cruisers). And really, in the grand scheme of life, does it really matter to those that don't directly receive a paycheck from it (which is a very small amount of people).

Will I miss it when it's gone? Yes.
Do I think that "big business" will gain much by jumping into a sinking ship? Absolutely not! That's why they haven't so far.
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6/5/2013 12:07pm
I now understand why Jlaw isn't racing. Without a team salary, you are basically screwed.
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6/5/2013 12:37pm Edited Date/Time 6/5/2013 12:59pm
DC, Just tell them fine, you will do what they are asking. You will take away the expensive TV contract(that people constantly bitch about) and "spread that wealth" to the riders. When title sponsors don't come back because their advertising is now seeing a significantly smaller audience(people at the track) and back out you will attempt to pull the money out of your ass. Then we can all continue to watch the sport shrink into obscurity because not only is it no longer televised but their is no new money coming in to keep it going.

I hate to sound like an ass hat, but this is like the definition of simpletons . They can't see the simple facts of how things actually have to work. Living under this "Obama umbrella"(probably crossed the line on this one) and believe that money is just going to appear and go to whatever need they deem necessary or to idiotic to understand how a business actually has to function.... That fact that it has to have customers(the audience) and make money to sustain.

Do you thin the PGA has a money tree or do you think they have multiple very large sponsors that allows them to pay their participants good money(helps that the PGA also gets paid to be televised instead of the other way around). Why do you think they have these sponsors? Because the sponsors realize that their are millions of people that watch and play the sport and that by being a part of it, it will get their name and products into the hands of these millions of people.

We all know that the sport isn't perfect, but it has to get better with progress. You can't just throw a bunch of money, that doesn't exist, at it and expect it to be fixed. I am sure DC goal is to get everybody more money, but he can't give what he doesn't have. We need the audience to increase so the sponsors will come so everyone can live happily ever after.....

Note: typos and shit that doesn't make sense will happen when your struggling to type with one hand while the other is pinned up with a shattered scapula and cuff damage so take it easy.
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6/5/2013 12:39pm
two ideas...
#1 tell all privaters to stay home and just let the top ten race for no purse..just dump the $$ in to presitation and tv coverage with the big 3 energy drinks logos every where...bound to draw coverage.
OR..
new format ..stock bikes off show room floor ..no mods done (strict rules)..all privaters invited with capable talent,very lg purse winner to get 100,000 on down..no riders with out side endoresment ..all sponsor to contribute to purse..it will get mainstream attention coverage...and I bet you will see differant winners..

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6/5/2013 1:12pm
tp4 wrote:
two ideas... #1 tell all privaters to stay home and just let the top ten race for no purse..just dump the $$ in to presitation and...
two ideas...
#1 tell all privaters to stay home and just let the top ten race for no purse..just dump the $$ in to presitation and tv coverage with the big 3 energy drinks logos every where...bound to draw coverage.
OR..
new format ..stock bikes off show room floor ..no mods done (strict rules)..all privaters invited with capable talent,very lg purse winner to get 100,000 on down..no riders with out side endoresment ..all sponsor to contribute to purse..it will get mainstream attention coverage...and I bet you will see differant winners..
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Damn , my sides hurt from laughing.
6/5/2013 1:42pm
I cannot believe that there are so many experts on this forum that know more about moto and running moto than those that are actually running moto.

wow, I thought it was just the GP's that had it bad ACCORDING to some - seems it's also fucked in the USA as well....oh no here comes the demise of the sport ....... again.......oh wait, it's been coming for years and still hasn't materialised.......again......go forward 5 years - same chit chat about bullshit and the same "it can be done better, you are doing it wrong" will be getting spouted by mothers who haven't tried it themselves

Doesn't matter which side of the pond the answers are coming from about which series as they are all simply unnaceptable anyway.
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6/5/2013 2:10pm
There's nothing stopping anyone from personally sponsoring a certain rider or riders. If you're really that passionate about the privateers needing more funding, you can always go to your employer to talk about putting some logos on bikes and gear and help the rider out by kicking in some money......it's a win win, right? We financially sponsor some privateers and they are extremely grateful for it. It's more rewarding than sitting online and busting DC's balls just to try and get a point across......really, it is.
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6/5/2013 2:29pm
Purse money has always sucked, 70's, 80's,90s, 00's and still sucks in the 10's. But we have more coverage than ever, more sponsors than ever yet why is the purse not better? 50 years of racing and we still have a majority of riders breaking even at the pro level. $4000 is nice and all but its nothing spread over a full gate when compared with the expense of participating.

I happen to agree with huck that things are going in the wrong direction and those at the top are just riding it down. We need some price controls from the local level to the professional level if the purse money is going to remain meager.

50 years shows us riders will continue to be used and abused then discarded without any compensation and leadership of this sport will continue to do so because another person will step into their spot. Nobody is trying to improve purse money and they never will. The track record proves this.
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6/5/2013 2:39pm
The surfing analogy, I don't see a lot of parallels to the challenges we have. Waves are free. The ocean is free. There is no rent on the North Shore, no upkeep of that part of the sea, no liability exposure, no property taxes, etc... Surfing is a comparatively cheap sport to any form of racing, and it's probably sponsored by Pac-Sun, or Quiksilver, or Billabong, or whatever -- they don't make motorcycles and they haven't been hurt by the economic slowdown of the last four years.

I wish I could snap my fingers and double the purse, but I can't. I wish that people like huck didn't think the sport were dying, because it's not. But it's not perfect for everyone, and it will never be perfect for the privateers. I was one so I know how difficult it can be. I am making the best fixes I can to this series, but not everyone will agree, and that's fine. It will just make us work harder to get it right. I have found that the best way to fix a problem is to simply go to work.

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6/5/2013 2:39pm
MBBadgers wrote:
You're missing the point there huck, don't care how great of a promoter you are or how much something costs, you can't have a race with...
You're missing the point there huck, don't care how great of a promoter you are or how much something costs, you can't have a race with no racers, period.
huck wrote:
And the racers can't race without the tracks and the work it takes to get the track ready.... The promoters can't just 'turn on' the track...
And the racers can't race without the tracks and the work it takes to get the track ready.... The promoters can't just 'turn on' the track the day before the event...
7eleven wrote:
I made my living racing local events all across this country, but a Pro National is the "Big Show" and riders should at least be able...
I made my living racing local events all across this country, but a Pro National is the "Big Show" and riders should at least be able to make enough to stay with the series if they are making the 40 man moto's. They like to pump it up to the crowd that these are the 40 best in the country, so why is the 25th place guy having to spend his own on top of what he was just paid to get to the next event?
Pro Nationals were everything to me, I put my heart and soul into this sport, but if I wanted to keep making money I had to return to smaller events.
Or go faster...sounds like you took the easy way out.
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6/5/2013 2:42pm
Man, I just read all of the posts here. You guys need to cheer up. If you really don't think the series is better than it was four years ago then I must be going to the wrong races, because I have a different overall impression... Not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than it ever was.

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6/5/2013 2:45pm
DC, while you are here, i have a question for ya. I saw at Muddy Creek the event T-shirt had my dude on it!! Are those available anywhere besides the event itself? I would really like to get my hands on one of those for my Roczen collection!! Cool
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tp4 wrote:
the risk involved.. for world class athletes to put on a caliber effort to race the best in the world and walk away with 1100 to...
the risk involved.. for world class athletes to put on a caliber effort to race the best in the world and walk away with 1100 to 1200 its ashame...dam golf caddy makes ten times more.. it s joke look @ weston running top ten in points can't make enough must leave the country to race..its been the same for ever....they have plenty of sponsors look around they just give it top the riders...its a pitty the way the sport is RUN...its the same as our govt..-ucked UP!
Its a great sport I love...but sure run the wrong way.
or maybe other sports participants are overpaid. baseball fucks should get paid about a hundred bucks a game imho.
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Mr. Info wrote:
Yeah the track does pay Asterisk... you're right about that. Except when you hold a USGP, no one comes and you don't pay the Asterisk guys...
Yeah the track does pay Asterisk... you're right about that. Except when you hold a USGP, no one comes and you don't pay the Asterisk guys. That's the story from them about Glen Helen...but I'm sure Bud didn't tell you that part.

Matthes since you were there when it was talked about that Glen Helen did not need Asterisk because we had the Symons Rescue with 2 Trama Doctors and several Paramedics and Bud said we don't need you and they asked if they could trade it out and Bud and Asterisk agreed and then they keep asking for payment and Bud kept saying I will pay you when you invoice me and they never did until a few months ago and it was paid. You were there for all of that right. Since your and insider and just like DC are never wrong. Get over it. This was about the purse and who pays it and how much. The tracks pay the purse money to MX Sports and what they do with it and how much they give the riders is their choice. They have increases in the contract for the purse. If it's $4000 or 10,000 a year it does not matter. The riders deserve more money. But the top riders don't need the purse the non-factory riders do. The ones who pay out of their pocket. This sport has peaked because you can't attract the big name sponsers becasue its not Nascar, its not Formula 1 and its not Golf or any other sport that the masses want to watch or try. Prove to me we have new people involved becasue they saw Supercross or an Outdoor National from watch it on TV. The young kids now had parents who were involved. The largets group out there riding are over 30 and the number over 50 is bigger than ever before and its not from TV it because they love what the sport use to be not what its become. Sometimes you need to step back and look at where your at and then slow down. Matthes in a few years you will have reached an end of a Great Career in this Business and so will I who has only done nothing and you know who they are going to miss more? Neither one of us becasue they don't care. Again let it go and watch the dam fall apart. Its coming and you know what. It has no effect on my life at all becasue I have a job and life away from the Circus you play in. Lifes to short and there are to many clowns already. The tracks are paying out more money for everything and only a few make it back. Thats business I guess, some will survive and others will fail. Watch who's left after this year, watch AMA is gone after this year because like GNCC MX Sports feels they dont need them. Watch them not bid with DMG for the Nationals next year, oh wait the Pro Motocross Championships. Its no secert out there, its not a rumor I started I heard it at the start of the year. I know what I am told by people who can't say a word because they don't want people to know what they hear. I just work at a track and speak up when people don't tell the truth because they want to keep this God like image. I don't care who likes me or who hates me. Every thing I say is my opinion and I can voice it. But from what I hear there is a crack in the Dam. Lol this is like shooting fish in a barrell. By the way I loved Muddy Creek and it being slowed down. They did a great job.
that axe is gonna be useless with that small a blade man...sheesh
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I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
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6/5/2013 2:51pm
DC wrote:
Man, I just read all of the posts here. You guys need to cheer up. If you really don't think the series is better than it...
Man, I just read all of the posts here. You guys need to cheer up. If you really don't think the series is better than it was four years ago then I must be going to the wrong races, because I have a different overall impression... Not perfect, but a hell of a lot better than it ever was.

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It may be better for the riders, less actual racing, one quick lap and your in, but is it really any better for the fans?

Muddy Creek was a great looking track, almost even had infield viewing. I've said it before, if there are tracks like that out there, take Elsinore's race away and give it to one of those other tracks.

Not looking to argue, but how is the fan experience any better now than it was four years ago?
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6/5/2013 3:27pm
Holigan wrote:
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR...
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
souinds like failure to me.
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6/5/2013 3:36pm
DC wrote:
The surfing analogy, I don't see a lot of parallels to the challenges we have. Waves are free. The ocean is free. There is no rent...
The surfing analogy, I don't see a lot of parallels to the challenges we have. Waves are free. The ocean is free. There is no rent on the North Shore, no upkeep of that part of the sea, no liability exposure, no property taxes, etc... Surfing is a comparatively cheap sport to any form of racing, and it's probably sponsored by Pac-Sun, or Quiksilver, or Billabong, or whatever -- they don't make motorcycles and they haven't been hurt by the economic slowdown of the last four years.

I wish I could snap my fingers and double the purse, but I can't. I wish that people like huck didn't think the sport were dying, because it's not. But it's not perfect for everyone, and it will never be perfect for the privateers. I was one so I know how difficult it can be. I am making the best fixes I can to this series, but not everyone will agree, and that's fine. It will just make us work harder to get it right. I have found that the best way to fix a problem is to simply go to work.

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DC you sound like a used car sales man.. your sugar coating it with this sissy surfing BS..who cares.. its outdoor mx we talking about.
only if I had the funds to run a 4-5 race fall.. natural terrain ..series with my ideas...the mfg's would be thrilled as well after mkt companys..if only you could see whats ahead that makes sence.
go ahead laugh..its a solution..some hilly billy joe comes out of the forrest and wins..people would love to see it.
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6/5/2013 3:50pm
Holigan wrote:
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR...
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who get points and cash? Pretty sure all you have to do is start in NASCAR and you get points and cash.
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6/5/2013 4:10pm
So does the 250 class make any money for the races or do they just pay for the 450 class?
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Holigan wrote:
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR...
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
trip338 wrote:
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who...
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who get points and cash? Pretty sure all you have to do is start in NASCAR and you get points and cash.
There are people in auto racing who just show up to qualify if I am not mistaken. Don't even have to race basically, just get in, get the money and go to the next race without wearing out the car. Am I wrong?
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6/5/2013 4:12pm
If its far worse than it ever has been, why did Stewart and reed return to racing the nationals? Most motos are on live tv, entries in both classes are at an all high, and all the tracks thus far look great.
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Holigan wrote:
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR...
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
trip338 wrote:
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who...
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who get points and cash? Pretty sure all you have to do is start in NASCAR and you get points and cash.
newmann wrote:
There are people in auto racing who just show up to qualify if I am not mistaken. Don't even have to race basically, just get in...
There are people in auto racing who just show up to qualify if I am not mistaken. Don't even have to race basically, just get in, get the money and go to the next race without wearing out the car. Am I wrong?
Yes, in hopes to gain a big sponsor.
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Remember when no one was concerned about TV and there was no internet or cell phones or video games or twatter, or facebook.....but you had one helluva choice for a 1973-1974 125cc dirtbike? Damn at the millions of bikes that must have been sold back then. Anyone got any real numbers?



Bultaco 125 Pursang
American Eagle / Sprite 125
Can Am 125
AMP 125
Carabela MX 125
Attex 125
CZ 125
DKW 125 MX
Dalesman 125 MX
Dye Rebel 125 MX
Hodaka Super Combat
Montesa 125 (Prototype)
Honda CR 125
Noguchi 125 MX
Hercules MC 125
Harley-Davidson 125 MX
Husqvarna CR 125 MX
PDV 125
Indian 125 MX
SWM
Kawasaki KX 125
Cotton 125
Maico 125
Monark 125 "GS PRO"
Moto Villa 125
Montesa 125 MX (18M)
Ossa Phantom 125
Penton 125
Puch 125
Rickman 125 MX
Rupp RMX 125 MX
Saracen 125
Suzuki TM 125
Tyran 125
Yamaha 125 MX
Yamaha YZ125
Yamaha ATMX 125
Zundapp 125 MX
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bobby397 wrote:
If its far worse than it ever has been, why did Stewart and reed return to racing the nationals? Most motos are on live tv, entries...
If its far worse than it ever has been, why did Stewart and reed return to racing the nationals? Most motos are on live tv, entries in both classes are at an all high, and all the tracks thus far look great.
Why did Stewart return?? That young man has some serious f'n bills to pay. Did you watch Bubba's World? Daddy said they have 22 people on the payroll to keep the compound up and running. Private tracks, lighted even,all the equipment to keep them maintained and watered plus the professional trackbuilders who have to drop in and tweak or change the tracks, metal buildings stacked with muscle cars, Lambo's, Ferrari's, million dollar motorhomes, JS7 sticker on the side of a jet if I remember that photo correctly, basketball court with the JS7 logo on it. Cost a lot to keep the man friends and hanger ons around. Too many sports stars from sports that actually pay big money are down and out, completely broke. I personally hope James will never be one of those but he has gone through some serious coin. Plus, I'll bet his current contracts aren't paying nearly what they were five years ago.

Reed, I think he actually likes the sport and has done good for himself. He's shelling out a chunk of his own money to hang around. Not too sure how long he will hang around though.

Remember all the years RC kept his head down and cranked out championship after championship? Always photographed driving his old Z71 extended cab? His dad continuing to work? The modest house? He knew there was a limited life expectancy in this sport and he got the absolute most out of it that anyone could have. I don't think anyone will ever accomplish what he did in the time frame that he did. Makes you appreciate him even more now that he's sitting on his pile of money.
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6/5/2013 4:37pm
Like I said before, why even waste your time here DC? You can't win with the Vitards
6/5/2013 4:38pm Edited Date/Time 6/5/2013 4:38pm
Why isn't the information about the purse breakdown readily available for the public to view?
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6/5/2013 4:38pm
Holigan wrote:
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR...
I am not aware of any professional motorsport where riders/drivers/teams can pay their bills based on the purse. I owned teams in SX/MX and in NASCAR. My old marketing guy, Sulli, is an owner/partner in IndyCar (won the 500 a couple of weeks ago). I closely follow F1 and talk with a number of people in that series. In all of racing, everyone in "the show" does not make money. Teams/riders/drivers are losing money in F1, IndyCar, NASCAR and SX/MX. I don't understand why you guys think that purse money should fund the bills. That is not how any professional racing works.
trip338 wrote:
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who...
Riddle me this handyman, do the guys who finish last in a NASCAR race get points and money, or is it only the top 20 who get points and cash? Pretty sure all you have to do is start in NASCAR and you get points and cash.
You get paid, but not enough to pay your mandatory tire bill, plus your travel, mechanics, parts etc.

Regal ran the 2010 Nationals out of a Sprinter Van. We, Merge Racing, bought him four bikes to use for the summer. He finished the season with two podiums. And lost money as sponsors only provided product, no salaries. He then got picked up by a team for the following season and made money. That is racing.
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6/5/2013 4:45pm Edited Date/Time 6/5/2013 5:16pm
Threads like this make me laugh. So many people that just think they know what it going on and how to do things. The sport isn't on life support, it isn't needing mouth to mouth, or even worse. It is way better than ever. Don't let a few message boards fool you into thinking that by their complaints.

OF COURSE we ALL wish riders made more money. YES the majority of racers do race for the love and they aren't getting rich. However, you can't gauge happiness in life, satisfaction, fulfillment or the ability to LIVE YOUR DREAMS by dollars.

I had NOTHING in the bank when I stopped racing, actually it was quite worse than that. I got hurt, A lot. However, I have the best memories, the coolest life lived, the best stories, been flown to traces, driven with friend, fights on the side of the road, lived in a trailer eating pb&j's, flown abroad to race. Not to mention the respect for my MOM as she helped send me to these races. It has made me the father I am today. I wouldn't trade anything for it. I was a "hope to make the main guy" and I used to complain that "we were the show and we are getting robbed". Heck I believed that when I quite. That is the reason why I quite. But in all honesty. THE REAL WORLD SUCKS WORSE. Racing, was better than ANY college degree (for me). I got real life experience and used it to get where I am today. That is what privateers need to do, look into the future from the beginning and learn marketing, budgets, strategy and communication skills.

In the big picture of life, not many people get through the year and are actually putting money away at the end of it. If you are getting to ride a motorcycle, travel the world, train and break even at the end of the year, you are doing a lot better than a guy sitting behind a desk, sitting in a bobcat, stuccoing houses etc, etc.... I know you "risk you rife" but you don't have to. Nobody is making you. Military guys firing guns at other people to allow us to be free can use that reason.

However, I still think the actual purse is way too low, as does everyone. BUT I also believe it is the best it can be for where the sport is right now. The older I get the more I understand that I would have done things WAY differently back when I raced. I used to hate when people or promotors said "we provide the platform for you to make money" but they do, but they need to allow the privatters to use that platform more freely!!!

I would go as far to say as, forget raising the purse!!!! Find a way to allow the privateers to sell merchandise. Let them get creative with local sponsors. Let them get more pit passes for potential sponsors. Let them be able to sell weekend sponsorship packages and give them the ability to cater to those sponsors.

That is what I would fight for this day and age.

Go to a local moto website where there is a race, advertise you will give 5 people the ability to display products, have a place to stay cool, provide drinks. have VIP passes, Be able to display said sponsors products, make them feel a apart of the experience. Make a grand or so by doing it that way.

The purse can't be relied on, so pressure the promotors into helping without money spent but accommodating.

Don't get me wrong, the purse needs to grown and be there, but I learned my lessons and looking back I would want other things different.

Oh, and one other thing I would rather see than a raised purse? Health insurance. Not secondary but actual insurance provided to the riders that race "X" amount of races a year. I am in a union with high risk profession and if you work make X amount of money you get the best insurance out there....
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6/5/2013 4:49pm
Regis even filled in for Alyssa Milano. Who can top that? Even has his own toy. Respect ,buddy! Not always about the Benjamins. You need to come my direction and take some laps on the 150.....she rips.

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