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lites class supercross win money?
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1. 12,000
2. 6,000
3. 4,250
4. 3,250
5. 3,010
6. 2,780
7. 2,530
8. 2,430
9. 2,380
10. 2,330
11. 2,300
12. 2,280
13. 2,255
14. 2,230
15. 2,205
16. 2,180
17. 2,155
18. 2,130
19. 2,105
20. 2,085
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1. 2,500
2. 1,500
3. 1,000
4. 800
5. 700
6. 600
7. 550
8. 500
9. 450
10. 420
11. 410
12. 400
13. 390
14. 380
15. 370
16. 360
17. 350
18. 340
19. 330
20. 320
Its awful what these guys make but they get what they deserve. All these riders would have to do is take 3 or 4 weeks off and the money would pick up. You can't have a race without riders. The biggest problem is MX Sports teaches the riders at the Amateur level that the money only goes one way in this sport. You pay they take. I am not sure how these promoters sleep at nite. Its pretty messed up.
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let me get this straight the OEM's payout for contingency,and sponsors etc up to around 75k and the promoter pays out $2500.00 thats interesting.
wonder who is making the money, The Rider ? the OEM / Sponsors? or the Promoter
but...it isn't so stfu or fix it.
It has actually gotten a lot better though in the last 10yrs. In 2000 when I finished 6th in the 125 class at Atlanta, I made $430 from AMA, $900 from Suzuki Contingency and another $100-$150 or so from a couple of other sponsors. I believe I was the only full privateer in the top 10 that night and was pumped!!! But not so much when I saw what I was going to make for it. The same year...at the Joliet SX, I made the 250 main...tangled up with RC on the first lap and went down. Got up and was almost a lap down by then. Cruised around for 20 laps and made close to $4K!! Purse was much more for that class, privateer fund portion was a good bit and some tool company was paying an extra $1K to all privateers who made the main that night. Picked a good one, I guess!!
So...if it wasn't for a couple of people who were close to me, paying for some of my expensive, I would have never been able to keep racing as long as I did, if I lived off of the purse, contingency, et. It is a shame...but like I said...it is what it is.....but it beats a regular job any day usually!!
These guys are risking their lives out there.
Do you think their margins are thin or do you think they are pretty good?
What would you guess they clear at the end of the night once the last person is paid and they are counting profit money?
Are they a publicly traded company? I believe they are owned by Clear Channel, correct? And when did the name become Feld? The reason I ask is because it would be easier to find their financial earnings reports
I'm just curious about all of these questions because like everyone else I would really like to see the riders paid more.
SH_105 had a great idea when he was talking about how the riders are THE SHOW and they shouldn't be paying entry fees. Feld should go over to a system like they do with the Monster Truck Jam or whatever it's called. Feld should be PAYING these riders ust for showing up to race, not the other way around!
So my point is, I would imagine a lot of their expenses are paid out of this money and the earnings from ticket sales and all....could be straight profit!! Now...there are a ton of details that would need to be considered here and expenses we probably do not even know about or could imagine how much they cost the promoters.
But, I agree...the racers should not have to pay to race and put on this show for 40-60000 fans and they should make much more money than they do. Maybe one day???
Be happy that Feld is willing to risk the capital in this economy when the OEM's and most every other sponsor is cutting back on their advertising budgets across the board. I was suprised (and happy) that Feld was able to keep buying time on CBS for 2010.
...These guys are way underpaid.
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Riders have to show a lot more respect to their fans and sponsors and just maybe they could achieve more Prizemoney and not have to pay for the racing.
Someone mentioned the other day that Monster Trucks is staged racing for the fans.
I dont want to ever see that but the riders can learn from the way they market themselves with hours spent signing autographs etc.
The promoters are greedy and always have been but if they even put a $5 tax per ticket to go toward Prizemoney and rider Insurance, it would make it a lot better for the rider/entertainer.
I vote for Mr Bobby M to be on the riders board.
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