Racing costs money in any form, how fast do you want to go.
All of steamboats spectators had no clue what the hell was going on, they were intersted in it after someone expained what this was. Fact is, with a flat rate, we can have a sound truck (curt, explain what you told us yesterday) tech, track crew, points, etc. The supernationals was in excess of 400, so a CSC at 100, is not going to kill anyone