Brad,
I really do appreciate you answering. I understand that a track owner makes more money on the weekends from rental karts and test & tunes than any else.
I am going to break down one portion of your response.
if additional classes were free and everyone wanted to run two, don’t you think it would cost more if there were twice as many entries? When you pay for the ambulance, insurance, labor, trophies, administrative costs, meetings, year end banquet etc…
Why would it cost twice as much for twice the amount of entries? Sounds to me like with the extra class fee you would then be making 1 1/2x more. The ambulance, insurance, labor, trophies, admin fees, meetings, year end banquet etc.. for that class with now twice as many entrants would have been accounted for from the outset prior to the event. The bigger the class the more interest it draws. The more interest it draws the bigger the class. The bigger the class the more money for the track owners. The only problem with that is most karters don’t have the required equipment, skill, time, money, age, weight, etc… to be involved with two classes. Therefore, those who have the want and equipment to run multiple classes are actually promoting karting, drawing attention to the larger fields and eventually if not immediately putting some no matter how little money back into the track owners pocket. So wouldn’t it make sense that those who run multiple classes should definitely not pay an extra fee when in fact they should be getting a reduced fee on their initial registration due to their contribution to the track. :clap: :usa:
How about with the $25 extra class fee those racers get a $25 fuel voucher so the money is spent? or a $25 IMI test and tune voucher? Then everyone wins.
Tom