That,s too bad what happened to your ILinois race. Your right the 2-st. races need to start at the local level. The local tracks are hurting,with the low turnouts in the last 6 years. I think the right local track would rent the track for a weekend for 1,500.00, that,s only 150 riders paying 10.00 each at the gate. You have alot of other fees,insurance,medic-ambulance,ama, fuel,wood chips,etc. I talked to the president at my local track about a 2-st. only race, there,s a bunch of land owners that own the tracks property,they can be difficult,and it would have to be ama sanctioned race,to have insurance. The tracks layout is great,up and down hills everywhere,but the track needs tons of wood chips mixed in with the hard pack clay,and getting club members to work is difficult. To get 700 plus riders I think a 2-st. race would have to focus on fun to get full gates. There,s alot of 96 to 04 2-st. out there, so classes like 125 96 to 04 125 beginner, c class, and vet 125 beginner, c class, b class would be full gates. With the revenue from classes like these, you could hv. 200 % payout, 300.00 to 1st in each 125 a-expert moto bonus,plus 100.00 holeshot,that should get 30 or 40 on the gate.
