Payouts - Are they Outdated?  

When I ran Flemington in the street stocks the Pay out was three fifty to win. New right sides were two fifty so I figured out real fast that it wasnt worth buying new tires every week. So with that in mind I knew the pay out for the top five was petty good. Now I was racing every week due to working all over the country. So I would fly in to nj and race every other weekend . Now I would ask to start in the rear as I wasn't racing for points, save my tires and finish in the top ten or top five and go home with a hundred and fifty or so enough it pay every one pit fee and eats on the way home. I knew I couldn't wreck my stuff so I had a good motor from Bitner that was fast and reliable and Goodyears that if you took  care of them would last because the heat cycles made them harder and got better as the race went on . So sometimes the payout vs expenses is what you need to look at . If you ain't a big buck team some times it pays to race smarter not harder. Iam not counting the fun factor as as that was worth every penny.