Awards
As far as the awards go some like them some don't. I would like to find something else but there are a lot of problems associated with that.
Lets take last year as an example. We did 2550 awards just for the Division races and Finals. Has anyone priced doing that many decals?
Shipping awards to each event can be ridiculously expensive we did the wood plaques for 2 years and it cost about $80 an event just for shipping. So the plates are less weight and cuts that cost down.
Last year we spent $35,000 on awards. We could do nicer awards but we would have to reduce how many we did for each class and might need to cut out or reduce the $30,000 - $40,000 cash payout we do each year for the pay classes.
Or go up on entry fees like everyone else has, I would rather keep entry fees the same.
RC Pro pays for the awards and shirts before the event ever takes place.
Keep in mind only half the entry fee goes to RC Pro for the awards, payout and free shirts for the early signups plus travel and pay for the RC Pro official. The other half goes to the track.