Originally Posted by
or8ital
Dayton / Cincinnati area:
Parking lot track. $7 first class, Free additional classes. Racing doing well. Building over the last 3 years to about 40 regular racers.
Carpet Track - was $10 and doing well. Jacked it up to $15 and is now closing.
Im not sure its a question of fair. Its what people are willing to spend. $15 on top of tires, parts, etc makes for a $50 race day. While those most dedicated are willing to spend that its certainly not going to grow the hobby. Not sure if it is a coincidence or not but when the track raced the race fees $5 the attendance went down to 40-60%.
You make a tough argument there. Should or shouldn't you raise the price. I think the Q is why would you. Most of the tracks closing are raising prices to stay open not to profit. There may be an area issue here.