Re: VEGAS TO RENO costs to much
If you have ever met Casey Folks, you think twice before saying get rich. He is not rich, and in fact I think he is just getting by. You probably make more than him. I have been to just about every BITD race in the last 3 years, and at every race Casey buys us dinner at least once. Not because we ask or were invited out to dinner by him, in fact we have never been invited out by him. I have been in restaurants where he has picked up the tab for all of the race teams in the place. Not because he wanted to look good, but because he says he knows how hard it is to go racing on a limited budget and every dime he can help us save he will help. In fact last year at the 2000, we did not have enough money to go, and he said he would wave $1000 dollars of our entry fee if it would mean the difference in us racing or not. Casey folks is a class act, and another thing I can say about him is that he knows the name of every person in every pit crew and everyone who has ever been to his races. he makes it a point to know the people who support his organization. Casey is one hell of a guy, and if you have never spent any time with him you would think the same, so I suggest you know a little more about someone before passing judgement. He just loves the sport of racing and wants to see it grow. As far as the entry fee, normally they are less than SCORE, with this race being the exception. This race is higher due to the abundance of land it cuts through. I mean if you cut through that much land in Mexico you dont pay anything, but in the USA you do. Look at the races SCORE runs in the US. They are all loop races, not theat much land is crossed. As far as the entry fees, I dont see anyone complaining that actually runs the races. BITD has a better payback and contingency than any other organization, and the people paying the entry fee love to have the chance at it. You wanna know why Casey doesnt run 9 cars. Not because he doesnt like them, it is because he knows he cant pay them very well, and would rather have them go somewhere else where they can get paid. I could go on all day, and BITD is not the only organization I support, but I think a lot of people dont know Casey, and just pass judgement on him without ever sitting down to get to know him.