Nobody responded to this with the previous title, so let's try again. Disregarding my comments about Bill Gates except to say that if all your rally costs were covered except travel, who could afford to run the whole series. Now take the description of the series and let me know what you think of it. Oh yeah, Bill Gates isn't paying for you to rally, so costs for a whole series across the nation will be about $150,000 per year while costs to run in your region will be about $15,000 including the championship. More if you break the car. And this is what I said:
Let's assume Bill Gates loses his sanity and funds ProRally, a nationwide series, and ClubRally, a regional series. The entry fees are zero but you still have to pay travel costs. Lets assume you are Mad Mike and live in the truck while traveling. Can you afford to run ProRally? Assume 10 events a year. I know there were fewer this year. The mileage to attend all the events is around 30,000. At a mere 36 cents a mile for fuel and food, there goes $10,800. And assuming that you only have to take off 4 days of work to attend each event including those on the coast, there goes 5 weeks of vacation. Or time off without pay which is how I do it. Can you afford this amount of time and travel?
Compare this to a good regional series. Assume 6 to 8 events withing 300 to 500 miles of your house. Throw in a national championship like the Runoffs. The travel distance becomes 6400 miles or just over $2300. The time becomes maybe 2 weeks of vaction. Add the extra for the national championship and you have a viable series that more people can afford.
Then just to make it better, add a regional series of RallyCross and Rally Sprints.
The breakdown of events with the exception of the national championship for Club competitors is like we used to have. With the added national championship, you are mirroring the race structure. The names in racing are TransAm or World Challange with Club racing consisting of national and regional race.
Let's assume Bill Gates loses his sanity and funds ProRally, a nationwide series, and ClubRally, a regional series. The entry fees are zero but you still have to pay travel costs. Lets assume you are Mad Mike and live in the truck while traveling. Can you afford to run ProRally? Assume 10 events a year. I know there were fewer this year. The mileage to attend all the events is around 30,000. At a mere 36 cents a mile for fuel and food, there goes $10,800. And assuming that you only have to take off 4 days of work to attend each event including those on the coast, there goes 5 weeks of vacation. Or time off without pay which is how I do it. Can you afford this amount of time and travel?
Compare this to a good regional series. Assume 6 to 8 events withing 300 to 500 miles of your house. Throw in a national championship like the Runoffs. The travel distance becomes 6400 miles or just over $2300. The time becomes maybe 2 weeks of vaction. Add the extra for the national championship and you have a viable series that more people can afford.
Then just to make it better, add a regional series of RallyCross and Rally Sprints.
The breakdown of events with the exception of the national championship for Club competitors is like we used to have. With the added national championship, you are mirroring the race structure. The names in racing are TransAm or World Challange with Club racing consisting of national and regional race.
