Schreck, George

I still find it surprising that people care about prize money for

amateur racing. I would think a good race should be all that would

count. After all, given the cost of equipment and the time spent

training, $50 or $100 of occasional prize money is a rather poor

economic return.   



-----Original Message-----

From: Omer Kem [mailto:omer-@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:39 PM

To: OBRA

Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] $ for MTB series in 2006, Saturday races



I raced the entire OBRA MTB Series in 2003. At that

time there was only one series and there was a TON of

races. I can remember it being normal for at least

100-150 bucks for 1st overall and the money going 5

places deep. Thats was great payout for any type of

local racing. I did some NorCal road races and it was

easy to make 100 bucks in primes in a local crit, but

there was NO money for the overall finish. The same

could be said for the road races. If you looked at the

state of MTB racing in the US, OBRA has some of the

best races and best payouts of ANY local series....





Omer



http://omerkem.blogspot.com/





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