Rick C Johnson
Man, you gotta love our capitalist system! Is this a great country or what?
Rick
T B wrote:
> Ok. I did the math. I just had to see for myself. AND WOW!!! This past
> PIR was a low attendance. According to the numbers given and all, it
> was only a profit of about 330 bucks. On nights such as the Tuesday
> prior, it seems to be almost 1300 dollar profit for one race. That
> seems a ridiculous amount for a weekly race to profit when single day
> races struggle to break even. A weekly series should focus on being
> affordable. Yes, to most of yall, whats 15 bucks. But it makes people
> like me, broke and starving, ponder whether it can be squeezed into an
> ever tight budget.
>
> My math;
>
> 300 for PIR + 50 for the truck + Officials = Give estimate of 550 Dollars
> 550 + 2.25 (x) where X is number of riders (lets say 150) = 337.5
> dollars for insurance
> Total cost of event is 337.5 + 550 = 887.50 dollars (which i have to
> admit is a pretty hefty bill to have on a weekly basis. its actually
> almost outrageous and makes it a wonder it can occur)
>
> So, taken there are 150 riders (which seems to be a fair average to
> estimate if not a low average for the entire season).
>
> 150 x 15 = 2,250 gross
>
> 2,250 - 887.50 = 1,362.50 dollars net profit for ONE night. WOW!!! I
> mean...WOW!!! Im in SHOCK! I need this job ASAP!!! (assuming i didn't
> make an error in my math)
>
> Am i making anyone's water boil yet :)
>
> I just had to do the math just for s and g's and out of boredom
>
>
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> From: cmurray@obra.org
> To: bikexcr@hotmail.com; cobrakai43@gmail.com; obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Tuesday PIR retraction
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:27:49 -0700
>
> Part of the problem is the expense.
> The PIR track costs almost $300 a night to rent. The truck rental
> is $50, the first aid person and the officials all get paid. So I
> would imagine that the cost for a PIR is $550 before the first
> rider shows up. It costs $2.25 per person for the liability
> insurance and surcharges.
>
> There is no charge to use Alpenrose. We do not use the truck and
> the race organizer is a first aid provider, so the costs are much
> less then PIR. It is only $5 entry fee for juniors, adults pay $10.00.
>
> Do the math. If the race organizer doe snot make a profit there
> will be no events for you to race.
>
> Candi
>
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> *From:* obra-bounces@list.obra.org
> [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] *On Behalf Of *r r
> *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2008 9:03 PM
> *To:* Cobra Kai; obra@list.obra.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OBRA Chat] Tuesday PIR retraction
>
> I am going to take this email as an opportunity this jedi has been
> pondering over about PIR as well....Why 15 bucks a shot every
> Tuesday? That seems a little steep for a weekly event. Unless PIR
> wants some ungodly amount to use the venue, 15 almost seems like a
> drastically over priced for what it is. Yes, i know you can buy a
> season pass, but some of us are not in Portland for the entire PIR
> season, but want to do more than one PIR a month. At least the
> Eugene weekly series is 10, But by far the best deal is 5 bucks to
> race on the track. Now thats a steal. And there are officials and
> everything there just like PIR, the only possible difference is
> that PIR wants money for us being there. But as far as i see it,
> there is no reason a weekly series race should cost almost as much
> as other events that are only held once a year.
>
> Just some of my thoughts and others that i have gathered over time.
>
>
>
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> > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:51:51 -0700
> > From: cobrakai43@gmail.com
> > To: obra@list.obra.org
> > Subject: [OBRA Chat] Tuesday PIR retraction
> >
> > Cobra Kai would like to retract comments. Flyer was read while
> practicing self-asphyxiation with Miyagi's brown belt and he did
> not realize that 4's can race with 3's. Since Cobra Kai will now
> be paying less that $1 per mile, he may attend. Cobra Kai
> apologizes to owners of PIR but still feels sorry for Cat V.
> >
> > NO SENSEI!!
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