I think the money races are ruining the sport, at least for us "Saturday Night" racers. I just don't get the attraction to the money races. It sounds great to win $5,000.00, but what most of the people who race in these money races must not realize is that if you're not one of about 5 or 6 guys out there, you're not going to win and are pretty much just donating your money. I race for fun and I do race in a few of these money races here and there. That's only because sometimes you have to if you want to race... It's certainly not because I like them. For most of us, they just cost more, take way too long, and you pretty much know you don't have a shot at winning. Give me Saturday night racing any day.
Don't get me wrong, I can see it from the track owners side, because these big races can make more money. But if they start losing the Saturday night racers, the money races won't be much fun watching those 5 or 6 guys who always win race each other. If I was a track owner, I would concentrate on trying to make my weekly shows more profitable rather than having more money races, but I realize it's not that easy. I wish I had the answer to that one.
Maybe really low entry fees and racing for trophies would work. I know I'd like it better and I can't be that much different than most karters. At 52, I just got back into karting after being out of it for 10 years and I love it. I'm fairly competitive, but I'm not winning yet. When I do, I'll be excited because I won the race... not because I won $150 or $200. When it gets to the point where I need that $150 or $200 to race, I'm done.