Re: [Fwd: Re: Club activities]

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>I can tell you that the cost for 2 days of track rental at Watkins
>Glen this year is exactly $4500 per day. The insurance for last year was
>$1100 per day, and most likely will increase this year.  There are also a
>number of admin costs involved in putting on an event such as this.  Not to
>mention the cost of transporting all the needed equipment from national
>(helmets, lane toss lights, etc.)  If you do the numbers, you'll see that
>there isn't that much left over.  We also must take into account that the
>first event at the Glen (1994) lost approx. $5000 and last year just barely
>broke even. Amortize this over the last 4 years.  NO PROFIT!!!

Okay let's work backwards from your numbers....  

$9000 in track rental (36 Cars)
$2200 in Insurance     ( 8.8 Cars)
Let's say $750 in Flyers/Postage (3 Cars)
Let's say $100 in Hand out material (.4 Cars)
Let's say we SHIP the equipment with a Common Carrier $500 (2 Cars)

That comes out to 50.2 entrants to break even......

So what your saying is that in 1994 you had only 20 entrants?  and last 
year you had 51 entrants?... I seem to remember hearing that there were 
100 entrants.  (Quattro Quartlery Fall 1995)  Let's see that's 
$25,000.... I'm doing the math and it ain't working......

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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