Quote Originally Posted by 1Badaction
My point is, have a SS Race the same place, every year, get buddy buddy with the local city people and make it a part of the event thats being held that day. set up maybe 6 races a season in different places and run em. nascar doesnt worry about where F1 is running on that day, why should SS NEED to run with the tunnels?
Jim

Excellent point about "same place every year". That's key to bringing back "loyal" fans, which is what will spell your survival.

But the reason SS has to run with other classes is due to cost for a day of racing. Insurance for a boat race is very spendy, (you have to have liability coverage for your spectators as well as your racers) as well as hiring EMTs to be on site and buying the race equipment (flags/timers/radios) and covering the expenses of your officials (which is often all they ask). 12 entry fees won't even come close to the many thousands of dollars needed for a day of racing.

So that's why you see 3 or 4 classes at each race - with the hope of getting 50 or more entries (50 x $300 is going to cover much more than 12 x $300).

If you are very lucky, you might get the festival people to agree to provide this extra race coverage, but be sure to read the fine print to make sure they aren't just getting insurance to cover themselves in case of a law suit - and leaving the racers exososed. That has happened and it's often the local festival boards who are the worst culprits of this. But you can't really blame them - they're working within a budget too.