MarctheSharc
PR Founding Father
Hold up -
The purse is the same as the 90's yet a win for Barcia = $500,000
BamBam makes $750K a year from Yamaha but is a low salary.
The sport has grown 100 times over so Glen Helen said FU to losing money to MX sports.
Georgie spends $40 a week in gas while racers are making decent wage but they’re independent contractors.
Coors & Camel were big sponsors but not as big as Monster but that was long before a TV package and attendance was much less.
Many dudes pay for a ride on a team, factory or satillite. Either paying outright, or bringing a sponsor that pays but Jlaw and Hanny bew it all.
And we become the IRL and NASCAR? Where talent and what you've accomplished in lower levels of racing, mean nothing. You bring a sponsor with you and your in yet there's 10-13 riders in that top 20 that is set for life or will have a nice paved road for them until retirement.
The purse is the same as the 90's yet a win for Barcia = $500,000
BamBam makes $750K a year from Yamaha but is a low salary.
The sport has grown 100 times over so Glen Helen said FU to losing money to MX sports.
Georgie spends $40 a week in gas while racers are making decent wage but they’re independent contractors.
Coors & Camel were big sponsors but not as big as Monster but that was long before a TV package and attendance was much less.
Many dudes pay for a ride on a team, factory or satillite. Either paying outright, or bringing a sponsor that pays but Jlaw and Hanny bew it all.
And we become the IRL and NASCAR? Where talent and what you've accomplished in lower levels of racing, mean nothing. You bring a sponsor with you and your in yet there's 10-13 riders in that top 20 that is set for life or will have a nice paved road for them until retirement.