More watered down NEFR coming your way!!!
Posted by NoCoast
Don Kennedy Mega Moderator Location: Reading, PA Join Date: 10/05/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 227 Rally Car: Impreza |
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Anders Green Elite Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 03/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,478 Rally Car: Parked |
How about this: Same entry fee for everyone... it's 4% of your vehicle's value. Grassroots: $8,000 car, $320 entry fee Mid level: $20,000 car, $800 entry What I'm told are about $250,000 cars at VTSC... $10,000. Thanks for your support, Subaru! 
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John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Bwilliant! So my free Saab 96 that I spent maybe 2000 bucks on means $80 entry! John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Dave Kern Ultra Moderator Location: Centennial Join Date: 07/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,085 Rally Car: Compact M3 & Evo IX |
I'm pretty sure that all rally BMWs cost $500...pretty sure I read that on the interwebz somewhere. 
Dave |
John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Naw, only the WRC BMWs...other ones are cheaper! John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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Looking only at the consumer side of the NEFR pricing shows some interesting stuff, particularly for those who are wringing their hands over the ever increasing entry costs.
- For $800, anyone who wanted to could have shown up and rallied the whole weekend. Of the 58 entrants: - 28 chose to pay an additional $700 to be scored in the National Championship. 25 of those 28 (at quick glance) were at Oregon Trail, so can be considered as teams who travel for the National Championships. - 2 chose to pay an additional $1000 to be scored in the National and Regional portions of the event. - 28 were able to race the entire weekend at no extra cost. Some chose to pay between $300 and $400 more for no other reason than to be able to pay later. What this says, in terms of customer appetite, is that while $800 entry fees seem expensive - a significant number of people will choose to pay more than that if given the opportunity. First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015 
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Agreed. We didn't even think - for a second - of spending the money to be in the National at Oregon but that doesn't change the fact that a good number do. As I pointed out, most of the people listed in the National are also traveling across the country, so the extra entry fee is not a large part of the rally budget for the year, which is probably a minimum of $30,000/year for a 6 event championship. (some will be that much per event) First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015
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