greg_coffin
Well-known member
Or the fallacy of valuable track time.
There is a reoccurring argument that some groups do not pay their fair share of valuable track time....you all know who I am talking about......
The calculation basically takes the number of cars in the race group, divides it be entries and multiplies by 100 to determine a misleading percentage to support a variety of arguments.
The bottom line is revenues not the distribution of track time is what matters.
That said if one must do the calculation please do it correctly and determine the total revenue generated per race group.
Just for fun let's run the numbers for the upcoming IRDC race shall we.
The trick is to determine which entries are primary and which are secondary in the double race entry category......simple in 2, 3, 5 and 6, a little harder in 1 and 4.
Fortunately group 1 is the clear winner and group 6 is the clear loser based on 30 and 11 entries respectively, but what about 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Group 5 has 18 entries, 7 primary, 11 secondary
Group 4 has 15 entries 9 of which are double entered so let's say 11 primary and 4 secondary
Group 3 is 16 entries , 13 primary and 3 secondary
Group2 looks like 15 primary.
So revenue rank per group is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Who saw that coming?
More important group 1 is the only group that might be paying their "fair share" of costs, everyone else's are offset by group 1 and Special Race revenues.
There is a reoccurring argument that some groups do not pay their fair share of valuable track time....you all know who I am talking about......
The calculation basically takes the number of cars in the race group, divides it be entries and multiplies by 100 to determine a misleading percentage to support a variety of arguments.
The bottom line is revenues not the distribution of track time is what matters.
That said if one must do the calculation please do it correctly and determine the total revenue generated per race group.
Just for fun let's run the numbers for the upcoming IRDC race shall we.
The trick is to determine which entries are primary and which are secondary in the double race entry category......simple in 2, 3, 5 and 6, a little harder in 1 and 4.
Fortunately group 1 is the clear winner and group 6 is the clear loser based on 30 and 11 entries respectively, but what about 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Group 5 has 18 entries, 7 primary, 11 secondary
Group 4 has 15 entries 9 of which are double entered so let's say 11 primary and 4 secondary
Group 3 is 16 entries , 13 primary and 3 secondary
Group2 looks like 15 primary.
So revenue rank per group is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Who saw that coming?
More important group 1 is the only group that might be paying their "fair share" of costs, everyone else's are offset by group 1 and Special Race revenues.