“That Purse Is a Disgrace”- Chilli Bowl Nationals’ Unexciting Financial Bait Riles Up Racing Fandom

Finances are an integral part of any sport and even more so when it comes to motorsports. Let’s face it, motorsports is expensive to get into and sustain oneself. It takes a lot of money to build and maintain a competitive car. It’s not just the cost of the parts that one has to pay, but also the salaries of everyone involved in the team. So it is only fair that a team gets rewarded with a substantial sum if they are successful in an event. But that’s not what’s happening at the Chilli Bowl Nationals and NASCAR fans are not happy about it.

The Chilli Bowls Nationals’ Midget race is considered to be a prestigious race that is raced in midget cars at Tulsa in January. It is also called the ‘Super Bowl of midget racing’. Over the years, there have been a number of NASCAR Cup Series drivers who have won the prestigious event. This includes Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, and Tony Stewart.

Chilli Bowl Nationals’ purse value less than 2022-founded series

January 2024 will see the 38th installation of the Chilli Bowl Nationals which will see a prize money of $20,000 and $2000 for starting a race. There will also be a reward of $150 for leading laps, while the second-lead will get $50. Conclusively, according to a report in Frontstretch, the winner can earn as much as $28,250 at the end of the day.

There are other financial aspects to the event as well but at the end of the day, let’s be honest, it really is not rewarding for a race team. The amount of money and effort that goes into building a competitive race car is simply not worth the effort for a reward that does not even cross the $30,000 mark.

In that regard, Kyle Larson’s High Limit Racing series, founded in 2022, is much more rewarding. This season, every High Limit Racing event has featured a purse with a minimum of $23,023 in prize money. But that is not all. Two events on the calendar offered $50,000 as prize money for the winner. Most motorsports teams would choose events that offer bigger rewards so the Chilli Bowl Nationals’ organizers might have to take a hard look if just prestige and honor is going to cut it for the participating drivers.

It’s not just the teams that will be frustrated with the money on offer. Fans on Twitter absolutely ripped the Chilli Bowl Nationals to shreds for their purse value. The organizers may very well have to drastically raise the prize money after all the backlash they have received.

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NASCAR Fans were absolutely livid and did not hold anything back at all. They slammed the organizers for calling it the most prestigious midget race with the prize money on offer.

“Nah. That purse is a disgrace,” one fan wrote on Twitter.

“I’ll add 20 dollars to the purse. For the “most prestigious” midget race, 20k is really sad,” commented another NASCAR fan.

There were fans who were left genuinely confused as to how such a prestigious event offered less money than Kyle Larson’s High Limit Racing.

“I could care less it’s still racing and i’ll be watching but genuinely curious.. how does the high limit series practically pay more then that every single race with less cars?” asked one fan.

Others simply suggested ways for the organizers to raise the amount in the purse. One even went as far as to suggest that they should crowdfund the prize money,

“They should do a “fan pot”. Open up a private go-fund me type account and have fans donate to it throughout the year and throughout the race,” wrote a fan.

“Pretty weak payout still. I guess that extra $10k is coming from the Sunday pit passes for practice,” commented another.

Do you think the fans have a good reason for slamming the organizers? Should an event of this stature  have so little prize money? Let us know in the comments!

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