[vinceadams9]

What was the admission fee to the first race at Darlington Raceway.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by vinceadams9

What was the admission fee to the first race at Darlington Raceway.

I'm going to go on some logic here so please bear with me...

In 1963 I paid $7.50 for a ticket to Daytona, in the Oldfield stands. So it had to be less than that...

The 1950 Darlington paid something like $24,000 in total prize money and the attendance figures were 25,000 people...

The race had no corporate sponsorship so I figure Brasington paid less than half the gate as purse so my guess is... $2.50 or $3.00 for a seat in the open bleachers.

How close did I come?

[Quality88]

I'll guess $1.75

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Quality88

I'll guess $1.75

You are probably closer, Dustin. If I remember correctly, back in the early 50's a hamburger and fries cost around 15-20 cents and a hamburger steak dinner with potatos and gravey was around $1.25. I can't imagine him getting almost double the cost of a meal for a ticket. What threw me was the 25,000 attendence with the $24,000 prize fund. I'm interested in seeing this one's answer.

Originally Posted by Bob Tanner

I'm going to go on some logic here so please bear with me...

In 1963 I paid $7.50 for a ticket to Daytona, in the Oldfield stands. So it had to be less than that...

The 1950 Darlington paid something like $24,000 in total prize money and the attendance figures were 25,000 people...

The race had no corporate sponsorship so I figure Brasington paid less than half the gate as purse so my guess is... $2.50 or $3.00 for a seat in the open bleachers.

How close did I come?

your under it a little but lets wait till sunday and ill put the answers up.

[Bob Tanner]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

your under it a little but lets wait till sunday and ill put the answers up.

So, it looks like Brasington made a substancial profit on the event? How in the world did you come up with this question? You must be in possession of ticket stubs?

[Yelk]

I think I remember hearing infield admission was $1 and $5 for vehicles.

[vinceadams9]

the answer is $5.00