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Old 01-17-2007, 09:38 PM
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Darlington trivia

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

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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.

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Re: Darlington trivia

I'll guess $1.75
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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.
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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.
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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?
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I think I remember hearing infield admission was $1 and $5 for vehicles.
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the answer is $5.00
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