I'm usually at the Cave, or at the pit position, 5 or 6 times a day during the races. I go to the Bear Fansponsor BBQ at the Cave on Friday, also. I even won a door prize this year (Rare Bear wind sock). Sharon really wanted one and my wife said if she won, she'd give hers to Sharon. But, unfortunately for Sharon, my wife wouldn't give mine up.
I heard something like $165K for first place...I can't remember who told me that but it's probably pretty close. I'm hoping the Bear Team can rustle up a few more sponsors (they just had to prove they were still competitive) so they can start working on the airfoil mods and aerodynamic clean up work. If they can get it done, the Dago Team can fugedaboutit (neener neener neener! LOL)
I can't wait a year, but I guess I have to...see you next time!
Don
ORIGINAL: rare_bear
don,
i hope they start looking into aerodynamic mods. that's something that has always taken a back seat because they are burning up most of their budget on insurance & cylinders. with a little more aerodynamics work, they'll smoke dago with ease (sticking my neck out here - heh heh heh).
what was the first place check for? i know that it was $150k back in 2002.
i'll look for you next year if you hang around the cave on sunday.