Rooster (Chicago Cuttin' Crew)

Hey all,

Sorry to maintain this theme of complaining about racing fees but I have a question about bikereg. I went to register for Proctor through bikereg with about 4 hours to spare (naturally) and discovered there is still a bikereg service fee. I thought those were going to be nullified with the new standard of $25 race fees. Am I confusing something?

I haven’t raced road stuff much this year and because of that I find the $25 fair enough for my once a month habit. Have I missed something, though? Wasn’t the whole service fee supposed to be swallowed up with the change?

Thanks.

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (xXx Racing-AthletiCo)

Promoters have the option of passing the bikereg fee onto the racer, or absorbing it into their race fee (or increasing their race to account for that).

I *think* (check with Jason K.) that the ICA decided to absorb the cost for the Illinois Cup races, but other promoters for non-Cup chose not to depending on their forecasted budgets and costs.

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Team Mack Racing Ltd.)

They weren’t.

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Let’s bear in mind that most (not all) of the other Illinois Cup races simply raised their registration fees by $5 to cover the bikereg cost. Proctor hasn’t done this. Similarly a 2nd race is only $10, compared to $25 for some of the other races - that’s hardly gouging. So one can race twice for between $25-$35, whereas some other races would set you back $55.

Also, this is a big event with a significant prize fund and very large costs ($3k for police alone). Quite an achievement to keep the entry fees so low. They’re basically the same as the Super Spring Crit or Cobb Park, but the event is on a much larger scale.