Originally Posted by DannoXYZ

Back when there were fewer cats, prize-money was much, much better. Not hard to find $1k for 1st in many races, $100-200 primes. Lots of mini stages races had big purses, Santa Barbara $20k, Casper Classic $50k, Big Bear. OMG, has it really been 30-years??? Ok, not all winnings, some sponsorship and contingencies in there too. It was such a dramatic difference going to P12 that I actually got bored with not placing. After I quit for about 10-yrs and came back, I made sure to only get up to 3 and stop. But drive and killer-instinct was gone, lower purses didn't help either and cost of equipment had skyrocketed.