Although the questions surrounding these events suck you also have to keep things in perspective. I also go to other brand events and by comparison the Mopar problems are small. The GS Nationals in bowling green last October paid out exactly $0 for 5 bracket classes. The Q16 paid out $1800 but a sponsor paid in $1000 and it was $50 to race in Q16. Frustration with payouts like this had led to the formation of another club with another race. Reportedly the chairman of the club raided the club accounts and it collapsed but was reborn under different leadership after a lawsuit finally worked things out. So as meager as $50 qtrs sound along with the other problems it's worse elsewhere.

With the economy in the tank attendance is down, costs are up, so events are probably going to be suffering for while.