"Non of those events you listed have a single pass worth $3500. Also the race in Chicago was $10,000. How many times does it need to be said there cars are set up for the street not the track."

That can be done at the track and I suspect it has been. PLUS you could end up w/ some SWAG a trophy and some additional cha ching at the track. They hold grudge races almost every Friday night. What people bet is on them. I guess I'm spoiled because I live w/in 1.5 hours of 4 tracks.