Originally Posted By John_Kunkel
Originally Posted By fast68plymouth
I've got one from 2016....... Spring nationals in Houston......

$50,000- winner
$22,000- r/u
$18,000- semi
$14,000- 2nd round
$10,000- 1st round
$3,000- 17&18 qualifier


That's close enough. Thanks.

I've often wondered how these Top Fuel guys who only run a few events a year can do it; looks like if you made one mediocre qualifying pass and blew the tires off on the first round, you could actually cover the event expenses. Of course, that's only guaranteed if only 16 cars show up.


I believe the money for first round loser and/or 17th & 18th qualifier has been increased. I've seen a few guys like Jeff Diehl and others say they sold their alcohol cars and went fuel racing because the alcohol cars paid a grand for first round while the fuel cars paid ten times as much. They could make a run or two and come away with a profit if they didn't tear up a bunch of stuff. The big teams and NHRA are also helping these guys with parts, money, tune up help, etc. It's in everyone's best interest to have full fields. The bottom half of the field is usually guys who are getting help. I'm not opposed to this.

If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.