tholt29 |
05-27-2005 11:34 AM |
Sure you can get sponsorship from companies, but it's not likely, at least not in the sense you are probably thinking of. Very few people have significant sponsorship deals. The majority of those are people who have their own business and "sponsor" themselves as a tax writeoff, or sponsors are businesses that these people have had a longstanding customer relationship with and the business provides discounts or services in return for someone putting their name on their car. The chances of you contacting a business out of the blue and getting a check are very very slim.
Much more common at the upper levels of autocross competition are contingency programs, where companies offer cash or products to qualifying finishers in a class. For example, I race on Hoosier tires and have the required decals on my car. If I win at a National Tour event I win 2 tires, and whoever wins at Nationals (not me) will get 4 tires. Similar programs are offered by other tire companies, several automakers, and a few parts manufacturers. When these programs were at their peak several years ago, I heard of some of the elite drivers making as much as about $20,000, but that was very rare and they probably spent that much travelling the country to compete for that money.
Tom
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