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Post by puertorican on Mar 24, 2010 8:28:29 GMT -8
Dave if you don't belive me just call Bill at Havasu yourself and check the price. I have been going there to race because it cost less than the bullring. I for one will not run the track fuel at Vegas, I will get a 55 gal. drum from Bill and save myself a bunch of money. I would rather get DQ'd then spend an extra 4.00 buck a gallon on fuel. We don't race for points just to try and win and have fun nothing else. Mike Stafford stood at the drivers meeting on Sat. and lied right to everyones face when he said they dont make money off the fuel at 10 bucks a gallon they are getting something. The fuel is no special color its light blue. Call F&L and buy there fuel they have light blue and its 113 and is the same specific gravity as the VP. You can get it for about 7.50 a gallon if you buy it in 55.
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Post by dave on Mar 24, 2010 11:33:23 GMT -8
I said it's cheap compared to market price. Call around and see. For SCCA events in the Southwest Sunoco 110 is about $11 a gallon. Aqua colored 110 octane could be a couple of different formulas from VP. Standard VP110 is purple in color though there some other blends that come in aqua (Late Model, Late Model Plus, MS98L). Coloring die batches per track is pretty common. The three test used primarly at the track are color, specific gravity and dielelectric properties (Digitron test). Depending on the formulation fuels with comparable specific gravity might not have similar Digitron readings. I sold race gas for a while... I got a chuckle out of Mike saying they didn't make any money, except of course for the initial deal. The track is making money on the deal but likely not on the quantity of fuel sold. How many of these deals work is the sponsor brings a fat check to the track to get the exclusive rights. The manufacturer and/or track then work with a dealer to distribute the product. The contingency funds are based on sales but the track makes money regardless of how much product is sold.
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