Lotta Speed Racing Weekly Idea
Hi, I'm Robert Dean IV from Lotta Speed Racing, and I am trying to get your thoughts on this.
Every week, there will be a 16-car race (First come first serve). There will be a $20 entry fee. If you want your car back, please send mail money (Send $10, I'll mail change with the car). If you are a runner-up and want your car back, I will contact you, asking if I can keep your car so I can add it to the "So Close Wall" at Benny Raceway where it will be forever. If you agree to leave it at the track I'll send your money back. If you still want to keep your car I'll send it back.
Every week will be a new style of race (i.e. Baja, 60s Castings, Corvette, Truck, Apocalyptic, etc.
There will be two videos a week. The first will be the playoffs, and the second will be the semi-finals and finals. There'll be a halftime show in each.
I'll be holding back money for the four-week-long Christmas race prizes. apocalyptic
Race Format and Scoring:
This will be bracket style 16-8-4-2. Two cars will race at a time, and there will be four rounds each race, sudden death. The finals are eight rounds.
1st place: 5 points
2nd place: 3 points
Prizes:
Any unreturned cars
1st: $150
2nd: $50
*If you get a perfect score in the first race(20 pts), you get $50.
**If you get a perfect score in the semi-finals (20 pts), you get $50.
***If you get a perfect score in the finals (40 pts), you get $100.
****If you get a perfect score in all three races (80 pts), you get an additional $200.
*If you finish every four rounds in a row during the playoffs (1st or 2nd place) you win an additional $5
**If you finish every four rounds in a row during the semi-finals (1st or 2nd place) you win an additional $5
***If you finish every eight rounds in a row during the finals (1st or 2nd place) you win an additional $20
*If you beat the best track time you win an additional $5
The best possible amount of money that is winnable per week is: $150+$50+$50+$100+$200+$5+$5+$20+$5=$585
Rules and Restrictions:
- $20 entry fee
- Car must have either black or brown wheels
- No weight limit
- No Fantasy/Concept cars (If you have questions just ask, some are definitely acceptable
- If you have a convertible, you need to have a 1:64 racer glued inside
Track:
This'll be at Benny Raceway in the Lotta Rock Quarry.
Photos to be uploaded.
Discussion
Hoo boy, I see trouble
Injecting such tangible and significant prizes into the formula on top of an ambitious race schedule compounds the normal degree of hurdles a host will face in showrunning. Established channels rarely put up such packages for winners and with very good reason. Bragging rights often can be enough.
Expect scrutiny beyond the pale in everything you do. In this situation, even a simple error on the scoreboard will loom large in the minds of participants, and could speedrun the end of a hosting career
- A lot of money. My first thought was a Mexican cock fight with gambling on the side. — alva1370
- Thanks for saying something Chris, Alva, Abby & Spydude. — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Were I GenZ, I may have just typed "delete this" and moved on, but I'm trying to be reasoned in my words. Some Shark Tank proposals don't land. Here, I see a path FRAUGHT with headache and regret for all concerned. I could not participate as a builder and just have fun watching. — Chris_Hood
Send me $20 every week.
Send me cars every week.
Can I keep your cars?
Nah, man, too much isn't adding up here. This is like a diecast OnlyFans. I'm out.
- Thumbs up — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Well, it wasn't a racing based memecoin proposal. Tasted a little similar, sad to say. — Chris_Hood
- "diecast OnlyFans"...LOL — dr_dodge
- At least on OnlyFans you get to see a couple.....headlights — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Lol @ Dutch. Headlights ... rear ends ... bumpers .... — SpyDude
- I'm asking for your permission to keep your cars, if your not okay with it, that's fine, and I'll get them back to you. — LottaSpeedRacing
That's a no for me, dawg. For so many reasons. Most of which have already been mentioned. Just search RLD for the Squid Game tourney to see why. If you're serious about this, post a few exhibition races on your channel if you have one before you do any mail-ins. Otherwise, most builders will not take you seriously and see a scam.
- The same could be proposed by a channel with 30K subs and 5 solid years of hosting and my eyebrow would still rise in deep concern — Chris_Hood
- Very true. I just got notice that Funkhouser is done and Meekin still hasn't sent back a single car (to me, anyway).. But at least an effort to show what's to be expected would at least give a little more confidence. — FeralPatrick
- Squid Game was a joke from the beginning. I looked at that and Nope’d out on the spot. I’m sorry my fellow racers got caught in the scam. — SpyDude
- FeralPatrick - So the Midnight Club at Funkhouser is not going to finish and I'm out another car and return shipping money I guess? — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Dutch Clutch - It seems a lot of us will be. — StrayDog
- DM Douglas and keep at him. Word is out now so I'm sure the messages have begun. — FeralPatrick
- I still have zero hope of seeing my cars, but maybe enough of us bugging him will do something. Doubt it, but maybe. — FeralPatrick
- Got a reply from Douglas. He said that due to hurricane cleanup things are delayed but will be posting videos again soon. — StrayDog
- He told me flat out this morning that there would be no more racing and that Jacob was done. TBH I don't know who or what to believe anymore. — FeralPatrick
- I guess we'll find out soon. — StrayDog
- Let's hope so. I love Old Yadkin and Jacob/Funk is a swell guy. — FeralPatrick
- MMarcus was tight with meechem, and I never saw my Cannonball van race there either, Squid Games, Die cast Dudes stuff, lots of sketchy anymore — dr_dodge
- Just read the last two pages of comments on the Squid Game Race event. Whisky Tango Foxtrot, the address went WHERE? Such a brazen flim-flam shenanigan rug-pull, condolences to all drivers involved — Chris_Hood
Really I just had this idea to have a REAL purpous in racing.
I've revised ways to prove it's not a scam, or the race results arn't goofed, and there could be a very easy way:
First of all, I could do one long video where I put the cars up, race them, you see the cars go up, then down, over and over to prove the outcomes are not sabotaged. Then I make a new video, editing the previous where there are cut scenes, announcing, etcetera.
- There are real purposes in racing. Fun, a sense of accomplishment, learning from mistakes and reveling in victory. Diecast Racing is one of the last pure things in my life, adding the quest for cash rather sullies and taints the vibe, one fan's opinion — Chris_Hood
- I have been trying to Goat Hill with 24 cars. it is an amazingly complicated commitment to run races — dr_dodge
- You're doing a great job with it Dr. Dodge. — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
Like they say:
Toy cars, REAL racing.
- Like they also say: “Fool me once, shame on you.Fool me twice, shame on me.” Sorry, dude, with the unrealistic promises you’re throwing out there, no one is going to touch this with a ten-foot pole. — SpyDude
- The guys here are builders and racers. Some build cars, some build tracks, some do both. — alva1370
- Tournaments are a lot of work. There’s a graphic of an iceberg and holding a tournament, if anyone has it please post it. — alva1370
- Your ambition is fantastic, start small and grow into a quality product. Good luck Robert. — alva1370
- Thanks — LottaSpeedRacing
- Do you have a channel, if so, upgrade your profile — dr_dodge
- And a track profile — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- lol — dr_dodge
- Lotta Speed has been here for a while, just hasn't always been active — ManiacMotorsports
Like I said, this was just an Idea, and this is why I wanted to get your thoughts on it.
A 16 car tournament every week? That's a lot, you're going to be very busy.