NASCAR's prize pool is decreasing in 2010.
Race purses in NASCAR's three national series' -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck -- will be lower than last season, according to a report on SceneDaily.com .
The Sprint Cup Series prize purses will fall by about 10 percent, falling in line with what was reported by FOXSports.com's senior NASCAR writer Lee Spencer about the decrease in the Budweiser Shootout prize pool on Jan. 28.
"Last year we launched an industry wide effort to help the sport manage budgets in this economy. NASCAR did the right thing to work with the tracks to reduce their costs in order to manage the economic realities," NASCAR Spokesman Ramsey Poston said in an e-mail response. "In return, the tracks have done a great job reducing ticket prices and enhancing the fan experience. Likewise, we worked with the teams to contain costs such as elimination of testing and other steps. This is consistent with how virtually every sport and business has adjusted to the economy over the past year."
