I considered the 'amateur' status, and looked into it. In Ohio, the OHSAA sanctions high school athletics. They have 24 sanctioned sports. As long as the payment is not in one of the sanctioned sports, it does not affect amateur status. The example they provided was a high school baseball player receiving payment for a rodeo event would not cause ineligibility because rodeo is not one of the OHSAA sanctioned sports. I do not, however, know if that applies to all states. I am looking to promote the races at my track, but do not know how to draw as many cars as possible without a cash payout. The legend cars would be way too big, but at 47" wide, the Bandolero cars would be fine.
Any ideas would be great!!