I understand Mary's points, but look at how many people have t-shirts and other colectables in the "Memorabilia... whattya got?" forum... people love that stuff (myself included).

Heck, I have a 20 year old t-shirt from a race. This was from when I was in the USN stationed in Crete Greece that all the bar-maids and friends signed. I still look at it and remember great times.

And beer???? ... ummmm.... goes hand in hand with.... ummmmm... drinking??? lol, just kidding (i don't even drink) but it is a nice perk to have all the racers sitting around a table with a hotdog and beer (or tea) afterwords.