Steve, The teams that were registered for the 2003 Worrell 1000 lost alot more than $5000 each. Most teams I know had $20,000 invested per team. 1) many of the teams purchased a boat that we would not have purchased otherwise. After the Worrell failure teams tried to sell the boats but the market was watered down since so many of us had our boats up for sale...2) Lots of the teams flew into Virginia beach for a weekend seminar..My team flew in 3 people. Thats hotel rooms, airfare, food, etc. 3)Most teams had already purchased shirts with a huge worrell 1000 logo and sponsors, etc on them. My team has 120 of these shirts still in boxes. 4)stickers, Vinyl logos, etc for sail. 5)an unbeleivable amount of time..Listen I could go on all day long here...Do you actually believe all we lost was $5000?


Ian Sammis
TKOracing.com