[johnw]

Checked yesterday. Apart from Thruxton and Pembrey, BARC gets no gate income.

The deal is that the circuit charges for hire and makes the rest of their required income from gate money.

I assume therefore, that by severely increasing them, they are now happy with the hire charges alone.
This assumption is from all the above posts, where little or no promotion is apparent.

What about the drivers taking responsibility for the promotion, and pocketing the gate money? It's a risk, but if it worked it would offset the increased entry fees.

If we are not willing to do it, why expect anyone else to?

John