To operate a NASCAR team for a single season costs about $15 million. A first-class NHRA Top Fuel or Funny Car team takes about $3 million to $4 million a year to field. But he said, “I try not to worry about it too much. Over the last 12 years, you saw the megateam deal, where you’ve got to be part of a megateam — be part of a team that has three or four or more cars — to be competitive and win races. “Our sport has a different dynamic than every (other) form of motorsports,” Brown said. “The bang-for-the-buck thing is not for me to answer,” Pedregon said.

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