Apart from the equipment and transportables required at the Pit Area and Official area at the Start, flushing toilets, hot/cold showers, bar, marquees, and a food outlet are all established at Coonantha, 200 kilometres east of Carnarvon.  .  As everything has to be transported to Coonantha, its remoteness adds to the costs of the event.

 The GasDash is a point to point race rather than a circuit and this adds to the cost of running the Event in such matters as fuel for Checkpoint Operators, radio operators and course vehicles. Because the course covers such a wide area, radio repeaters are required, a further impost.  Handset to handset communication is just not possible without these repeaters.

Safety surveillance is one of the major costs involved in the conduct of the Gascoyne Dash. A fixed wing plane is above the course throughout the race.  A helicopter is airborne to inspect possible emergencies and a large Casevac chopper is on standby.  The fuel bill just to get the casevac chopper on site is around $16,000.  It costs $1300 an hour to operate this casevac chopper and each year there has been one or more evacuations.  Should there be an accident a doctor attends in the first instance in a small helicopter and decides if the big chopper is needed.

Your Entry Fee includes a Welcome to Competitors Function on Thursday night after the pre-race briefing, at which a meal is provided.  There is entertainment at the Finish at the Carnarvon Racecourse (including a live band).

The Gascoyne Dash gives you the opportunity to share in $14,000 in prizes.

Apart from these major costs, the Event has to sustain normal event management costs such as equipment hire, insurance, stationery and promotion costs, and a whole range of administrative costs.

Part proceeds from the Event are distributed to volunteer groups that provide services to the Event, such as St John’s Ambulance, Royal Flying Doctor Service, State Emergency Service and others.

The Entry Fee does not cover all these costs.  The shortfall is made up from spectator admission charges, bar sales, merchandise sales and sponsorship.