Very very few publications pay for images. I'm the official photographer for a club circuit. The post meeting press report gets sent out along with around 10 images to every newspaper within a 60 mile radius of the circuit, plus the motorcycle press. I don't see a penny from that, as the papers don't pay. One of the bike papers ( no longer in print form) used to pay me £15 an image, and used to take 6 images per meeting. Then one year, I got an email saying they were dropping club racing from the printed version and any images used online would be at no cost to themselves. Although I have plenty of work published, the money comes from website sales, The only track photography I do now is my local circuit, and 3 or 4 of the Irish national meetings.
It should also be noted that race circuits are on private land. It used to be stated by the ACU that any images taken at circuits belonging to the ACU, or the official photographer at that circuit.