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[ScottPrentice]

So they send out people to cover the races. Then they keep up the web site
pros all the in coming info so you can see it and the should do it for free.
I did work that way for years but not now
My bill for this website when I was promoting was over $500 a month.
Now ill bet all the tracks in Fl together don't pay that now.

If you want good racing info some one will have to pay for it.
TV killed the ticket sales. Now you will still have to buy one but you will get to know what happened at many tracks
If all the sites were gone then ticket sales would go up .

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don62

well they already are getting plenty of advertising money- that site is packed with ads so I don't think they are or have been doing it for free.
But I get what you're saying, my point is that now by having pay-per-view they are collecting from both sides- no law against that...

I never have had cable because I'm not going to pay to watch commercials. There is a difference between making money and greed.
I don't see where greed has ever changed things for the better. exhibit 1; NA$CAR

[ScottPrentice]

Some people on other sites are throwing out South Georgia MP and even Memphis (cool idea but getting a little too far west). Too bad Lake City is closed, half mile and easy to get to. Lanier ain't no signs of coming back. Huntsville too small. NSS is probably too far, but would be cool to finish series there then the teams can kick back and go to the beach with the family

perhaps from the reply that Kim Brown gave in the "Lake City" thread maybe something is in the works....

[scottgarrity07]

I really don't think that the Southern Super Series is planning on going to Lake City. You would have to put up a big purse and given the limited seating capacity and the fact that Lake City has drawn really disappointing crowds when it has been open recently, would make it financial suicide. I believe the zoning laws in Lake City require at least one event a year to be run for the property to continue being able to be zoned as a racetrack. I believe that is the motivation behind having an event there this year. If that land is not zoned as a racetrack it would lose pretty much all of its real value. That being said, I would love another opportunity to race at Lake City and if it helps keep the facility alive on life support all the better. The last thing we need is to lose another racetrack in this state. Hialeah, Lakeland and St. Augustine were the latest victims. All were fine racetracks (like Lake City) and it's a bummer that they are gone. Things will change and hopefully a person with some deep pockets and saavy marketing skills will come in and lease Lake City and start bringing it back. All we can do is do our best to support the few events that will occur there to help show the viability of the place until Mr. Hart can find someone willing to put the effort and more importantly money in to revitalize the old gal.

[ScottPrentice]

Columbia Motorsports Park (Ellisville Speedway)

@ scottygarrity07

I didn't know about the zoning law thing but I agree with you that if that is what it takes for now to keep Columbia alive then so be it. Like you say that buys time until maybe someone can come along and give her a real go.

As far as seating capacity goes I think Columbia has more than Montgomery does and MMS holds 2 SSS races a year. Besides I was at 5 Flags last night and while they had a nice sized crowd it wasn't anything Columbia couldn't handle.
I can remember the good old days at Columbia when that entire parking lot behind the grandstands was FULL and folks were parked on both sides of the road out front for about a half mile in either direction- the place can hold alot of people.

...and here is a little btw I picked up last night at 5 Flags;
The SSS would like to and needs to increase car counts. They only had 20 cars last night and 6-8 were guys that only race the 5Flags-MIS weekends.
They already run in AL and 5 Flags plenty, plus N. GA- Gresham. Florida is kindof untapped right now and they would like to get more of our hotshoes to come out and race the series.

Someone said in an earlier post that Columbia would make for a great special events track and I agree- I could see that working for something like the SSS.

[Lurkin]

5 Flags seating is VERY deceiving. It holds like 10000 people or something so when you look you think there aren't that many people, but there are. I was there also and I've been to Columbia many times, I bet that crowd last night would pack Columbia to the gills.

[Lurkin]

BTW you really have to hand it to the Bryant Family for bringing that place back from near death and making it a real showplace. Not to mention Tim runs Mobile now too and the SSS

[ScottPrentice]

Columbia Motorsports Park

5 Flags seating is VERY deceiving. It holds like 10000 people or something so when you look you think there aren't that many people, but there are. I was there also and I've been to Columbia many times, I bet that crowd last night would pack Columbia to the gills.

10-4 it was a nice crowd and it would be awesome to see a turnout like that if they did run at Columbia. And really that's what it would take, I think, if we are to save Columbia and get the SSS to start running here in FL.
The other option would be So. GA Motorsports Park up in Valdosta. Nice facility, not sure why no one runs any shows there anymore but I do know that dragstrip runs something every weekend.

I agree with you about Tim Bryant, I think he is one of THE best race promoters in the United States. 5Flags, MIS, and the SSS- he obviously knows what he is doing, and IF the SSS does come to Columbia he will make sure it's done right.
Between he and Mr. Hart it could be one heck of a show- a throw back to the glory days of Columbia when PeeWee Griffin and Gary Balough would show up just to run a regular Saturday night show.

[bowlegs]

I imagine SSS and Brighthouse have very similar if not the same rules. Could there be a joint finale for both series?