Are you crazy enough?

[jacko241]

The inside walls were the worst. They cost me a car in 1994. My wife was leading the powder puff face in my late model, and hit the blunt end of the inside wall going into turn 1. Thankfully she wasn't seriously hurt.

[OldSchool+]

Joe,

In the "looking out for Joe's dinner tonight" dept, to clarify, she did have "help" finding that wall, correct?

[andre]

Has it occurred to you how lucky we are to have men and women who are CRAZY enough to run a racetrack? The hours are long, the resistance is constant, the return on investment (if any), appears to be small. The success of the business is based on factors like sudden Florida rainstorms, internet trolls, hostile competitors, unfriendly lease terms, the stranglehold of insurance, unfavorable weather forecasts, and the list goes on and on.

Yep! But never loose sight of the fact that it was THEIR decision to step in that beautifull world that is stock car racing management. Nobody put a gun to their head.

Any job where your head is above the rest will always bring the fact that you are the target, from managing a convenient store to the Presidency of a country. Fact of life. You do great, it's your job, you do bad, you're an idiot. It's like that everywhere.

And the biggest targets run the biggest shows. So B4 anybody step in, they should take that into consideration. Do I have the balls to take all those blames every Sunday morning? Can I handle that pressure? It take a toll on anybody, and their family to be bashed like all the time. I know personnaly, been there, done that, came back live to tell the story.

One day you're the best, tomorrow, you're nothing but a know nothing idiot of the worst kind, and then back up again and down again. Mix it up with couple of rain out and you have the perfect receipe for nervous break down.

And yes, a small gesture of appreciation can make their day more often than not.

[Matt Albee]

Has it occurred to you how lucky we are to have men and women who are CRAZY enough to run a racetrack? The hours are long, the resistance is constant, the return on investment (if any), appears to be small. The success of the business is based on factors like sudden Florida rainstorms, internet trolls, hostile competitors, unfriendly lease terms, the stranglehold of insurance, unfavorable weather forecasts, and the list goes on and on.

Yep! But never loose sight of the fact that it was THEIR decision to step in that beautifull world that is stock car racing management. Nobody put a gun to their head.

Any job where your head is above the rest will always bring the fact that you are the target, from managing a convenient store to the Presidency of a country. Fact of life. You do great, it's your job, you do bad, you're an idiot. It's like that everywhere.

And the biggest targets run the biggest shows. So B4 anybody step in, they should take that into consideration. Do I have the balls to take all those blames every Sunday morning? Can I handle that pressure? It take a toll on anybody, and their family to be bashed like all the time. I know personnaly, been there, done that, came back live to tell the story.

One day you're the best, tomorrow, you're nothing but a know nothing idiot of the worst kind, and then back up again and down again. Mix it up with couple of rain out and you have the perfect receipe for nervous break down.

And yes, a small gesture of appreciation can make their day more often than not.

Race track owners and farmers....the weather means everything.
Track owners/lessees aren't any different than any other business man. You put in the effort, you invest, you make good decisions, you persist, hopefully you get a little luck, and you'll have a successful business. The ones that aren't successful do the opposite.
Earle Baltes is the example most people use for doing it right, but there are certainly others. Clay Earles for instance. Tom Curley for another. It's a little tougher to think of some in Florida. Larry Browning would be one, Michael Arnold, and most of the people who've run Five Flags. Bonnie and her husband had a very successful run for years at St.Pete.
And it can still be done. Yoho has a start, we'll see where he's at in five years.

[Don Nerone]

Boy this has me going here. Even the bone man gets it now. The only thing is that he is a great guy and owns up.
think how many promoters have left this sport in Florida and wont even go to a race.
Some one asked what it would cost to have a track. The answer was all you got and ur life.
I would haven't missed it for anything and thanks to all the good guys and the rest can KMA.
Alwase wanted to do that..
see ya

Don 62

[Matt Albee]

Just think how many of those promoters should have left long before they did. Or better yet, found another vocation besides owning/promoting auto races.
There have been some very good ones over the years. And there have been a lot of terrible ones. The good ones have gotten the accolades they deserved through the years, from loyal racers, sponsors and fans.
The bad ones got pretty much what they deserved. And, as in life in general, there's always the guys that get a bad rap even though they tried as hard as they knew how. I'm not sure how many fit that last category, but i'm certain some do.

[Weftracing96]

[Lurkin]

All you can eat no mean you stay 4 owwah, you eat you leave. You go now.

Boy this took a turn after Nerone said he always wanted to kiss his own butt.

[OldSchool+]

Indeed.

Confucius say: "Track Operator who roll car over on roof as intermission stunt have crackup".