New Smyrna opening night

[Boneman]

Hmm.. They didn't exactly open the season with a homerun.

Sure, there is reason for optimism. The track looked great: neat, clean and all the billboards were sold and updated. Didn't the signs in turn 2 get bigger? It all looked very professional. Whoever is selling those is getting it done, now put that person on building car count.

All of us keyboard racing experts think that if a track attracts sponsors, then that money goes toward drawing cars. Well, I hope someone makes that happen.

There were some teams there last night who were prepared to race. Their cars looked good and ran fast, but there was a bunch of others that were not running, not cleaned up, or even spray bombed. Why not? Where is the sense of pride and professionalism?

Even these cars were better than the ones that didn't show up at all.

I hope the staff meeting on Monday morning is grim, and full of determination, to get the pits to fill up again.

[andre]

Sometimes, it's like some tracks just go along all year just to make it to their next big extravaganza, being a big race of the year, a speedweek, big stuff where they make their profit of the year. All the rest is to keep going until the rain of money comes by again.

When u look at results and it looks more like a practice night presence sheet, u'r up for some work.

[shorttrackcar1]

And also the new announcer you could tell obviously doesn't know much about our local racers so wasn't too impressed with him . I don't know why Dave is not there he could tell you just about anything about any racer . And just for the future Mr. announcer whatever your name is? local short track racing don't care to hear Michael Jackson music playing. And also Boneman talking about spray-painted cars the two number 21 cars been off all season one breaking up going down the straightaway I don't care how long they been coming out there they should have to run with the strictly stock class they're so slow. And some advice for the track you need to have a paint rule all cars must be painted somewhat decent I know other tracks have that rule. And advice also tell the buggy driver when he's doing oil cleanup like last night in turns 1&2 he doesn't have to drive all the way around the track and come back there just to sweeping . it's OK to do U-turns and work the clean up . Scott ponder would do u turns in Orlando and get the mess cleaned up instead of wasting time. Otherwise the track look great and it was also hard seeing Tim's wrecker there without him behind the wheel.Hes going to be missed .

[OldSchool+]

"There were some teams there last night who were prepared to race....Where is the sense of pride and professionalism?"--Bonemon

Hey, I rescheduled and took my weekly shower before I showed up!

[Boneman]

A laundry list of complaints does not help; they actually do many things right. If they can address the car count, everything else will be less important.

[shorttrackcar1]

Not a Laundry list a shortlist boneman .

[Ryan29]

I would personally like to apologize for the errors from the announce tower on Saturday. It was the first time either of us had called a race or done anything like this. We knew we were not going to be perfect and we knew we would make mistakes. But this was the only way we were going to learn and believe me we learned a lot! Next week we will have a monitor in the booth so we can hear ourselves and we can make sure we remember to turn the music off during the race. It was not our intentions to leave it on during the action, but since we couldn't hear it we forgot to turn it off when the race went back green and it will not happen again. Now that we had a chance to get our feet wet, we both feel much more comfortable and we will make sure next week is smoother.

I will tell you guys this, we had an absolute blast up there and we are dedicated to making sure we do a good job being informative and entertaining going forward. We really appreciate your patience with us as we learn! we also really appreciate the criticism here, because we will use it and learn from it. I am a dedicated race fan and I love the racing at New Smyrna and I am so glad to be able to be involved with it now! I want to thank New Smyrna Speedway for taking a chance on both of us and again we are dedicated to making sure we do a good job!

If anyone else has any tips, suggestions or criticism please let us know!! We hope you all still had a good time despite the green announce team and slightly lower than expected car counts! Thanks so much!

[Boneman]

Hi Ryan,
You did fine Saturday night, and have nothing to apologize about. I know first hand it is a challenging job, ESPECIALLY when the on-track action is limited and you have to make it sound exciting.

Hang in there, you are going to do fine....and don't forget to have some fun in the process!

[shorttrackcar1]

Ryan you might want to think about having the drivers fill out a info sheet on them and their sponsor . it will help you. The old annouer Dave Westerman is a walking history book on FL racing you have big show to fill .

[Ryan29]

Thanks Boneman, I really appreciate the kind words. I had a blast Saturday and I cant wait to do it again!

[OldSchool+]

R29

I was in the pits and did not really listen as I was busy, but was peripherally aware of the announcing from time to time.

Thought it sounded professional and race-track experienced.

That is, it did not drag, and did not sound "stick and ball".

[UREZ2PASS]

Current music is a plus !

[Ryan29]

Ryan you might want to think about having the drivers fill out a info sheet on them and their sponsor . it will help you. The old annouer Dave Westerman is a walking history book on FL racing you have big show to fill .

This is a great Idea, we tried to get some info from the drivers before practice and we talked to quite a few of them. We will continue to do this throughout the season. I plan on keeping records and working on driver info as we progress through the season. Also I have so much respect for Dave Westerman and his knowledge of local short track racing, he is an inspiration for sure!

[Ryan29]

R29

I was in the pits and did not really listen as I was busy, but was peripherally aware of the announcing from time to time.

Thought it sounded professional and race-track experienced.

That is, it did not drag, and did not sound "stick and ball".

Thank you so much for the kind words. I felt like once we got into a groove after a few races we started to sound better. I tried really hard to make it seem exciting when there were only 2 super stocks left running, not an easy task lol. I think it's only going to get better as the season goes on and we get into a routine and really learn about the drivers.

[Ryan29]

Current music is a plus !

We are working on an updated playlist for next week! Any requests?