Bronson- wow, is it me or does this reek of desperation?

[zerofor]

I have seen a guy wad up a three year old car and just knock the entire front end off of it in a spectator race once.I don't know if it was the wife's grocery getter (bad deal if it was) or his get to work car(just as bad) or daddy's ride(if he had a dad like mine he didn't go back right away) I saw a guy go through the pit gate once and land right on top of one of the late model guys wedge style car hauler(backwards I might add) and guys narrowly miss flagmen, pace cars,wreckers and track ambulances. In the case of the guy who landed on the car hauler that cost the track a couple grand for the damages to the car hauler. (I might add they had made the decision to run them reverse of the track and then left the out pit gate open.)In the case of the guy who tore up the three year old car.If it was the wife's do you think she would ever let him get near a race track again? If it was how he got to work did he lose his job and not have any money to go back for quite a while? Who knows for sure.I did hear the track paid up for the damage on the hauler, but if that's promoting racing I would love to hear how far it gets them.Why don't they put together a race for dirt cars on asphalt.No ridiculous tire rules run what your comfortable with or legal at your home track or buy the cheapest piece of crap asphalt tires you can get ahold of.With All Tech suspending operations those guys need a place to run.Maybe they would like to give blacktop a shot without breaking their bank or building a whole new car.

[OldSchool+]

"I saw a guy go through the pit gate once and land right on top of one of the late model guys wedge style car hauler(backwards I might add)..."--04

I believe I heard that story from the guy driving the car. Was it a IMSA style Corvette or Camaro?

The story was hard to believe, but he was a believable guy.

[zerofor]

It might have been a camaro.Its been almost 40 years ago.It didn't happen here in Florida though,what I was talking about happened up in Ohio at Columbus Motor Speedway. It did happen though. A lot of incidents that cause damage and injury are often times brought on by decisions the track made that in hindsight they would probably like to go back and change. Like seven years ago,again at Columbus,the wise decision to start having school bus figure eight races.I wasn't there for that one but then again I didn't need to be. The chunks of the concrete retaining wall the bus's knocked up into the stands made every national news broadcast for the next week. Well in all fairness I guess that was publicity.

[run4fun]

I don't think ANY racer wants to see a track wither away. I do believe racers and fans alike, want to see tracks flourish and grow.

With that being said, I do believe racers and fans want to see bad track owners go away, and great track owners continue to lead the way for a win-win situation.

Some people have more money than sense and opt to buy/lease a race track and run it into the ground because they fail to hire the right management TEAM.

The formula for success is simple. I spent a lot of money on college and many years owning my own business to really figure out just how simple it is.

Withering tracks present a HUGE opportunity for owners, racers and fans. Some people just can't put it together, and unfortunately that is a resonating problem.

People have tried to help certain owners, certain owners DO NOT want to listen. And that ignorance or stubbornness will soon reveal its ugly head. It's a shame, but it can be fixed.