Just a note of thanks to all who cancelled early giving us a chance to make other plans. We all know it's tough these days to make a buck and this is how most of you make your living so we understand your desire to wait as long as posible in order that you might get a race in and make a few dollars. Again many thanks and hopefully NEXT weekend will be a great one weather wise.

[dirtnonwingfan]

I totally agree. While I know promoters hate to have to cancel, teams and fans hate to have to spend the time and money to travel to a race which is canceled at the last moment. When the weather is questionable, I'm a lot more likely to go to a track which has done a good job of canceling early in the past than one which waits until the last moment. I would think it would make promoters money in the long run, especially with the good will it engenders in us.

[ronmil]

Originally Posted by racerdog45 Just a note of thanks to all who cancelled early giving us a chance to make other plans. We all know it's tough these days to make a buck and this is how most of you make your living so we understand your desire to wait as long as posible in order that you might get a race in and make a few dollars. Again many thanks and hopefully NEXT weekend will be a great one weather wise.

Originally Posted by dirtnonwingfan I totally agree. While I know promoters hate to have to cancel, teams and fans hate to have to spend the time and money to travel to a race which is canceled at the last moment. When the weather is questionable, I'm a lot more likely to go to a track which has done a good job of canceling early in the past than one which waits until the last moment. I would think it would make promoters money in the long run, especially with the good will it engenders in us.

Excellent posts!

[AERO410SCJA]

I totally dis-agree you should never cancel a race at noon because "chance of rain".Now if has rained or is raining that's a different story.Tracks that wait to the last minute to cancel get 5 or more races in a year then tracks that cancel on "chance of rain".I don't know how many times last year I got calls when I was at the track and the caller was saying it SHOULD BE raining there, the radar shows a red blob.

[Jerry Spencer]

Originally Posted by racerdog45 Just a note of thanks to all who cancelled early giving us a chance to make other plans. We all know it's tough these days to make a buck and this is how most of you make your living so we understand your desire to wait as long as posible in order that you might get a race in and make a few dollars. Again many thanks and hopefully NEXT weekend will be a great one weather wise.

Originally Posted by dirtnonwingfan I totally agree. While I know promoters hate to have to cancel, teams and fans hate to have to spend the time and money to travel to a race which is canceled at the last moment. When the weather is questionable, I'm a lot more likely to go to a track which has done a good job of canceling early in the past than one which waits until the last moment. I would think it would make promoters money in the long run, especially with the good will it engenders in us.

Originally Posted by ronmil Excellent posts!

Common sense at its best. I agree 100%

Jerry #66j
stida.com

[PJ Wright]

On this subject we have disagreement among people who's opinions I respect. That just illustrates how hard it is for a promoter to make the "right" call.

[Tony Barhorst]

I guess you can say "Thanks for nothing"......I give thanks that I did not promote a race today...I floated the idea..Glad I didn't pull the trigger...I gotta kick the habit..