Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

Promoter was talked to weeks before the first night, during the first night when shirts could be sold and after the second night when sales were shut down. Doesn't seem he is interested. Everyone is so concerned about the promoter but no one wants to stand up for the drivers ability to make back some expenses. I'm done

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Amazing this thread has 5k views. Get off the internet and head to the local dirt track and we wouldn't be arguing about tracks not making money.

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Originally Posted by AERO410SCJA:
I can think of one:5:Thank goodness he know longer has his claws in any track I attend:D

I was only speaking of the current ones

Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

we all know racers are rich,so why did they need to sell t-shirts.

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Originally Posted by #1Brad Kuhn Fan:
Amazing this thread has 5k views. Get off the internet and head to the local dirt track and we wouldn't be arguing about tracks not making money.

Its Monday:14:

Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

Originally Posted by robert gatten:
Promoter was talked to weeks before the first night, during the first night when shirts could be sold and after the second night when sales were shut down. Doesn't seem he is interested. Everyone is so concerned about the promoter but no one wants to stand up for the drivers ability to make back some expenses. I'm done

I see this as know big deal,Gas City is the only track in the country you can pay a buck and go buy the shirt from the driver him-self.

Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

Originally Posted by AERO410SCJA:
I see this as know big deal,Gas City is the only track in the country you can pay a buck and go buy the shirt from the driver him-self.

Does that still exist? and how many people know about it? Couple dozen each race at best.

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Yes it still exists,after 15 years of doing it you would think that anyone who attends races regularly would know about it.

Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

Originally Posted by AERO410SCJA:
Yes it still exists,after 15 years of doing it you would think that anyone who attends races regularly would know about it.

Every time I go, I get it, I see the same group of grandstand folks every time. Like I said, A couple dozen at best and its those who get their early. I doubt 90 percent of the Gen Admission crowd know it exist. and about 70 percent of them get there 6pm or later.

Just trying to help out, The track and the teams here. Its always been a nice gesture at the track to get folks the chance to see the cars and drivers up close without demanding the extra 15 bucks to do so. They also would let sprint fans back into the pits after the sprint feature was over and all cars returned to pits. without waiting for the other classes to finish.

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I don't think a lot of people know about it..but its on the home page of the website..and has been since they started the buy a 50/50 and you can go pit side..Thats a pretty good deal if you ask me..Wish i could do that stuff at other tracks haha =P

Ty

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If selling T-Shirts is so important to the drivers, maybe they should stay in the pits after the races. Nothing better then seeing a youngster looking at the cars and meeting drivers. Anymore half the cars go out of the pits in the trailers faster then they went on the track. A great way to treat the fans who pay the purse. People wonder why the stands are empty and young people, don't get excited and want to go to the races. Before you jump down my throat, about the past. Remember the stands were full and we had a lot more tracks. Things started going down hill after Lenard McCarl showed up at Eldora in 74 with a enclosed trailer.

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yeah I'm sure sprint car drivers who towed in from miles away would just love to sit there through the mod feach, the pure stock feach and the mini stock feach hoping to sell a tee shirt or two if they're lucky

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Can't say I'd be one to stick around after I was done, but there is a reason they call DD the Peoples Champ. Seeing him in the stands watching the street stocks drinking a cold one after the races is one of the reasons he is so popular. My take on the whole t-shirts sales & whether promoters dislike updates is this. If someone cares enough to get on here or twitter to see who won the 3rd heat at Bloomington or wants to spend money on a drivers shirt, let them. There could be some sort of kick back to the promoter on the shirts- whatever, but don't make it too difficult for the fan. If a fan buys a shirt, they aren't going to buy it just to wear around the house or to the mall. He or she is going to wear it to the RACES, probably at least some at your track. Even if you just wear around town that t-shirt might get someone to start thinking about racing or strike up a conversation, make a new fan. With maybe a few exceptions, if I check on the updates I'm going to either go to your track or at least go to a track your driver's race at or live too far to be considered a potential regular customer. In my opinion it is short sighted to think that either is bad for business.

Re: No driver shirt sales @ gas city
 

Someone needs to start a website for all drivers,owners, and tracks to offer their shirts ,hats etc. so they are available for everyone to buy no matter where you are located. Then everyone wins.

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Originally Posted by Kinser11:
If selling T-Shirts is so important to the drivers, maybe they should stay in the pits after the races. Nothing better then seeing a youngster looking at the cars and meeting drivers. Anymore half the cars go out of the pits in the trailers faster then they went on the track. A great way to treat the fans who pay the purse. People wonder why the stands are empty and young people, don't get excited and want to go to the races. Before you jump down my throat, about the past. Remember the stands were full and we had a lot more tracks. Things started going down hill after Lenard McCarl showed up at Eldora in 74 with a enclosed trailer.

Leonard had the fire breathing #7...the first enclosed trailer I remember was Seiberts.

I think the shirt selling should come as part of the deal...Have a trailer all drivers can sell shirts out of.
Heck..make it easy to be a fan, and let the drivers make a little extra. Let the fans buy shirts any time, like I said make it easy. Make it easy for them to make up their minds to come back.