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I recently went to some races with some of my co-workers. Both nights the races ended at midnight or after midnight. Both nights we had a 1.25-2 hour drive home. Two of the people on these trips are "casual" fans. Due to the late night, they have become selective about what they attend. ONe has stated he is done with road trip races for a while. The other is only limiting himself of Weekends. As a result, a planned trip to the Brad Doty race in Lima was cancelled. The track did not get our $100 for admission. We did not buy food at the Kewpie burger. We did not buy $40 in gas. We did not buy a 12 pack of beer. I chose not to go by myself because I did not want to drive home in the wee hours and the get up for work at 5 AM the next day.
This is what is wrong with races that run late. They discourage casual fans and newbies from attending. I firmly believe that tracks need to work towards improving the pacing of shows. Without improviing the pace of the shows, new and casual fans will not attend. No new fans means trouble for us all.
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