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So I just checked the KC Star online again, and there was just as much coverage of last night's race as Friday's program received: Zilch.
Now, if they were to receive some decent press releases prior to the event, I find it rather hard to imagine that the paper would simply refuse to cover a two-day event at Kemper Arena. So one has to wonder if there simply was no effort made locally to promote this deal. Perhaps someone from the KC-area can answer this.
I know this much: three weeks ago at the Turkey Day classic race at Springfield (Mo) Raceway, other than one passing mention of this race by the announcer, I saw and heard nothing else about it. But there was plenty of promos for a demo derby/indoor figure-8 race later this winter at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. Seems like the demo derby folks are more on the ball about advertising.
I don't mean to be critical. I'd like to support anyone willing to put on a midget race in winter, and I know they can't do anything about the track size, but I'm not sure I want to drive four hours to watch midgets go 45 mph under green. And when it doesn't seem like anyone cares enough to make a good faith effort to promote the deal, why should they expect the fans to care enough to support it?
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