Originally Posted by MEAT:
Excuse me, I had no idea you were a sponsor/owner/driver. I am not here to argue, as you can read by me saying no offense. The only people I knew of affiliated with the series were Gurley and Stapp. I just wanted an answer not a pi$$ing match. I don't know about those other series, I assumed they were organized by the promotion groups behind each facility. I am not worried about those series because the team I help runs southern Indiana. I respect your confidence in the ASCT and I hope it is a success.
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Now I'm curious. Is the team you help planning to support the new series by attending the ASCT opening night at Twin Cities Raceway this Saturday night? If so, I understand your question and concern. If not? I don't get it.
I have been involved in racing for over thirty years and hear the same complaints week after week. "The racers who take all the risks and put on the show aren't being paid enough." This new series is stepping up to the plate and addressing that complaint by paying deeper into the field than almost any other midwestern weekly track or regional series. I would rather see the money spread throughout the field instead of being piled into the winners share. I see some great racing throughout the field and those guys have the same expenses as the winner.
The only way this deal will survive is if the racers who have been doing the complaining about the purse being piled on top and not being spread deeper through the field support it. I for one am willing to give it a chance before making judgement.
I will be there to support this series for their opening night because I believe the racers aren't getting paid enough for the entertainment they provide and the risks they take. I want this series to survive for that reason and for the fact this is the only place in the area the steel block cars can race against the aluminum block cars where the aluminum cars have a minimum weight rule.
I decide where I go each week and this Saturday I will be at Twin Cities Raceway in North Vernon along with the majority of the push truck crew who pushes at Bloomington Speedway every Friday night. (And I don't mind signing my name to my posts.)
Joe Chambers
Official Push Trucks