I know I seldom think about what goes into putting on an event like a race and sometimes I believe we all could benefit by "walking a mile" in the promoter's shoes. I am certain I'll leave stuff out but here we go...

Although the pay off didn't shut down until midnight and after the drive home, the shower and bed felt good when I was able to hit the pillow by 1:30. To be awakened by a noisey alarm clock after what felt like more of a nap is not the way to begin my Sunday morning but I know the sooner I get to cleaning up and working the track, the sooner I can get back home to the wife and family. The wind was brutal lst night and the reminder hits me in the face pulling onto the property. It looks like the debris has traveled to the outter most edges of the property so the wind must have continued through the night. Man it would be nice if there was a way to better contain this mess or if the patrons would help out a bit by throwing their trash in the cans we provide - oh well... The dust was bad enough that we are going to have to power wash the stands as well to get this place looking suitable again. Hopefully we can get this mess cleaned up and I can have the track run in by early afternoon to go home and spend some time with the family. Monday its back to the grind at work.

Monday night after a full day I think a few loads of water on the track are necessary. The wind is still blowing and the weather man is saying there is only a 50% chance of rain this week every day but the weather for Saturday looks great!

Tuesday no rain yet so back to the track to apply more water. Recipts are in and we had a decent crowd last week almost 1200 adults. The wife says we finally made some money after losing a bit the first two nights and breaking even two weeks ago. Good thing as we have only 12 shows left this season and the early rain out didn't help. That 5000.00 per month payment on this place is brutal especially when it has to sit idle for 5 months of the year.

Wednesday my job sucks. I should have been a weather man why has it still not rained? Back to the track for more watering. Now the front they say has stalled and there is a 30% chance of rain on Saturday.

Thursday - time to order buns and meat. What to do??? Rained today but now they are saying 50% chance of rain Saturday. We really don't have the room for a bunch of meat and buns in the freezer and damn I hate the taste of a frozen then thawed out bun. Well the weather man has been wrong before and optimistically there is a 50% chance of sunny skies on Saturday - bring on the meat!

Friday - 70% chance of showers tonight but they are saying we will either get a half inch of rain or 3 inches depending on how quickly the cells move through. How much water can I put on this track now? I dont want the fans to sit through a dust bowl but I also dont want to rain the thing out on my own or worse yet get cars torn up with knee deep ruts. I'll just put one load on...

Saturday - Man is it beautiful here. Not a cloud in the sky but rain chances are now 80% for this afternoon and 50% for this evening. How many people will take the chance on us tonignt? I probably wouldn't if I were in their shoes. Rain in every surrounding county but not a drop here. The wife has been cussed and accused of lying a dozen times by people calling in wanting to know about the weather here. God please just bring me a downpour to make the decision for us. 5 oclock now and we have almost enough cars for features in two of the three divisions. But the grandstands are empty. I quit looking while driving the tractor around this place because I know there arent ebnough asses in the stands to cover my diesel fuel I burning right now, let alone the time on the equipment this week or fuel costs associated there as well. We have had all of our concession help, security and track help here since 3 so a rain out now still costs me but not as much as this purse will. Please let it rain. 9pm and all but one feature completed. Man what great races too bad nobody was here to see it. Internet will be burning up with my terrible car count and people will be wondering whats up with that. Look at the bright side, payoff wont take long tonight. 11pm and I spoke too soon. There was a mix up with a lap car in the street stock feature and the guy that was paid for third actually was a lap down. He left with the extra cash and now we have to reprint all the checks and make the difference up by paying everyone one place better. What else??? Midnight now and as I go to turn off the lights I notice three bulbs that need replaced on the track lights and someone told me two of the toilets are backed up in the women's restrooms - probably tampons again. Before all goes dark I look at the grounds and am amazed at just how much trash there is for such a small crowd. Oh well I deal with it in the morning... Just then all hell breaks loose and we are drenched on our way to the car. Gotta love this business!