Originally Posted by Deansnuts:
What is going on with the track prep?How hard is it for usac to get together with the promoters and request the kind of track they want to run on.As a fan i like to see it hooked up,2 lanes.let the drivers and crew show thier talent. the way things are goin the fans are pissed,the drivers are pissed,the owners are pissed.Usac needs to get the people in place that are fans ,that know what the drivers and fans need to keep um commin back.usac is goin down hill fast..Im sorry if this offends anybody,but i care about our sport deeply.There is room for improvement.thanks Dean Buckley...nonwing fan forever...
While there is some validity in what you say, as a guy who has been around this game for 50 years or so I would point out the following. Even though USAC has ventured into some promoting recently it still basically remains a sanctioning body not a track operator/promotor. The relationship between sanctioning body and track officials is and has always been a tricky one. The division of authority and manpower makes for a process in which dictating anything by the sanctioning group very difficult. In effect, I can bring my party to your house with your permission, but ultimately you have much to say in how it is conducted.
As you say there is always room for improvement, but overcoming the dynamics of the relationships makes them difficult, but not impossible.