Originally Posted by HARFprez:
As the title states, probably a stupid idea, but it will be fun to throw it out here and let it get beat to death. Has any track operator ever thought of going the other way with track times, meaning, as opposed to starting earlier and finishing earlier, but in the heat and dust, to maybe start everything later, at dusk, so that by the time the racing starts it will be cooler and the moisture will be coming back up on the track? Needless to say, racing that starts at 9 instead of 7 ends at midnight instead of 10 but i can't see it hurting attendance during these 100* days. Probably only Friday and Saturday night tracks could do this, and again, only those in rural areas (otherwise the neighbors will complain). So there it is, stupid idea of the day, now i'll let the piranhas out...enjoy. bob
Down here in the Houston, Texas area, tracks have been moving starting times to 8:00 PM during the summer. Battleground Speedway is doing it this weekend. I am not sure that I agree with it. That is largely because they never start on time when it is supposed to go at 7:00 PM, and still can't seem to get it together for 8:00 PM. That means a long night for me, personally, since I start editing my pictures when I get home. With 5 to 6 classes of racing, that can be 1 to 2 in the morning. Fans seem to be staying away because of the late hour, too.