Jerry Shaw (Offline)
#8
10/10/12 5:09 PM
Originally Posted by kdobson:
I'd be happy to schedule a midget week event in Illinois the week after Indiana Midget Week.... if we didn't have all of our local race fans that make up the bulk of the grandstands traveling to Highland, Brownstown(IL), Granite City and Fairbury that week paying good money to watch late Models race for $5,000-$10,000 to win. Same goes for the week after that, and the week after that, and the 3 weeks after that.
What makes you think POWRi was so instrumental in scheduling of the Midget Week, rather than the tracks he talked to that actually will be promoting it? The purse is the same whether 200 or 2000 fans or 10 or 100 cars show up. The tracks have more at stake in the date than the series.
(I know... there's a thread for this elsewhere)
It's no different here in Indiana, Kevin. The tracks that put on Indiana Midget Week take a tremendous financial risk. Especially the ones that stepped up and did the first couple of IMWs. That took faith. I just don't want to see this thing get watered down and make track owners question whether or not it's worth it. That's why when I see one series pop up and try to piggyback off of an established one in order to get going, it causes me to be concerned. What's the matter with them taking the same risk the Indiana tracks did to get their deal going? It wouldn't even be as big of a risk. Illinois is an established midget state. Midget racing was on life support over here, when these Indiana tracks started their deal.
Jerry
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