I like the idea of starting the race by position in points if the competitor is a regular racer. However we also have guys that don't give a hoot about points and just go to race ever so often, should they too be started in front of the regulars?

Racing should be an entertainment venue. We also need people in the stands, what do we as racers or promoters need to do to fill up the stands. I became friends with the promoter that used to bring the Monster trucks to town. He would spend $6,000.00 + on a two week TV add campaign a couple of weeks before the shows, and it worked. Race promoters can't afford that kind of expense. There is also the philosophy that the best advertising is word of mouth. That requires that we constantly give the fans an exciting and economical night out. As racers we can do that by making the racing as exciting as possible, (that doesn't include flipping out of the race track). I know a lot of times the race doesn't get exciting until lap traffic comes into play, and by that times things have thinned out enough that that sometimes isn't too exciting either.

I hear guys talk about those big tracks and the thrill of speed for the driver. The fan sitting up in the stands does not get that same feeling when the race is running and the cars are strung out like a big old freight train. Lawrenceburg would be a good example of a track growing up and out. The old track basically round with a straight wherever a driver decided to make it was an exciting race tack, not because of the speed but the proximity of the cars to one another. Now it is a much faster track, well suited for 410 sprints if the owners can afford the money for a big HP motor, but the other classes are way out of place. When I was a kid Big Salem, Winchester and Dayton were the Super Speedway for Sprint cars, with most of the other races run on smaller tracks that surrounded them. When we thought of Sprint Car, they were special, they was "USAC" all other racers raced Modified that Morphed into the modern day sprint car. Guys raced for years in modified dreaming of the day of getting a Sprint Car Ride. That was a big step toward Indy.

We need to work on that three wide type of racing that the little Bull Rings tracks can provide. We need to get more passing in the races, maybe just a little wheel rubbing, so that when the fan goes back to work the next Monday they tell their fellow workers what a great time they had and invite them to join them the next week.

Honest Dad himself