torqueball (Offline)
#25
5/13/08 9:46 PM
Good points Kevin...
I understand usac must make some changes to right the ship, but passing more costs onto the owners and drivers???
If usac only wants 25-35 cars in the future so be it. But if I were a local promoter trying to make a buck I would be pitchin a fit. Let me ask you this, Who puts more butts in the seats at a usac show at Bloomington? A. Brady Bacon or B. Kevin Briscoe I would hands down go with answer B. Nothing against Brady Bacon or the other "superstars" of usac but how many people from OK. are gonna drive out here to fill the seats on a friday night. Whether or not usac wants to admit it or not they need the local to help fill the seats at the local bullrings. Because if the seats arent full, the promoter isnt makin money.
Money is the issue here, but almost more importantly to me is the feeling you get when you show up to a usac event and shell out your hard earned cash and you get the feeling that they dont really want you to be here. In the past you basically get the feeling that they are doing you the favor by taking your money and letting you into one of there events. Forget that, the mscs and other promoters get it right. Us as racers are the ones putting are butts on the line to put the product they sell on the track.
just my 2 cents