Originally Posted by Grocery Guy:
Why do I have to tell the world how much FLO pays the tracks? I go to races every week. I asked a simple question on what tracks FLO closed BY THEMSELVES. Gas City closed by FLO? Come on. How many races at Gas City were on FLO, besides USAC? Gas City suffered when Jerry left. Terre Haute, ask the fair board. How about some improvements at TH. Let's hope Bloomington and the new owners make simple improvements like lights and new speakers. Credit Paragon for investing in the future. How many young people are at home watching FLO? How many tracks has Dirt Vision closed?
GC was one of the tracks that didn't make a dime on Local shows and USAC sprints two or three and midgets one or two is what paid the bills. One promoter took it over and because iffy weather hit two of the USAC races the attendance was down significantly yet streamers watched it Think it was still speed shift back then Which you paid event price but the track only got a set amount. Kokomo ran it for a couple years I think and deemed it not worth continuing. Gappens took over and brought back some glory and appreciation of the fans, Boos, I think he was spread too thin trying to keep three or four tracks in operation. There were other problems like not being able to replace or add better grandstands and lack of parking and seating for bigger events.
THAT, IDK DA. USAC, Sargent,Kokomo, Spiker, Rose and The local crew that did the wall, lighting and concessions upgrades (Think they just walked away from it after they did it) enough turnover to call it healthy? I don't think so.
I go to races about every week too, But I can't travel at current time and races I'd normally make I watch on flo. and just because the track is the one holding the event I'm watching. I would expect them to be fairly compensated. It's 30 dollars (31 in THAT's case) the track is not getting from me in person plus 5-15 dollars in concessions I'd of probably spent.