Just curious what people are thinking about the future for this event....bits and pieces of peoples opinions on other posts but I was thinking we need to get it out now, so the right people can listen and hopefully make the right improvements. Me, here's some things I see/think:

1) As anyone who was there on Friday saw, there is no need for all those classes. The midgets and 1200's only would be perfect (some damn good racin in those 1200 heats and features actually). In an anaugural event of course you want to make sure your car counts are up, I think it showed that people will come and race, maybe not 200+ midgets a la Chili Bowl, but over 80 is a good start.

2) Track. A-get someone who knows how to take care of a track, luckily Tony showed up and held thier hands or else things coulda been really ugly. B-Where's the banking?!?! If that track, as small as it is, had a high groove the racing would be even better. Especially with how wide the space is from the inside burm to wall. Couple feet of banking and now we're really talking about some excitement. C-quality of dirt....not sure, but it was thrown around here and there that the dirt used could of been better, but with as many laps that was put on it with all those cars it didn't seem too bad. (However, don't know how you'd miss it but going into 1 you could see the floor beneath after the A)

3) Ventilation. RIDICULOUS to have every single door in the tunnel open. And it didn't help....that cold air from outside is going to take over the warm air inside, thats f-ing chemistry and physics 101. Race fans gonig to an indoor even shouldn't have to be bundled up like eskimos to watch a race. Thats the coldest race I've ever been to.

4) Ticket prices. I thought it was a bit over the top for the amount of a seat, but whatever, people have to get their money back/pay the purse/etc, so absolutely no problem supporting it, plus-its racing in December, what else we gonna do?? BUT....The most outrageous thing....the "upgrade". Apparently you could spend 30-something dollars for a grandstand seat, then spend an extra 10 to get upgraded to get into the pits....first off, ANYONE could just go down to the pits (around the outside of the building, not through the pit tunnel) for FREE!!!! And secondly, I believe the pit pass was actually CHEAPER than a grandstand seat to start with....***....***....***....why didn't everyone just buy a pitpass?!?! With a pitpass, you could still get into the regular grandstands. I'm sorry but if anyone paid the $10 for the "uprade" you got *****. I do not understand the logic behind any of it....I see that as more detrimental than most of the othe stuff....start ripping people off and that is a sure way to lose a fan base.

That would be my main topics that need to be addressed if this event is to happen again. And I think it can and should. Just cut the crap, we all want the midgets....we want good racing, which we did see, but could be even better. Don't make us freeze our @$$eS off and don't be greedy....develop the program, workout the kinks and this could be a fabulous event every year, THEN you can make your money.

"Grip it and Rip it, just don't Flip it!" :thumb

Tbird