Bothered to attend? Interesting choice of words. I have never been to the gold crown but I sure would like to. I don't know about you, but I have only so much money and time to spend going to the race's. If it were just me, no wife (who don't like racing) no kids, no grandkids, and working 50 hours plus a week, I would go to a lot more races. I kinda take offense to those who criticize those of us who also have a life, as if we would prefer to read updates on our cell phones. That said, it does sound odd that local folks may not have known about it, but I would think those are oblivious to racing anyway. I agree that a promoter should promote, but if you're a race fan and have access to the Web, it's not real hard to find out what is going on