Originally Posted by 97juicedgmc:
sounds like dads got it all figured out dad must be a promoter .... first of all i own a successful auto body shop so dont talk to me about business and i have no problem hiring the best of the best workers and i compensate them for it, maybe quit being so cheap and check your attitude, pay people what there worth you may find some help, if people make more unemployed then look no further then the source(yourself), second my job as a racer is not to promote a race track , thats the PROMOTERS job, my job is to put on a good show and be out on the race track, promoters have all kinds of valuable tools to promote their track via websites and radio/tv commercials half the tracks websites are piss poor ,un-updated and put little to no money back into the track, and 9 out 10 are pretty well off just cry broke because there tighter then a frogs ass ..... i guess i didnt make it very clear since 3 people misinterpreted what i said .... i raced motocross for zero $ and was fine with that.... but it didnt cost me $35 a person to get in, $250 for a license, and a chump change payout, flat right rear tire and a bent rim cost me $650 and track promoter hands you $40 and says thanks.... id rather have nothing.... make spectator admission $5 , $20 racer entry and lets race for free then ????
cad pro 18 if you can find me a new car or even some race ready cars for $4500-5000 ill buy as many as you can find ... ill rent them out everyweek or something ... i can barely find one with wheels on it for under 5 grand
Juce
I would like to apologize for "yanking your chain". What I think we have here is a failure to communicate with one another, and Reading more into one anothers posts than was actually there.
I am not a promoter of a race track, but I do promote Mini Sprints every time I get a chance. Track and series owners are like you and I "Small Business people". Running that track or that series is probably not their primary source of income, but one they chose to do to help the racing community out and to pay it back. They probably did not by that new convertible out of the race track proceeds.
Like it or not Racing is a CLASS SYSTEM and we ain't too high in that CLASS. I think we are poised to make that next step pretty soon. When the Outlaws come to a track, They have fee they charge the track to race there and in that fee they have allotted so much money for advertisement on Radio TV etc. I don't know if you have ever bought TV time but that stuff is very expensive. k Most tracks just can not afford it.
Now you stated you run a successful body shop. Why not Advertise a little. See if you can sponsor a special race for your series, I have done that on several occasions and it does work. The fans in the stands, the track and series owners and even the racers will thank you.
We need more small business people to step up to the plate and support our class. Many of us are after all small business people and advertising is a tax deductible business expense. Ask your accountant. If you have a very successful business sponsor a series!!
We have a good product We could move up a notch or two but we are not going to do it by blaming every body for our problems.
Right now the only people coming to the track to watch us race are all in the pits. If we work on it we might get some fans in the stands saying BOY those things are neat. We got to make the fans want us to be worth any more money.
Honest Dad himself
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