Section A. That or I've missed ya. Seen the Mailman a couple times and Marv, Ed and Gregg.

RacinBabe had a conflict on April 19th so I decided to head to da Burg. I get there and find Section A has been abandoned by the Mayor of Greendale, the Honorable Marvin Q. Fishburger and his second in command Gregg. Ed was a no show, no Dirt330 and the mailman was off on assignment to unknown parts. Not a regular to be found. Thankfully Dirtfan and Mrs. Dirtfan also decided to visit or I would have had the whole section all to myself. Since we didn't see you either, we figured that the word was out we were coming and you all took off. Oh well, another day I suppose.

First of all thank you to all that came to WRP. Those of you that were there for the first time I hope you enjoyed the program. I also want to thank all of you for your constructive criticism and appreciate that, that is how we get better. I just wanted to take a few moments to explain some things.
1. Our announcer is a young 19 year old IT major (sports announcer at the University of Cincinnati). He has announced at asphalt tracks in the past. He will take a little while to learn the new names and different things about dirt track racing. We actually like the fact that he engages the fans and keeps things lively. He does announce the starting line ups as or before coming on the track. We try to correct him if someone has dropped out but that doesn't always happen.
2. We also have a new flagman (young also) that came from asphalt racing and will catch on quickly. Biggest thing for him to build confidence in himself and that only comes with time in the stand. That is a tougher job that you think especially with the lights.
3. The call with Landon Simon being moved back is my fault and I take full responsibility for it. We have a new lady also running the transponder system and during cautions she writes the running order in numbers (not names) on a paper then I call it out over the raceceiver. What happened is we got the 24 of Tyler Hewitt and the 24 of Landon Simon mixed up (twice). You won't hear this from many people but I'm honest and take full responsibility for it. I sent Landon a personal message letting him know what happened also. If he comes back sometime I will give him some gift certificates to make up for a small portion of his troubles.
4. The call with Landon on the jump for the restart is something that we have always done is it is reviewed in the drivers meeting over and over. The drivers are to remain nose to tail until they pass the flagstand. If any part of their car is beside the car in front of them then that is considered a jump. If they simply jump out of line I do not penalize them as all they are doing is trying to line them selves up for either high or low for turn one. I only penalize them if they are beside the car in front of them. I stay 100% consistent with that. So again if there is a call that you feel strayed away from that feel free to PM me and I will gladly take your constructive criticism....I am human and can and will make mistakes. Anyone that don't think that is fooling themselves lol.
5. We do have a lot of guys that travel and race other places. We are proud of all of our racers. All tracks have those guys that race at their local tracks only and that is fine....we applaud them for even strapping into a 900HP racecar for your entertainment. Keep in mind we have taken a big risk a few years ago and said you know what we are going to be different than other tracks in Ohio....we are going to make non wing racing our premier class. We thank all of you for growing with us and we are always open to your comments.

Thank You,
Danny Kelly
GM Waynesfield Raceway Park.

Thank you for looking into the issue and being honest about the mistake. I enjoyed being back at WRP and plan to return when my schedule allows!

I'd still like to see Limaland run them a couple of times a year & if it went over well Waynesfield & Limaland could do something like Attica & Fremont doe's with FAST. What better could you ask for but 360's & nonwingers on the same night (Friday) here in northwestern Ohio. I know we couldn't get the 360's to Waynesfield every Saturday as they are kinda a travelling group. I really believe the fan count would go up.

I know WRP has talked to Limaland to see about getting some Friday and Sat. shows for different divisions and they are not interested, that place could use some reorganization

They are evidently happy with what they have. They would rather be connected to Nascar & Eldora.

announcers are an important part of the equation when running a race track/ too many of them just ramble on about anything but the nights events when the cars have yet to take the track and then they attempt to provide the starting order of the given race with cars revving engines on the track when no one can hear a word they are saying/ I could understand if they slipped up and did it once, but to do it continuously on a nightly basis is just poor track management (no offense intended toward wrp, as hopefully your young announcer will do a stellar job, its just that I have been to way too many tracks where the above situation prevails and it is most aggravating)