Originally Posted by fishnman:
Hmmmmm. I wonder if good ole Mel had been down there if they would've run. Oh yea, they would've. Tim Johnson and myself just got done talkin on the phone about it. But we know why it was called for rain. Oh well ya can't stop the weather, and ya surely can't stop it from raining. When a track rains out it rains out, even when you are in a severe drought and there is no rain in sight, you can rain out. Hmmmm.
I know this I probably shouldn't even reply, but my curiousity has the best of me....
"hmmmmm" LMAO!! Mr. Reese, I guess I'm just curious as to why you know "why" the event was canceled???? I tried to find a screen shot of the radar at 3pm on Saturday, but I can't figure it out....., but, I will tell you that if you look back to 4/21,4/28, 6/2 and opening night from 2011 (and probably a lot more I can't think of right now) you know for damn sure we have forced races in that nobody expected us to attempt. When the call was made on Saturday there was red and yellow just minutes away.
If you think with a right mind that we are going to go ahead and open the gates and put our patrons in metal grandstands that are like skating rinks when they get wet, or when there is the possibility of thunder and lightening, then you are wrong. If you think that promoters save their ass financially when you cancel an event, you are wrong! (b/c I'm pretty sure I won't be spending my week depositing refund checks from fuel, payroll, advertising, porta potty rentals, food, etc.ect.) Do you realize that 75% of a tracks expenses are incurred before the gate even opens?
For your informaton, we had 2 showers last night after the gates would have been open. A canceled event is a lose/lose situation for everyone. Get over it. The worst possible scenerio for a track is when rain hits when fans are in the stands and cars/drivers in the pits. People have to wait around, people get frusterated, people get hurt in the slippery stands!
So, "HMMMMMMM" Mr. Resse, why is it again that you "think" the event was canceled last night??
p.s. Mr. Reese, I would greatly appreciate it if you would change your IOW profile picture if you want to continually hate on us. Especially considering the picture is from a fishing trip that Mr. Rudisell so kindly made arrangements for you to go on. I guess we are just horrible people, eh??
