Originally Posted by snoopy:
1.
Time
Winchester 11:00 pit gate
Fort Wayne 1:00
Plymouth 2:00
These are for night races, dirt you show up around 4:30/5:00.
2.
Would Eldora be as popular if you had to empty your trailer?
3.
Why not qualify and hot lap together. Like Kokomo. Saves 2 heat cycles on the tires and saves two hours.
4.
Support classess. Good for the promoter, but. Not much fan interaction at 1:00 A.M. after 4 support features. Especially if you then get to load your trailer.
5.
That new RR tire that has a pop rivet in it
Snoopy --
1) Good point on showing up so early. In these hard times, it's difficult to get so much time off from work. A later time might help.
2) VERY interesting! Hhhmmm...
3) Group qualifying has been used during hot laps. Most people I talk to seem to like it.
4) IMO - The only way to reduce excessive support classes is to promote your own series more or better. But, in the end, it's the track's choice & they need to make money, too, right?
Have a good day everyone,
Jimmy B.
---------- Post added at 11:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 AM ----------
Originally Posted by LEADERS EDGE:
USAC should have kept their main focus on what was best for their series and their teams and the tracks should focus on butts in the seats and ad sales and the tire companies should of been left to compete amongst themselves.
THIS statement is really the crux of it all - isn't it? And, it's NOT just USAC who have let their focus stray.
The question then becomes --
---> Why does the complete burden of "butts in the seats and ad sales" fall to the tracks ESPECIALLY w/so many choices of racing series(es?) out there?
---> Shouldn't a strong focus be on creating and maintaining a fan base and sponsorship using the tracks as "conduits" to do this as
partners?
Maybe I'm missing something...
Just some food for thought on a hump-day!
Jimmy B.