I don't think someone doing updates for people at home is cause to get in free to a track. Looking from a tracks point of view what do they get out of it? Everyone reading the updates already knows about that track and that there is a race going on so its not doing them any favors. Fine to do the live updates but pay your way in and support racing.JMO

They always ask me to pay to get in...............and I do!

The live updates are great for those that can't be there, they have been being done for a long time, and I can't ever remember a track that has had a problem with it, until now?

Maybe it was because it was being done quietly, without all the fanfair?:headbang:headbang:headbang

I am getting to this thread a little bit late, but i am lucky to see this from both sides of the fence. I am a promotor of some fender raceing. For 1, I really think the live update is not that big of an issue. If it is keeping people home, then your track has bigger issues than you realize. i have checked out several live updates and not one of them have been so good that I wish i would have stayed home. Most are simple results. The main thing I see these updates doing is advertiseing the TRACK. Reading the Tri State debockle yesterday made me want to be at the track. I realized I should have been there over being at another track. As far as web site guys getting in free for pictures, hell yes they should. I always check out the gallerys to see what i missed. As a true race fan I always get that empty feeling when I look at themm man I wish i was there. Even when I am there I like to go back and look at them to strengthen my memory. Lastly there are a few tracks out there that i really don't care for, and have no current plans to go back, but yes i do check them out on here to see if things are changeing. Back to my main point if you are a track owner and you know that the live updates are keeping your fans at home, its time to get some help, you have bigger problems than you realize.

I agree about the photographers being let in, I also think people like Dean Mills should be at as many tracks as possible, pictures and video last forever. Just think about your first feature win and Dean or someone that films caught it all on tape, then someone like Dave Merritt takes a victory lane picture that will last forever. I use Dean and Dave because they are on the side of our race car, there are a number of people that do a great job of preserving history. :respect:

Jerry #66j
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lincoln speedway in Pa. do there own live up-dates on the message board. Randy Smith