There certainly were some head scratcher moments last night. Seemed to be complete lack of organization. Most appalling though was no 🇺🇸 on the grounds. I’ve never been anywhere and stood for the National Anthem with no flag on premises. Bizarre.
There was an American flag behind the grandstand. It wasn’t that big and was easily missed from where I was in the infield. It would have been impossible to see from the grandstands, but was present at least.
Originally Posted by RACrappieman:
There was an American flag behind the grandstand. It wasn’t that big and was easily missed from where I was in the infield. It would have been impossible to see from the grandstands, but was present at least.
Oh. Do you mean the one right outside the restrooms behind the grandstands? I didn’t notice (because I didn’t look) but yes there is one there. There used to be one on one of the flagpoles in the infield. Again. A head scratcher for sure.
On a positive note, the ice cream was outstanding…even with all the dust in it. 😳
The Flag Pole in the infield had a rigging issue, and it was not something we found until the day off. We used the flag pole behind the grandstands. The rigging is being repaired but just wasn't something that was a quick fix. We apologize for the lack of the infield flag, and assure you it will be there for the next race.
Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
If they plan on running Sunday evenings, then they'll have to make changes in order to correct the low attendance and car count. Like a number of tracks that we attend, there was never a sense of urgency to move the program along. They certainly didn't take too long for any track prep. A touch up was fine but I'm sure some fans weren't happy with the dust blowing into the grandstands.
We attended this event and also the Amati 68 on Saturday night at Paragon. We came away asking ourselves what exactly happened at both tracks with how the events were officiated. Strange events took place and the announcers were absolutely clueless in explaining anything. When the track announcer tells you what just happened and how they are going to "fix" it, then somehow that doesn't happen, is it any wonder why fans don't come back since it seems someone got the shaft with how it was handled?
It didn't matter to me since I wasn't there supporting just one driver. However, it would have been interesting to hear the explanation back in the pits afterwards. But with a long distance trip ahead and the frustration of starting late, plus more races to follow, we packed up and headed for the exits.
More concerning to me seems to be the numbers. Friday night 9 sprint cars at Bloomington with no other competition other than USAC at Eldora. Saturday night only 16 cars for the biggest show as well as decent paying at Paragon and Sunday night only 21 cars with no competition close by. Interesting times ahead.
Racing history tells us how midget racing nearly died from oversaturation of the product. Sadly I think we are seeing the same with sprint cars. This also leads to the diminished prestige of special events and premier series.
