[luckybuc97]

https://sprintcarandmidget.com/other...3Cu4QTFH2rnZo4

[opnwhlmnd]

Sprint car A got over at 2:20 am I believe. Sprints were an entertaining show. Watching T-Mez come from the rear was fun to keep an eye on. Good race for the top three even with the Supercross jumps in the turns.

Sitting through 2 B-modified b-mains and an a-main that took around two hours to run the three races was a test of patience. There was a nice crowd early but there couldn't have been for than 50-60 people stay in for the sprint feature.

I give the new promoter credit for having the show but to drive people away so you can run the local car demolition derby first when you had so many out of town people with long drives on a cold night is not a way to make many want to come back.

I hadn't been to SFCR for about ten years and I remember why now. As David Byrne of Talking Heads fame said in a song "Same as it ever was Same as it ever was".

[Jonr]

Originally Posted by opnwhlmnd Sprint car A got over at 2:20 am I believe.…....

Good Grief. Every track needs to run their program with a curfew even if it is self induced. Every track should have a map of the program and work backwards. If you know class x is a caution fest, put them at the end of the show. If you know the B mains in Class x take 40 minutes to run, tell then in the drivers meeting that it is 15 lap or 15 minute race. If the drivers want to ride five minutes bickering about the line up, it is only hurting themselves. If people are abusing the hot pit, close off the pits during the main event and if you leave the race surface you are done. If you know you are already behind your schedule, don't go to intermission. If you are already behind on your schedule, have the trophy presentation after the races. It is all very easy to understand.

[miledirt]

I just don’t understand the business sense of running a show like that

[jonboat15]

Originally Posted by miledirt I just don’t understand the business sense of running a show like that

I don't think most fans or race teams care for long shows that run into the next day. Did the track have food and beverage for sale, that can be a money maker on long shows?

[opnwhlmnd]

The lines at the food stand were very long at all four windows all night. After they ran out of food looks like they were having Dominos deliver and reselling the pizza by the slice. Not sure if they ran out of beer at the beer stand at 1:30 or they had to close as Missouri bars have to close at 1:30.

There were a lot of people there early. There was no way to sit 6 feet apart from anyone but no one seemed to care. Saw a few people with masks but that's it. Didn't bother me as my opinion is the cure for this disease is now worse than the disease itself.

[Will Shunk]

On the issue of long drawn out shows, Iracing will have spoiled many new to our sport due to racing in an hour or so. It is even difficult to sit and watch a PPV live when the show drags on and on. Many PPV are watched as replays to speed up the viewing. If new folks from Iracing show up and the track runs over 3 hours, they will never return. The new normal has given our sport an opportunity to save it from itself by streamlining shows with fewer classes, efficient push offs, and possibly timed races/caution rule races during heats and alphabet main events. Change is hard but always necessary. See you at the track.