Visiting Series: Help Your Host Tracks

Guest · 2011-08-20T11:09:41Z

First off - - thank-you to the OSCAAR Outlaw Late Model drivers for coming out in force last night. While the race may have been a struggle at times, I know our fans appreciate you making the haul to come to our speedway. The first race back after many years off can often be a challenge, in terms of setup and other factors.I would just like to send out a quick appeal to the racing community across all touring series. At Delaware, we love when you visit. Our fans love when you visit. We do everything we can to make the experience enjoyable and fun. I know I took some of the ISMA & Oscaar fans on tours of the tower before the race in recent weeks. We genuinely want you to enjoy yourselves.One thing I appeal to all touring series to do to help out the tracks they visit, is to please help us keep our tracks clean. It seems that visiting series, because the facility is not their home track, have differing attitudes about how to leave a facility.I can tell you this: a clean pit following an event sends a strong positive message about the professionalism of your team and organization to the local drivers, fans, and track staff. A messy pit, however, sends an equally strong message. That message is also not received by the people you think it is. To the minority who choose to leave piles of garbage across your area of the infield with garbage cans in clear sight - - it wasn’t just the speedway you embarrassed when the sports car rental came in this morning and asked “who left all this garbage here?” It was the sport of stock-car racing as a whole.To be clear, many teams do send the right kind of message. The majority of the OSCAAR pits were very clean following the race (as clean or cleaner than the local drivers!).While it is the speedway’s responsibility to ensure the facility is clean, all teams have the responsibility to help out with this. Ultimately every dollar spent on clean up is a dollar not spent on racing. From straight racing economics, resources spent on anything like this ultimately find their way into gate prices and payouts. I know from personal experience as a garbage picker at Delaware for two years (gotta climb that ladder…) that it takes considerable resources time and energy to keep the track looking as good as it does. I love all our touring series. On behalf of all the speedways, I simply ask that you help us the staff at your host tracks by letting us remember the excitement on the track - - and not the cleanup operation afterwords.A sincere thank-you to the teams that cleaned up following the event. I noticed.-John HoughtonDelaware Speedway(519) 652-5068 Ext 201john@delawarespeedway.com

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Racing Habits

Aug 23, 2011 9:30 am

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You are right W M it belongs in it's respectful departments to manage. I was at the race and impressed with the way Jesse Kennedy is running in OSCAAR they are lucky to have him. Overall I think the fans enjoyed the race and would like to see more of them.

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Dudewheresmycar

Aug 23, 2011 2:24 pm

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You guys are *still* talking about this topic? This trash is worse than the actual garbage that was left behind...

Exactly

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