Hey guys sorry if I offended anyone on here. The spelling thing was more of a joke, my kids spell the same way, I wasn't born yesterday I understand that's just slang!!
As far as making mistakes damn straight I do. Right now I am keeping track of 140 registered drivers in all 4 divisions. That doesn't mean that they are at the track each night but their points etc still have to be worked out.
When I took over On June 7th, Sunset already had 5 nights under it's belt for racing. I took home the score sheets (might I add that had been done on scrap paper) I spent hours of my own time working out the best finishes possible. Do you realize how hard this was, I had to literally go car by car, lap by lap for each car in every divison. Over and over again for five nights to get the numbers I did and be as accurate as I could be.
I was origionally told that the feature line ups were based over the last three nights of running. I included the heat points in these totals only to find out I think it was two weeks later that it was based on the feature points only and it was the highest 3 points nights out of the last 5 run. Anyway this definately makes a difference in starting line ups and the changes were made. I primarily have been working on my own in the tower with little to no back up. I have been able to get Karen Case to come back on board with us (there is a god) as Karen and I work awesome together. Although Karen has some previous commitments and can't be there everynight.
Might I add I was asked to handicapp and score the features. Right now I'm scoring all heat races and handicapping and yes your right it's causing errors to be made. But like I've told you before and I'll say it again when I'm approached I do the best I can to correct the problem.
And Mark you might have been at Sunset for 4+ years but I've spent a lifetime there, even watched it being built. I have been apart of racing from every angle, my father built the track and raced on it in the early years, my brother raced, my stepfather raced, I've toured every track in Ontario and the majority of the states.
Please don't make me out to be just some dumb broad that is over opinionated!!!!
Not that this is anyones fault but I have a demanding job and lately have had to work 60+ hours a week and I'm sure this probably hasn't helped in the mistake department....
Well Deb for what it is worth when things were screwy in the beginning and we all were at our wits end wondering how it kept going on and on I approached you and found you to be a sweetheart... a breath of fresh air. There are a few people like this at the track but I do see as time goes on the stress of things showing on the faces of people working at the track. I am sure you know what I am talking about.
Add to that some choose to not speak in public or simply offer nice replies in forums like this but I have talked to many in person and enough to get a general feeling that there is a large percentage of unhappy workers at the track. If you combine that with racers it doesn't make for a good mix.
I wouldn't want to touch your job with a ten foot pole. I know it looked like it ran smooth in the past but I also know how it was ran then too....lol. There was a person watching the front of the pack and another watching the back. Upon restarts the back of pack watcher would offer up positions only to be told they weren't needed. The people from mid pack back don't pay as much attention to those kind of things.
I think it is just a bunch of little things that add up and by reading your posts this week I can see you have some frustrations too all of which I am sure are for good reasons. What we all need is a sense of calm and reason in the middle of all this and for somebody to say everything will be ok and put some smiles on the faces of staff and drivers.
...Please don't make me out to be just some dumb broad that is over opinionated!!!!
Well I don't remember anywhere along the line calling you a "dumb broad", so unless you're joking please don't put words in my mouth Deb. But the 10 dollar comment was not called for. Since you profess to have been so involved in the track in year's past, put yourself in a driver's shoes just for a few minutes and think how they feel right now.
Believe it or not I respect what you have on your plate there (remember I did all the points and stat from 2004-2006 so I know what it is about). But others have opinions here too.
Mark
Hey guys sorry if I offended anyone on here. The spelling thing was more of a joke, my kids spell the same way, I wasn't born yesterday I understand that's just slang!!
As far as making mistakes damn straight I do. Right now I am keeping track of 140 registered drivers in all 4 divisions. That doesn't mean that they are at the track each night but their points etc still have to be worked out.
When I took over On June 7th, Sunset already had 5 nights under it's belt for racing. I took home the score sheets (might I add that had been done on scrap paper) I spent hours of my own time working out the best finishes possible. Do you realize how hard this was, I had to literally go car by car, lap by lap for each car in every divison. Over and over again for five nights to get the numbers I did and be as accurate as I could be.
I was origionally told that the feature line ups were based over the last three nights of running. I included the heat points in these totals only to find out I think it was two weeks later that it was based on the feature points only and it was the highest 3 points nights out of the last 5 run. Anyway this definately makes a difference in starting line ups and the changes were made. I primarily have been working on my own in the tower with little to no back up. I have been able to get Karen Case to come back on board with us (there is a god) as Karen and I work awesome together. Although Karen has some previous commitments and can't be there everynight.
Might I add I was asked to handicapp and score the features. Right now I'm scoring all heat races and handicapping and yes your right it's causing errors to be made. But like I've told you before and I'll say it again when I'm approached I do the best I can to correct the problem.
And Mark you might have been at Sunset for 4+ years but I've spent a lifetime there, even watched it being built. I have been apart of racing from every angle, my father built the track and raced on it in the early years, my brother raced, my stepfather raced, I've toured every track in Ontario and the majority of the states.
Please don't make me out to be just some dumb broad that is over opinionated!!!!
Not that this is anyones fault but I have a demanding job and lately have had to work 60+ hours a week and I'm sure this probably hasn't helped in the mistake department....
if the job is too hard to do by yourself without making mistakes tell wes you can't do it alone and he needs to have another person there full time to help you so they are right.
if they are going to be wrong why bother keeping track in the first place...
i don't envy your position but if you are in charge you are responsible for the job, so any changes you need have to be brought forward by you to wes or nothing will get better.
maybe one less division will help....
we should start scoring with smaller #'s or hire more help for the scorer....whatever it takes for accuracy.
If you had of read in my post we have Karen on board to help out.
Mistakes I don't care if 10 people are up there to do the job they are gonna happen.
As far as not being able to do the job I kept track of over 250 cars one year for Steve Slaughter in the wonder years and had no difficulty. It honestly hasn't helped starting part way thru the season.
But username if it would make you happy I could quite tonight and have fun racing. That's how silly you sound!!!
It's no like every other person out on the street has experience handicapping or scoring stock cars. Trust me I'd love help but it's not that simple.
Username in a perfect world there would be no mistakes, unfortunately that's impossible!!!!