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Except for the agonizing moments when no fight is happening.
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You're ignoring the fact that things like that do work to make racing fans out of people who come out to see it, and gets people involved who might not necessarily have had the opportunity to get out there (ie. Chaos Cars). If things like that don't work, do you think successful tracks like Thompson, Lake Erie, Irwindale and Toledo would be doing it year after year? I know from my experiences, I haven't heard of one person not going to Delaware at all because of the Chaos Cars, or even anyone saying they're skipping the night because they're on the card. Even looking here, true 'racing fans' appear to enjoy motorsports-oriented side-shows, and they haven't turned out badly. Your argument is based on the idea that the promoters are going to do it all wrong, but one single demo derby isn't going to signal the endfall of racing as we know it, nor are motorsports-oriented sideshows going to be the deciding factor in whether a track lives or dies. I think if hockey teams had the same hardcore fan pool to draw from as racing, they'd be doing the side-show acts as well in order to pull in casual fans who might not have given hockey a shot before.
If you want to try another slippery slope on for size, what is considered 'true racing'? Do you draw the line at enduros or 4-funs, or do they not count? Does true racing only consist of heats and a feature, or are even heats or Australian Pursuits too gimmicky for your liking? Autograph sessions aren't racing, so why not axe those? Just in general, what's the difference between side-shows, hype-building actions and 'true racing'?
There's a lot more to motorsports than just racing alone...
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If you want to try another slippery slope on for size, what is considered 'true racing'? Do you draw the line at enduros or 4-funs, or do they not count? Does true racing only consist of heats and a feature, or are even heats or Australian Pursuits too gimmicky for your liking? Autograph sessions aren't racing, so why not axe those? Just in general, what's the difference between side-shows, hype-building actions and 'true racing'?
There's a lot more to motorsports than just racing alone...
Why isn't 4-fun and enduro's racing? We are talking about side shows not lower classes. Without a street stock class, enduro is about the only feeder series for Thunder producing driver such as myself, but more imporantly Willy Ryens. 4-fun could use an improvement in safety and would be better run as a mini, but its stll racing.
If you read my post, I suggested an Austrailian Persuit and others as a subsitution to side shows.
Autograph sessions, I find again get in the way of racing. Want an autograph, buy a pit pass and come and get one. HOWEVER it does introduce the fans to the drivers, and may make it more personal for them. BUT its about your product, drivers and the racers, not a one shot side show.
Just because it has a engine and moves dosn't mean its racing. Jumping a motor cycle has as much in common with racing as using a gas lawnmower to cut your lawn.
See with these side shows, you've seen it once, you seen them all.... How many time do you want to watch some guy jump something on a motorcycle? Gets old real quick. Racing on the other hand is different each night, which is part of what makes it enjoyable.
I'm saying that some 'true racing fans' don't view those classes as being serious racing classes, and are seen as sideshows to the latemodels or thunder cars in certain circles. I'm also saying that some people would find your ideas just as gimmicky as what you find gimmicky, so where do you draw the line?
Again, there's more to motorsports than just racing alone, and successful tracks have figured that out and worked with it without causing the death of their weekly racing classes.