There are many excuses about the current embarrassing fiasco at the mighty double S,the plus side is Great Racing,Great Fans,Decent Staff (except scoring).The minus side is a management team out of touch with reality,it reminds me of visiting a friends home that is a total mess,dirty smelly a disgrace,he will always be my friend because he truly knows no better and basically that is what we see in Sunset.The owner and management team are living in the past when people did not care as long as there was racing.The web site problem could be handled in 5 minutes create a domain and let a professional company run with it,in this day and age the web site represents the owner and paints a picture of how an operation is run,look at Barrie's facility and web site and my case rests. Finally which sponsor in their right mind would want to support my home track and its drivers when the facility they use is an embarrassment to all who support it.
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hahah spencer...I agree that we have a great facility and that was the only reason i chose barrie 3 years ago when i started...I think the racing is starting to come arounbd after the past 2 weeks there...but as far as i am concerned in this day and age the web can be your best and cheapest marketing tool....I think Barrie gets this and Sunset has 0 clue....
There are a lot of things that they may not be aware of, such as how to operate a backhoe and and a pump to solve the flooded pits ordeal, however they are very much aware of the lack of information etc. on the the website.
I do not think any influence we think we may have posting our concerns and complaints on the net or anywhere else are going to change any of that, I am sure if Wes saw some valid evidence that his website was costing him sponsorship he may approach it a little differently who knows......
Aside from all the crap we have not raced in two weeks and it sucks, right now I do not care about crappy websites, updates, tall weeds, dirty crap houses or cold french fries. I will put up with a lot worse JUST TO RACE......!!!!
And when it comes right down to it for fans and drivers alike that is all we really want isn't it??
I have done my share of spouting off about things I would like to see change, however after alot of the crap I have read in these forums in the past few days, about cops in the pits, pissed off drivers, switching tracks and all the rest of it I think people are starting to lose site of why we do what we do.......We just want to race, I don't think any of us build cars so that we can become drama queens every saturday night.
I am soooo crossing my fingers that the rain holds up and we can all sit our asses in our cars this weekend and pound the ever loving crap outa them for a couple of hours regardless of what track we are at. Whether you are a driver or a fan If you love racing none of this crap means anything once the green flag drops
I will sit on unpainted bleachers that pinch my ass for 4 hours to watch Stompin' Tom race any day...
I am not disagreeing with your points Alan, it`s just been we have been beating this dead horse on these forums all season, if the point did not get through a month ago it never will.
The one I will disagree with is `decent` Staff.. The people at the track including those trying to fix scoring issues etc. are awesome...even Spencer lol. This is not a career choice these people have made they are hardcore fans that volunteer their time every Saturday night to get ringside seats to something they love, and yah they get a bit of pocket money to cover their fuel expenses and they are doing a great job.
I can think of worse things that were going on last year, website included this year has been a cluster (insert appropraite term here).
But the drivers still get paid and we have somehwere to race, weather permitting.
Enjoy the rest of the season, it will be snowing before we know it.
"When the Green Flag Drops, The Bull Shit Stops"