Driver and crews also pay $18 to $20 to get in.
Nightly sponsers also help.
But if sponsers are showing up at 7 to a closed track they are not going to be back.
I think we would all like to know whats going on.
Driver and crews also pay $18 to $20 to get in.
Nightly sponsers also help.
But if sponsers are showing up at 7 to a closed track they are not going to be back.
I think we would all like to know whats going on.
just to add to that when u have 80-100 cars and just about everybody brings with them about 4 ppl or more on any given night so that should cover the pay outs?
Driver and crews also pay $18 to $20 to get in.
Nightly sponsers also help.
But if sponsers are showing up at 7 to a closed track they are not going to be back.
I think we would all like to know whats going on.just to add to that when u have 80-100 cars and just about everybody brings with them about 4 ppl or more on any given night so that should cover the pay outs?
Yeah thats true...But on top of that the money he brings in from the fans, and nobody can say they arn't going to show...I was pissed when they cancelled Sunset...and when I walked out into the parking lot, there were people waiting to go racing...and there was still a good hour- hour 1/2 before racing is even suppose to start.
Wes can make money or at least brake even on a night like that, he just has to run...hes losing more money letting the track sit there then having it run and braking even. I mean the more he cancels it the more cars leave and dont come back...the more the fans don't wanna come back. I love that track but honeslty he needs to seriously smarten up and start racing it or he'll have noone to race on it.
Weather is such a killer to speedways, and this year has been one of the worst in recent memory. Honestly I don't envy a promoter's obligation to make a rain call...damned if you do (the current situation) and damned if you don't (intermittent rain/chasing the track all night, or go partway in and the skies open). In the latter situation people get just as mad because they got all ramped up for racing and get boned by mother nature - and I've seen people get even MORE mad at the promoter in the latter case because they see cars spinning out and getting damaged! Again, damned if you do and damned if you don't.
As for making money by running anyway, you'd be surprised what it costs to open the gates on a race night. It's way more then I ever guessed. Declaring a rainout still costs you money but the losses aren't nearly as bad. Keep in mind that running the night is more than just the purses - insurance and staffing costs are HUGE, which you don't pay when you don't run at all.
Not defending the situation, just saying there are two sides to that issue.
Mark
it does cost alot of money and clearly the bottom line will be damage control with the losses.
the thing is, the week before it was called at noon. so it saves some people driving but really there was a way to get the show in on that day. it was hot and beautiful out with no rain after 1145am or so. i'm sure there would have been a crowd on the 26 of july. but one way or another we don't pay the bills.
racing at sunset speedway will only ever be as important as the owner makes it.
the racing is amazing now and i think the drivers all respect one another but race really hard.
but it will only become a big deal when it's treated as one.
when there is no effort to pump the pit 6 hours prior to racing on a sunny day, racing doesn't seem important. same if the grass isn't cut, weeds and unpainted stuff, scoring is wrong, website is incomplete and not updated, points aren't posted, no new advertising, if it's not important enough to have those things, it just isn't important. add to the list paying attention to our past. celebrate the old drivers and keep a record of your past champions on the website, find news from the teams....
poor spencer is carrying the load of making our races a big deal, and the drivers and teams as well. in the announcing department we are #1...that's it
all the above things make the races important, a bigger deal