if all the people are complaining so much about the way wes is operating the track then maybe they should step up to the plate and do a better job, maybe u people should approach wes with this option. If u people do not want to do this than maybe u should just race and have FUN! everybody was bitchin when nothing was being done about the cheating and now that something was done u people are still bitchin. Maybe Wes did some of these things to make a statement just like the drivers pulling off the track.

Already ran the track, family owned it for 18 years.....way more organized and way cleaner as well. Drivers got paid the proper amounts, staff was always paid, points were always correct, and the racing surface was always spotless for every saturday....unlike the mine field thats out there now!

One thing Wes could do to make a statement is show up to the drivers meeting and show the drivers that he is there to do good things and put this BS to rest! not hide up front! The Shakells were always at the drivers meetings, My dad always held the drivers meetings, Glenn was always there, and just look at other tracks....Kawartha, Lynch runs the meeting, Peterborough, J.P. runs the meeting, Varney, McClellan runs their meetings......see a pattern? all the drivers want is communication and Brian Watt had the perfect oppourtunity to make a big splash and deter some of the critics by answering Tom Walters question.......his response.......we will look into that? No Brian! drivers want answers, not the "we will look into that" response.

As fun or as ugly as drivers can get, all they want is communication and accountability, sometime they/ we might not like it but in the end they will respect you for making decisions, trust me, I have been called every name in the book by some drivers when I made the calls there, but in the end, I had respect no matter what was said......now its Wes's turn, and Brian has an uphill climb as well

Excellent posts by both username AND junior.  *thumbsup*

Hey JR, what was Tom's question?

Mark

I believe Tom was asking about why the race track hasn't been swept. He along with many other drivers have been coming in with flat tires. And I know Dave Burrows has to change his tires way more regularly now, then he did last year at Barrie.

...... correct me if I'm wrong but has the track been swept once since the Slaughter's owned it???? ..... I was there many times when Steve Sr. went up weekly to sweep the track.  I remember people complaining about it needed to be swept when Glenn owned the track... I was in the infield a couple weeks ago and the sweeper is still there! So why isn't it being used...?

Of course Glenn swept the track.  I do not know if/why the sweeper machine wasn't used (likely it wasn't working) but I know for a fact that it was swept by hand on Friday or Saturday morning.

Mark

By hand are you kidding? that would take forever....... every time I was there it still seemed dirty, maybe not as bad as it is now.. but Barrie wasn't like that.. maybe that has something to do with a new race surface?