NONE - start boycotting tracks and pretty soon there won't be any left.
List tracks that should be boycotted due to track prep / facilities...
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A organized boycott would be a lousy thing to do to anyone. If you don't like it, don't go. Some are perfectly happy with loud engines and plenty of beer. If roughly 10 people out of a hundred stop going, it takes the profit away but doesn't bankrupt anyone. That's if you want change for the better,not the demise of another track.
I think where some of these promoters get in too deep, is when the track owner takes too big a cut of the pie, leaving no operating expenses to put on a good show. This leaves them cutting corners to just get by.
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I agree. where should it be??Originally posted by SFrancisFan15 View PostThe DTWC at PRP has been a train race every year they've ran there. I live 30 min from PRP and it just kills me how bad the racing is during the DTWC.jackie boggs....the last true outlaw
anyone but lanigan
Swartz - we don't build race cars fast, we build fast race cars
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If they are trying to keep it around here I would say Atomic. The racing is much betterOriginally posted by pink floyd View PostI agree. where should it be??
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"Loud engines, plenty of beer..."
" bad night at the track is better than a good day at work... "
Tracks are lucky there's plenty of dumba**'s in the world to support the bs they wanna call racing...
I bet most of you get a woody when you see a CSX!!!
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No, I won't help you Eliminate one track.
I'm all in favor of boycotting things that hurt consumers or employees, but boycotting a racetrack on social media is kinda a cowardly way to handle things. Its really, really hard to build tracks these days with all the legal hurdles, EPA, Neighbors, and super high initial investment costs. So no I won't help you, "Eliminate" any racetracks. If you genuinely care then contact the track directly with either a call or an email. Something to remember is weather plays a big role in track conditions and can be tricky to predict. So if you went to GIS for a special show like the Superbowl deal, that may not represent what it's like on a weekly basis, so it would be hugely unfair to torpedo them on here for one event. I've been active in the sport for 30+ years, seen lots of tracks and surface conditions. Been to the same track multiple times and at times it was awesome and other times embarrassingly terrible. One of my local tracks tried an experiment to get the clay to hold more moisture by grinding up used dry wall and mixing it into the clay. It did NOT work and it was horribly dusty for a long time until they finally got new clay. It would have been unfair to blast them on social media for an expensive experiment that didn't go to plan.Originally posted by wfofan View PostHelp create a list to eliminate tracks & more importantly the promoters that need a wake up call for lack of interest to the fans...
My wife is a nurse and people use social media all the time to try and manipulate things to their own ends. Like how many people allowed in ICU(there is a limit) then going on FB and announcing the hospital is forbidding ANY visitation so that the facility looks bad. Not cool. Put your gun back in the holster and pick up the phone, send an email and be a mature adult.
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Yeah I agree but if you want to see passing and good racing thats where it needs to go they could get the ruts in the turns fixes but PRP is THE worst for racing. Unless you like watching a train race.Originally posted by birky time View Postso good you can watch 19 sprint cars flip in one night
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Do you really think a promoter gives a squat about a few emails or phone calls? Guess again, more likely they will just get pissed and ignore you. And yes even threaten you.Originally posted by LeafMaster41 View PostI'm all in favor of boycotting things that hurt consumers or employees, but boycotting a racetrack on social media is kinda a cowardly way to handle things. Its really, really hard to build tracks these days with all the legal hurdles, EPA, Neighbors, and super high initial investment costs. So no I won't help you, "Eliminate" any racetracks. If you genuinely care then contact the track directly with either a call or an email. Something to remember is weather plays a big role in track conditions and can be tricky to predict. So if you went to GIS for a special show like the Superbowl deal, that may not represent what it's like on a weekly basis, so it would be hugely unfair to torpedo them on here for one event. I've been active in the sport for 30+ years, seen lots of tracks and surface conditions. Been to the same track multiple times and at times it was awesome and other times embarrassingly terrible. One of my local tracks tried an experiment to get the clay to hold more moisture by grinding up used dry wall and mixing it into the clay. It did NOT work and it was horribly dusty for a long time until they finally got new clay. It would have been unfair to blast them on social media for an expensive experiment that didn't go to plan.
My wife is a nurse and people use social media all the time to try and manipulate things to their own ends. Like how many people allowed in ICU(there is a limit) then going on FB and announcing the hospital is forbidding ANY visitation so that the facility looks bad. Not cool. Put your gun back in the holster and pick up the phone, send an email and be a mature adult.
Fans being organized is the only way to get a point across.
Many promoters will do what they can get away with until they finally see an empty grandstand and not even really know why it has become empty.
Fans need to start boycotting to get a point across, so the promoters know what they need to start doing. if not a slow decline will continue in attendance.
I can name tracks that are now closed just because they ignored the advice of fans. One being Bluegrass Speedway Ky. All they did was make excuses why they couldn't prep the track and finally the train racing put them out of business. The stands got emptier each season until they could no longer profit.Last edited by Clayton_Wetter; 03-09-2017, 03:49 PM.
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Shouldn't Eldora be boycotted? Seems like all people do after the Dream, World or UMP nationals in complain how bad the track was.
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