List tracks that should be boycotted due to track prep / facilities...

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • vande077
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2016
    • 140

    #16
    NONE - start boycotting tracks and pretty soon there won't be any left.

    Comment

    • Bubstr
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2008
      • 3734

      #17
      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.

      Comment

      • pink floyd
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2011
        • 8181

        #18
        Originally posted by SFrancisFan15 View Post
        The 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.
        I agree. where should it be??
        jackie boggs....the last true outlaw
        anyone but lanigan
        Swartz - we don't build race cars fast, we build fast race cars

        Comment

        • SFrancisFan15
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 955

          #19
          Originally posted by pink floyd View Post
          I agree. where should it be??
          If they are trying to keep it around here I would say Atomic. The racing is much better
          www.stevefrancisracing.com

          Comment

          • pink floyd
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2011
            • 8181

            #20
            Originally posted by SFrancisFan15 View Post
            If they are trying to keep it around here I would say Atomic. The racing is much better
            I would like to see it move around
            jackie boggs....the last true outlaw
            anyone but lanigan
            Swartz - we don't build race cars fast, we build fast race cars

            Comment

            • adamconners
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2016
              • 152

              #21
              Also can't pass judgment off of one trip
              -Adam Conners

              Comment

              • wfofan
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 774

                #22
                "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!!!

                Comment

                • dmr37
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 565

                  #23
                  I saw UP on a boxcar.

                  Comment

                  • birky time
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2011
                    • 319

                    #24
                    Originally posted by SFrancisFan15 View Post
                    If they are trying to keep it around here I would say Atomic. The racing is much better
                    so good you can watch 19 sprint cars flip in one night
                    after hot laps I'll pick the winner

                    Comment

                    • CIRF
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 8122

                      #25
                      Originally posted by birky time View Post
                      so good you can watch 19 sprint cars flip in one night
                      That place must draw some very inexperienced sprint drivers from that neck of the woods. We watched 2 full nights of USAC sprint car racing at BRC in Ocala, FL last month with nary a flip.

                      Comment

                      • LeafMaster41
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2017
                        • 143

                        #26
                        No, I won't help you Eliminate one track.

                        Originally posted by wfofan View Post
                        Help create a list to eliminate tracks & more importantly the promoters that need a wake up call for lack of interest to the fans...
                        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.

                        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.

                        Comment

                        • SFrancisFan15
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 955

                          #27
                          Originally posted by birky time View Post
                          so good you can watch 19 sprint cars flip in one night
                          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.
                          www.stevefrancisracing.com

                          Comment

                          • Clayton_Wetter
                            Banned
                            • May 2007
                            • 16671

                            #28
                            Originally posted by LeafMaster41 View Post
                            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.

                            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.
                            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.

                            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.

                            Comment

                            • MI Dirt Fan
                              Banned
                              • May 2007
                              • 8806

                              #29
                              Shouldn't Eldora be boycotted? Seems like all people do after the Dream, World or UMP nationals in complain how bad the track was.

                              Comment

                              • Clayton_Wetter
                                Banned
                                • May 2007
                                • 16671

                                #30
                                Originally posted by MI Dirt Fan View Post
                                Shouldn't Eldora be boycotted? Seems like all people do after the Dream, World or UMP nationals in complain how bad the track was.
                                LOL That would be the day.

                                Those lemmings would be there even if the track was solid manure!!! hahahahaha

                                Comment

                                Working...
                                X