Chapter 1: What Would You Do If You Were the Track Promoter

[play4kps]

Dirtisreal you nailed it. For some reason the track have somewhat created this mess by catering to the drivers more than the fans. A lot of tracks take a lot of pride in having big name drivers show up and then cater to them, kind of throwing the regulars under the bus at times. I was at Oakshade about 15 to 20 years ago, and if anybody had any idea how pi@@ poor the the flagman was. This actually happened, it was a 10,000 to win race, the birthday race before the summernationals came there. 50 lap race, 48 laps completed, running order Matt Miller, Shane Yoder and Donnie Moran 3rd, spin on the track, flagman gives Miller and Yoder the yellow, car that spun gets off track, never game Moran the yellow, Miller and Yoder never had a chance. Moran flew on by them to take the white, then the checkered flag for the win.
If you have a track, grow the track, do what you can to keep your drivers happy.
Forget the extremely top heavy purses to lure some big names it, pay better thru the field, your car count will grow.
Ive seen tracks give provisionals to big name drivers when they didnt make the feature.
As much as he has been a major part in hurting the sport, Scott Bloomquist was right when he told Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman that was chicken sh@t taking provisionals at the Knoxville nationals several years ago, he made the comment, shame on those 2 taking spots away from guys that deserved it.

[play4kps]

Look at the state of Michigan, Dirt late model racing is actually growing up there, Those drivers rarely ever venture out of the state, plenty of 4000, 5000, and 10,000 dollar shows. And they are drawing usually 20+ cars for most shows, and when and if Lucas or WOO show up, they really have their hands full with the locals. In fact I think locals have won 2 Woo shows at Berlin.

[dirtcrazy4u]

Go to Screven for there winter series woo show. 10:15 PM and the first late model heat wasn't on track yet. Time means absolutely nothing at that place. They'll tell you how good there food is and make dang sure they sell as much as possible. It's a shame because the place has a great surface and can put on a really good show. Fans traveling south have learned GIS packs them in and the track is not nearly as racey as screven.