low car and fan counts,,why?

[Rocky]

I had a big manifesto planned out. Instead I recorded a 12 minute video of you wanna watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKNTNR-uY8

[Tek2747]

Just my $0.02 from the perspective of someone in their early 30's. I think wages just haven't kept up with the costs of daily living. In my household childcare and healthcare costs are astronomical for us. Many of my peers don't earn enough to be at the track on a weekly basis and those that do work so many hours I doubt they ever have the time to get there. Another observation is it seems that when I was a kid half if not more of the hardware being raced came from the salvage yard. Today every bit of it is from the racing shop. Is there any way you could pull stuff from a wrecked Ford Fusion Fusion or Chevy Impala to race? I doubt it.

[TurboTurtle17]

just wait till hyper inflation hits gentlemen...... , Think things are bad now, nothing to what will come in the near/distant ''Future''..... Enjoy that ''sport'' while it last.

[nc mudcat]

My local asphalt track is doing just fine. Bowman Gray Stadium basically has a cult following. 15,000 fans every week. For 20 years they charged $10 to get in, went to $12 this year. Still have ladies' nights and the girls get in for $2. They start at 8:00 on the dot, and a curfew is in place, so they are completely done by 11:30, after running 5 races with full fields, sometimes with a demo derby or a chain race. If they can do this, so can other tracks. Want to see what makes a track work? Go see a race there. For me the racing stinks, but 15,000 people disagree with me.

My local dirt track charges $15 for a 5-race program, headlined by 604 crates with 10 cars on a good night. They say they start at 7, really start at 8, take a long intermission, and get you headed home at 1:00 on a good night. That package will lead only to bankruptcy.

[play4kps]

I just got MAV tv and I'll be honest with you, Im a dirt late model and non wing sprint guy only, I never cared for winged sprints, but after watching about 4 winged sprint car races over the weekend, its a whole lot more exciting than super lates, they are using the whole track to try to find a line. I was suprised at how good it was.

[mcarter815]

My local asphalt track is doing just fine. Bowman Gray Stadium basically has a cult following. 15,000 fans every week. For 20 years they charged $10 to get in, went to $12 this year. Still have ladies' nights and the girls get in for $2. They start at 8:00 on the dot, and a curfew is in place, so they are completely done by 11:30, after running 5 races with full fields, sometimes with a demo derby or a chain race. If they can do this, so can other tracks. Want to see what makes a track work? Go see a race there. For me the racing stinks, but 15,000 people disagree with me.

My local dirt track charges $15 for a 5-race program, headlined by 604 crates with 10 cars on a good night. They say they start at 7, really start at 8, take a long intermission, and get you headed home at 1:00 on a good night. That package will lead only to bankruptcy.

It's funny that you say they sometimes add a demo derby to the end of the night, because going by what I see on YouTube, all of the races are demo derbies. It's amazing how much money gets thrown away at Bowman Gray.

[nc mudcat]

It's funny that you say they sometimes add a demo derby to the end of the night, because going by what I see on YouTube, all of the races are demo derbies. It's amazing how much money gets thrown away at Bowman Gray.

No argument there, but the pits and the stands are full, so they are doing something right.

[Rocky]

No argument there, but the pits and the stands are full, so they are doing something right.

Hopefully you get a chance to come to the Race for the Kids at County Line. It’s a little ways from Winston Salem, but it’s a race I really like over near I-95. I-95 challenge vs FUEL. Plus 5k to win Modified too. Not actually related to the post. Just a reminder that it’s that time of the year.

[Rocky]

Also thanks for so many of you for watching my video 40+ views is a lot for a guy that’s not really a YouTube creator guy.