From the famous last words department: “enjoy your weekends. Believe it or not, I know I will.”
Well, Friday afternoon started off with a sick stomach and ended with a nice little case of food poisoning, such that I was sleeping in sweatpants and a sweatshirt under a comforter while outside temps were a balmy 90+ degrees only to be awakened around midnight with a 102 degree fever. Nice. So, I missed what people said was an exciting conclusion to the late model show, and it seemed to be well-received by the fans.
Fortunately it was short lived (the illness, not the late model show) and I felt better on Saturday - I was pretty weak and spent a lot of time sitting down. Photographically it was also a disaster...well not completely. Sometimes finding out what doesn’t work is as useful as finding out what does. But most important, 300 kids walked out with brand new bicycles and many more took home plenty of toys at Eagle.
-This week - not quite sure what’s up. May head to a vintage race in Belleville on Saturday or Sunday. Not sure what’s going on since the powers that be at Belleville have a zero PR or anything on their website.
But the lap and race record times are there! How USAC-ey...and that’s not a compliment.
Let’s keep the ol’ Piss & Vinegar express rolling.
-Car counts. Everyone wants ‘em, nobody’s got ‘em. The All-Stars are making an open plea for sprint cars for their Rising City and Belleville shows. May be a chance for a 360 team to pocket a little bit of 410 purse cash. A few Eagle regulars came home a little heavier in the pockets the last time the All-Stars were at Eagle.
By the way...where are the PROMOTERS in their efforts to get cars? Say it with me: pro-mote. If you want to know why Eagle had the car counts for the WoO shows back in the early 2000’s, it wasn’t the economy. It was staff getting on the phone and calling these people. Sometimes we had to throw them bones or use our hotel room vouchers or...whatever it took.
Pro-mot-ing.
-From the path of least resistance department, Adams County went to the dark side and added yet another class, Sport Mods! What a clever concept. About as original as a “Got ___?” slogan for your ads, and an idea as bland as store-brand sugar free powdered drink mix.
By the way, the next time I see someone use “Got Dirt?” I’ll punch...never mind. They can’t help their disability.
Look, it’s not about Sport Mods, it’s about thinking outside the box. Enough of the costs out of line business, too. It’s time for tracks to start demanding sanctioning bodies make rules to control the costs instead of watering down fields. I don’t begrudge them, but I’ve said it before: IMCA Modifieds were supposed to be an economy class. SportMods are just the result of IMCA failing to control costs.
-Beatrice threw down a bounty on Matt Fralin in the sport compacts after his five-fer. Will Eagle throw down if Denny Berghahn makes it five-for-five in the sport mods?
Eagle kicked out a 20 car sprint field last week, and I liked that they didn’t lump them into two 10-car heats. Here’s why: thin the fields out and prevent wrecks to an already fragile class. Same reason I would rather watch two 10-car B’s than a 20 car B. If costs are an issue, why run the risk of wrecks?
- Dear Jason: You’re always pissed off about something on your website. If you hate racing so much why do you go?
Good question. Maybe after 30 years I’m ready for....
- Jason
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2 comments:
More classes means more $$ for sanctioning fees; pretty simple concept.
As for you always being mad about something...ain't we all?? Just that you have a podium to talk about your peeves where most of us don't.
Obama is to blame for sagging car counts, all of the wars we're involved in and probably a lot of things we don't know about yet (yes, that is a facetious remark).
To be serious though, neither the WoO or All-Stars have a stand-alone product anymore. You gotta bust 'yer hump to get enough cars to put on even a decent show, let alone a really good one. I'm afraid the days of 25+ travelers in any sanction is long gone and never to be seen again. Sad, ain't it??
Good comment. Sorry for the late approval of the post - usually I get emailed.
But yes, in all the talk about purses, people forget that one of the biggest expenses (if not the biggest) is travel and diesel hasn't gone down for years.
The support show is a necessary component anymore for all but the biggest events. Frankly when looking for a race to watch, I look at the undercard as well as the headliners.
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