PopsHotRod wrote:
I think each one of you bring up good points. The problem is there is no racing, and that is what the people come to see. You might have brought the spectators in in the past but that will soon get old because the people pay to see racing and are not getting it. Hell if you go back to past years posting you will see that there was very little racing going on because someone always backed down for whatever the reason. You read it in the post every weekend. The Truebloods put a lot of time and effort to support Grudge Racing only to be let down. What, was it last year that Topnotch and I believe Riddick had a verbal, handshake, and cash in hand agreement with Mr Trueblood to race, and it did not happen. Even after the track built up a lot of hype and advertising to bring in the spectators out only to be let down.
Smack talk is ok as long as you back it up with racing. That is all the people want. Smack talk does bring excitement to it but you need to race. If betting (money) is too much then reduce it. Not too many people has a $1000 to bet on so make it affordable for each other (driver) and have fun.
JP, I agree with you. Its not worth going if all you are going to see is smack talk and test and tune.
This is just my take on things and I encourage all types of racing as long as cars are going down the track. As far as the money thing goes, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING UP THE LARGE BETS ARE NOT USING THEIR OWN MONEY ! Ive Been around a lot of people at the track and some of the ones that post on this forum, when they try to make a race happen. They will pull out a couple hundred of their own money and then ask all the people around them how much you got to put in. Then whatever they can come up with between all their people is what they wanna bet. So then they approach someone with say 3,000 and expect that person to just pull it outta their pocket. That race is not gonna happen unless the person approached is walking around with 3 grand in their pocket. Then they wanna say the other person is scared and such when they wont match their bet. The people that waana race needs to place a bet that the AVERAGE WORKING PERSON can afford and not depend on your friends money to cover your bets and you will get more races. Nowadays everyone is on a budget of some kind.