What would it take for you to attend a Sportsman Race

[Dan Fletcher]

Originally Posted by GTS340

Even though this is a back east thread. We have lost so many tracks out west here. Which in turn we have lost racers and race cars. Larry has the right idea and location. The word fun has to be more than the one person winning the race. I was at Bowling Green over 30yrs ago and it left a great memory. Steve McGrath was driving my Volare. Top Stock and class eliminations are great spectating racing and of course we build class cars to be the best in class. We can E.T. race at home. Class racing and fun. Sign me up.

Paul Haszlauer

Hey Paul,

I know the tow was a bit too long for you, lol, but the Class Racer Nationals was the only thing at the track on those weekends, as it was a stand alone event. It had two separate races each day for each class, best losing package prizes, second chance races, good early round money, Top Stock one year (a whopping 6 cars), a free qualifying race last year that paid great, free racer wife entry, big checks to the winner and runner up, longest tow award, etc, etc. This event was not even remotely all about just the winner.

I watched first hand the time and effort that went into this deal. They tried everything to make this a fun race for all, and everyone that was there, including your old driver, said it was a great event. But all they got was less cars attending as the three years progressed. This was never about making money, Kenny and Timothy just wanted to put on a race that was the sort of deal EVERYONE would enjoy. I heard Keno say from the jump he didn't care if he lost a few bucks, he just wanted to do it.

As my Dad would say, some people would bitch if they were hung with a new rope...