Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

used to run in Division 5 all the time and Denver is a nice track to run at ,and I had a awesome pit space at the Points race last year but I had to get there very early to pit on as I had complete cooperation from John , but , but I will not pit at any track from now on dirt , a dirty grind up pavement or a mile and a half from the starting line with My $150,000 rig with my $30,000 engine $110,000 race car and my super tow vehicle , it is like this You come into my restaurant and I make you set in the toilets cause I don't have the space to set you in a normal space Of course you would not come back there so you drag strip owners pave the spaces and make sure your customers are pitted in a pit that is ok for your costumers or they will not come back you alone control the bottom line so pave the pits and you will make some money case closed , while I am on my soap box if you are the decision maker of a race track , a suggestion ask the racers how to solve your lack of profit centers you would be surprised at the answers you will like them and will improve YOUR bottom Line example like track Prep call me if you to know how to improve your bottom line at a very inexpensive out lay at how simple it would be for a race track to make the racers happy and improve the bottom line wow just fell off my soap box lol
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Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

Don, I am with you all the way................I also started out as a Division 5 racer (from Omaha).

The perception is that Denver does not care about the Sportsman racer....(except Comp) for the National Event......whether that is right or wrong....that is the perception as evidenced by the responses here. The fact of the matter is that John Force brings in the fans and we don't.

Bandimeres' probably do care, but are not able or can't do anything about it. I would like to know.

If......Bandimere's or NHRA would come on here as say: 1. It costs too much to improve the sportsman pits for one event a year............or 2. we have tried to build facilities in the sportsman pits, but the city won't let us........3. Announce beforehand that facilities are substandard...........

I believe (know) that us racers are compassionate and would understand a reasonable explanation.

In the mean while, like you Don, we will stay parked.

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

ok I just crawled back up on the soap box hurt my knee , now when I started racing at 16 years of age I showed up at any race did not care about any race track conditions except to race> the same attitude at 26 years of age then I got little concerned at 36 years of age> a little at 46 years of age and then at 56 years of age I started thinking about the conditions of a race track( Like Pit conditions or starting line prep) at 66 years of age is now so pay attentions to us your bottom line depends on us , oh by the way us older racers have the money to race when we want, where we want and if we if we don't get a Value Return from racing at your track we will not go back ,


You Drag Strip decisions makers are the ones who will lose cause we won't spend the money with you to help your bottom line ,holy cow I fell off the darn soap box again lol

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

Could it be that people have had to make some tough monetary decisions this year and maybe had to cross this race off their list? Like it's been stated, car counts are down almost everywhere.

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

From the Bandimere web site:
There will be NO Early stacking for the Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals. Stacking begins at 7:00am on Tuesday, July 16th in the Island Lot. Anyone arriving before this time will be turned around. There shall be NO Racer/Trailer parking ANYWHERE on Colorado 8 or ANYWHERE on Rooney Road prior to 7:00am on July 16th. This will be enforced by Morrison Police, the Colorado State Patrol and violators will be subject to further disciplinarian action by NHRA.

This is actually an improvement from the past when they used to let rigs in to stack on Sunday.

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

For some reason the Drag Strip owners don't like their customers to show up early most likely for a bunch of reason which we all know but I wonder if the Track knows why we show up early ? cause there is a few good pit spots and we want to pit there and the rest are bad >fix the pit spaces and the racers will show up to race fyi The racetrack spends hundreds and thousands of advertising dollars to get us to come to their track to race then when we get there they make us wait to get in ???Now I do know John Bandiemer has sportsman's concerns at heart but he just maybe restricted on what he can do with the pits because of some dumb rule from the Gov Regulators I think who have to justify their job by regulating the same business who pay their salary lol

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

While I do understand the challenge of racing there, the Denver track is the best I have ever been to as far as watching a race. I like to sit on the top rows and that is just a few steps down from the pits.

Cafe Prague in Morrison is our favorite restaurant anywhere.

Bill

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

I have only been to Denver Nats twice but both times it was over 105 degrees and that's just to frickin hot to enjoy yourself!!!

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

I know it`s still a week out but the forecast is low 80`s and a slight chance of showers. Should be pretty decent!

Re: Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver
 

myself, i prefer the east side but it's a hellofa walk to the pits...