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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone
Gee, we're a little spoiled here aren't we?
We used to race at the home track with no glue, whatsoever.. Bring your own!
You guys know the the glue just went up $300 a barrel? Get used to it. The local tracks make their money with T&T nights. A little spritz here and there...That's it.
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Mark, I could not disagree more. A track owner is selling a product. That product is a well prepared race track that offers solid consistent and reliable traction. If my car won't hook, why would I pay good money for his product? Honestly, if I load up and drive 60-100 miles, that's $80 worth of diesel for the round trip. Add to that 5 gallons of race fuel, at $12 a gallon. Then add $50 for test and tune. Even if I leave out the cost of oil and tires, not to mention wear and tear, I've spent near $200, if I don't buy anything to eat or drink. If the track does not hook like it should, I cannot learn anything other than how to avoid hurting myself or the car on a slick track. Hardly worth my $200 cash outlay, and a day's time.
The cost of doing business for everyone has gone up. Would you cut corners on a transmission you built for a racer, because it cost you more to build it? I know I will not, I refuse to offer a lesser quality product because it costs more to build a quality product.
It is inexcusable to have races decided on the quality of track preparation. That's a plain simple fact. If a track owner, promoter, or sanctioning body is cutting corners on track preparation to turn a profit, then they are stealing from their customers, both racers and spectators.
We work very hard and spend a considerable amount of hard earned cash to make our cars work extremely well. To have a track owner, promoter, or sanctioning body negate our hard work and hard earned cash with poor track preparation, after taking more of our hard earned cash is ludicrous.