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Originally Posted by ss wannabee
I've been away from the computer several days and just checked this out. Sorry, I didn't want to cause any problems....Just kind of missed the place and wanted to bring the car there once I get it done and hopefully gas prices stabilize....that is if they got the Empire Nat's back. I'm pretty sure that at least 50% of the total entries of the past races if not more were within let's say a 5-hour tow of the track, and with everybody watching budgets these days, I thought it might have been a viable option for many racers. Mike, I wasn't there in the 'Empire Dragway' days, but I'm certainly impressed with the improvements you said the Metcalfes have made. And they certainly can run the place any way they set fit...after all it's THEIRS! Wasn't sure that hosting the big Event doesn't mean automatic PROFITS!?!? I do miss the old-time National Event feel the place had when it hosted the Nats compared to the feeling you get at some of the Motorplexes today....and that's not a knock on NYIRP or the Metcalfes'.....believe me! I think I've said too much...I do hope they bring back the Empire Nats. some day! Bye!
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Don't let anything I have said prevent you or anyone to voice their opinion here. Heck, nobody misses the event more than I do--I looked forward to it every year it ran. I, too, believe it should have a place on the IHRA schedule. However, I also realize that these things don't just HAPPEN. It takes planning (lots of it), hard work (lots of that too) and MONEY (more and more of that, for sure!). No problems here, I just like to set the record straight when I perceive a misconception or misinformation that I have knowledge and/or experience about.
Having worked at the track as long as I have, I tend to come of as a "Bob & Donna Metcalfe supporter" which, for the most part, I am. However, they have made decisions in the past (and will continue to make them) that might not seem to the rest of us as the "right" ones. But none of us "out here" has ALL the information that they have when those decisions are made...if we did, we might think differently. I'm not saying that I think they do everything "right". However, my opinion and that of everybody else EXCEPT the Metcalfes doesn't count for anything when it comes to running that track. When someone else buys the racetrack and, by doing so, buys the "right" to make the decisions, theirs will become the only thinking that counts.
Again, I would like to point out that they have provided a great place for WNY drivers and teams to race for 21+ years and I personally believe THAT counts for SOMETHING!
Mike Paz, Motorsports Announcer