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Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY
You guys crack me up. Michael Beard put his nuts on the line for a Big$$$ Stk/SS race and gets hardly no participation, he busts his butt getting sponsors to support his race but the racers stay home....What can we do ? Absolutely NOTHING. ...Too many agendas .....
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Thanks, MJ. I quit banging my head against the wall about it. I did my job, and you did yours (the racers and sponsors that supported it). Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson
If I remember right Michaels 2nd annual class national race had some scheduling conflicts with other races and was right in the meat of the schedule in the northern divisions. All events are subject to low car counts when they have several scheduling conflicts. I would bet that if Mike had another race and it was during the time of the year that there were no other races then the car count would be back where they were at the inaugural event. A big thanks to Michael for putting on those 2 events even though they were to far away for me to attend.
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There are always conflicts. Everyone liked the *idea* of the race, as long as it was convenient for them. It wasn't important enough for people to make a *priority*. The car count at the inaugural event barely put us at break even, despite two years worth of work and massive support from sponsors. So no, never again. I appreciate all of the fans, racers, and sponsors who supported us. We sure tried.
The article is most certainly relevant to S/SS racers. Expenses, time, travel, participation, exposure, and contingency/sponsorship are all extraordinarily important to all kinds of racing. The words Stock or Super Stock do not have to be explicitly used. But if people don't want to read it or take anything away from it, that's perfectly fine, too.