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Originally Posted by Pistol Pete
I'd say pretty much of what you said is 100% correct about: Not advertising the race for one. Especially when P.C. Richard's is giving the tickets out for Free.
But,You have to take into consideration of the HEAT factor we had the pleasure of on Saturday. I wouldn't blame people for not coming that day, the beach or a place with A.C. on is going to entice them rather than a Hot n Steamy Race Track.
I'll bet if you had the "Street Outlaw" guys racing there (i hate to say it) the place would've seen more spectators.
I don't have the answers on how to bring in more people to watch but i did have 2 guys
come to the track with me for the first time & they were watching the Super Classes without me, they came back & said " Why Do They Get Off The Gas Then Go Again".
I tried to explain it, but i think the average person watching without knowing about Super Classes or even Stock & SS in which you can't go under, how will people know how to follow that. People usually would figure, First one to the Stripe Wins. Not the case in our classes. Now, go ahead & try and explain Comp. Elim. to people, they'd have a headache after your done explaining it.
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Yes, Pete the heat was a huge factor for some people not coming out because for most people spending a day the beach or by the pool is better then being at the asphalt beach that we race at. Now don't get me wrong but, Dave & his crew do a great job at running an event and I'm not knocking them at all. They have been pretty short staffed this year but, still find ways around getting all the cars teched and down the track in a safe environment one way or another. It's just you have a younger group that have marketing degrees and run business or work in that field (Myself, Brittany Boltz, Etc) that can help out in anyway possible to make this sport better. I don't want anything in return for giving my ideas as to how to get butts in the seats but, we need to do something. The racers are there and that's not a problem - 500+ at MG, 500 at E-town, 480+ at Atco.
Yes, .90 racing is confusing to anyone who has never seen it in person but, as I've said it before the Top end is the place to watch .90 racing. I watched 1st round of Super Gas from the bar tower they have at the finish line at E-town. Want to talk about races separated by inches and a flat out chess match going on, that's the place to go. Unfortunately, we as racers let .90 racing get out of hand with speed and technology that it's boring for the average fan or other racers because we've become a society that if you can't explain it in less then 5 minutes or find it on Google it's too confusing to people and they give up. Like I tell people who come over to look at our car and ask about T/S Racing and I explain it all the way down to the last nut & bolt and they half way understand it but, those people are few and far between.