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Old 11-04-2010, 10:12 AM   #1
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Default Re: Gateway done!

While a good attitude is admirable it will not solve all things, and as eluded to in other posts the situation at Gateway was one of those.

I was forced by my company to take one of those positive attitude classes once and in the middle when the facilitator was comparing Michael Jordan and a wining attitude, an old fellow (volunteer Firefighter) spoke up and said, “So you’re telling me that those Firemen in New York on September 11th just didn’t have the right attitude?” The facilitator moved on.

I mean no disrespect to your feeling, just a humble observation.

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Old 11-04-2010, 10:36 AM   #2
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I have read, as well as the taxes/finance issues, that there is a battle going on with the CEO and board members that don't want to be invested/participate in the motorsports industry. That would be a hard battle for a track manager to overcome.
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Old 11-04-2010, 11:57 AM   #3
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If someone else picks up the pieces and makes it a success - what does that say?

They will have overcame the problems that the past management team could not.

Attitude, ingenuity and resourcefulness may not win out in a "life or death" struggle but it does in most other situations.


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The brave firefighters, who lost their lives on 9/11, had a positive attitude or they would not have been there. They died trying. Let’s not make this a thread about 911
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Old 11-04-2010, 12:13 PM   #4
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I have read, as well as the taxes/finance issues, that there is a battle going on with the CEO and board members that don't want to be invested/participate in the motorsports industry. That would be a hard battle for a track manager to overcome.
So is it like the Chicago Tribune situation? The Chicago Tribune did not go into bankruptcy because folks stopped reading the newspaper, it was a tax situation with the family that owned the LA Times (which the Tribune bought with a special agreement of some sort) when they wanted out. I wonder if any of their horse properties are "subsidized" by casino type gambling.
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Old 11-04-2010, 01:06 PM   #5
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LMAO! I don't even know who "Andy's dad" is so it's pretty stupid to take my reply as a personal affront.

If it makes you feel any better, I'll revise the original statement.

You, (or anyone else), would've failed in the most miserable possible way.
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Old 11-04-2010, 01:09 PM   #6
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I did not take it personally at all

Some peolpe take this website way to seriously

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Old 11-04-2010, 01:54 PM   #7
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Bret, not too many years ago there were 3 tracks, gateway-peavly-wentzville, now none. What do you think happened?
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Old 11-04-2010, 06:47 PM   #8
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Bret, not too many years ago there were 3 tracks, gateway-peavly-wentzville, now none. What do you think happened?
Ummm....they all closed? LOL!

There have been ten tracks within forty miles of the Gateway Arch and all have closed. It's the circle of life.

I have to agree with Andy's dad; it's just the closing of a dragstrip. I had a close friend say to me, (about Gateway), "Wow! That's gotta be like watching your house get demolished!". I replied, "Nah. I've actually watched my house get demolished. This is just a dragstrip closing".
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