If an advocate could be found - what would you say?

[Dave Gantz]

Originally Posted by GUMP

At the Orlando points meet I was the only car that pitted on the "spectator" side. I had a pretty steady flow of visitors. Almost every one of them asked me what the deal was with the way all the super class cars ran. I did my best to explain to them what was going on, but don't feel that I really won them over. Maybe this can be fixed with better announcing? I think that a lot more could be done to make sportsman racing more "fan friendly".

As a side note, the stands have been packed for Lights Out........

Spectators, understandably, expect flat out, who gets there first wins racing. Dial-ins, delays, etc., don't provide that.
Handicaps, 90 racing, and whatever else isn't heads up came about because the very nature of heads up racing results in a combination of hard work and money spent. Anyone can provide the hard work, but not everyone can provide the money. When this became apparent, racing started to suffer (low car counts).
If there was a simple, easy way to communicate to the average fan the fact that racing is what it is because of that "root of all evil", maybe spectating would increase.

[House of Darts]

A recent post "WOULD YOU QUIT", by Mark Yacovone was the preamble to this present post. I think more was said there than this post. Money was important back in the 60's,70's,80's and 90's but not like it is now. With a manufacturer, supplier or whomever..., there are so many more options that bring money in to those that support this sport. The internet in general, websites,forums, FB and the rest are all vying for the same pot of money as racers . How do we do this? Definitely not by pissing and moaning. Pinks All Out started in 2005 and those first several episodes were lame. Yet the series grew and lasted till 2010.A fledgling show that kept changing to grow viewership. Many other shows evolved from that including street outlaws. Take a look on You Tube and see how many organizations there are that video and promote street racing or just racing. They are making money. Sportsman racers are not street racers or"bracket racers" but we need to find that niche that pays us to race. On You Tube you can find a particular class of class racing Amazing to see how many people watched 6 cylinders race at Indy. Same with many other classes. This is the hook that will get non racers to drift over, understand and accept handicapped class racing. It would be a better deal if Forest Lucas would take over the sportsman classes. He has the infrastructure to produce, introduce and define or redefine sportsman racing. If we don't get our act together....