S/SS combo @ BIR 2011

[Kelly Petterson]

As racer in the 4-6 hour away category, I will give my thoughts.....BIR #1 Very nice facility! #2 My experience there outside of the LODRS and Nats is very limited, once about 1990 we went up to race outside of that. So recent history keeping us from going are the horror stories as previously stated. I like easy...........TVD=easy. Drive in, tech, 3 Q's on a schedule, line up, race/repeat on day 2. No BS from telling where we can/can't park, charged for every nickel and dime item possible, waiting for call to maybe make one pass, yada yada yada..... That's not to say there isn't alot of work going on behind the scenes. Alot of racers volunteer their time and MONEY to make it successful. I think disproportionately so for some. Bottom line, some want to pay, race, win, go home. Some want to pay, see their friends, race, BS, drive cool cars, try to win, see their friends, go home. We all have our own agendas, the key is to channel individual talents and resources enough so as many people as possible enjoy it enough to return and build a solid program. If you don't have buy in from at least the minimum number of racers to make the program work then......good luck. Making it painful just to show up and do what we do = dead end.