C'mon man! 20 bucks for a sanction card keeps peeps from racing! If it's OMA it is 10. IMO the one timers are no help to the sport. They buy the sanction card and they think well hey I mise well race again. The sport is as expensive as you make it. All these people that practice only for 25 bucks are being held back by a 20 sanction card and an extra 10 gate admission? Bologna! The most detrimental thing to the sport is this topic. It does not have to be a mortgage on your home, at least on a local level. Any newbie that reads this is gone. Any newbie that talks to the guy with the 200 dollar Monster Energy graphic kit or mini dad that changes tires every Moto is screwed. It is us in the pits that have to grow the sport! Comical.
Psycho, I think he is saying that if you are going to justify the charge based on track prep, then either prep the peewee track, or charge for an unprepped one.
idea: first time OMA members get a 1 day trial and free entry into 1 class of their choice (limited to C class, mini or vet class - no a/b)
May be hard to track/validate that nobody is abusing it.. but it certainly wont hurt promoters to allow that to happen (i mean what, maybe 20 guys a year will do this, nobody is losing money on it)
I have friends that ride but refuse to go to a track.. they have brought pit bikes to the fair racesand decided not to even race those because they didnt want to pay for a membership.
Who doesnt like FREE stuff? I'd be most of them would give it a shot if it didn't cost them anything. On top of that, theyd bring in friends/family through the gates (making their free entry 'paid for'). With luck, some of them come back. They score 0 points for the day as it was a trial.
Also, maybe that would help load up the C class with guys in jeans and flannels and all the sandbagging pro c class riders will be too cool to be seen on the track with those guys and want to move up to B class where they (locally) belong! (got to make sure we bring up a C class thread!!)
Sounds like a win win to me.. anyone with me on that?
Wanna grow the sport? Bring a newbie. We have infected quite a few families by inviting them to watch the boy race and when we do, it's on our dime. We make it an experience in the pits, little cookout action, show em the ropes a bit. They always come back and all but one have got a machine for their kid and I'm working on that one. I just don't think you guys get it sometimes. The track owners ain't rolling in the dough here, they do it for the love of the sport to. We can't ask too much more out of them or they will just close up shop or run practice only. Every dollar counts. Blah blah I gotta go its freaking winter out here today.
I damn near dropped a c note going to the movies last week! Laser tag, more. That trampoline place, more. Water park, forget about it! Local pool, half a c note. I'll find out how much the karts are gonna cost me this week. Most people that try Moto are ones with parents that did it or are referrals. So as a referral, teach them how to keep it less expensive. Little Dave does not need top of the line gear or the 7000 dollar special edition KTM 65 to race local races. Remember, after 20 years removed from the sport my little Jack wagon chose a cvt miniquad to race. I know expense. I never once thought about track prices, membership dues etc. I do have an idea Hershey! You should build a PW sidecar racer for your little racers! How awesome would that be! Half the price, plus cool factor! Bottom line is, you either wanna race or you just like to ride. I am going to try some of these ideas though. When we go to Cedar Point this year I am going to ask them if I can just try the place out for the day.You can try but when you tell them they are dropping a C note or more for a 50cc rider for the day..... they smile and turn away.
Oh, one other thing! Let the CRF 50s run with the PWs.