Lol.....if it makes a better job in the end and we make more money? Yes, we would do that. Buy hey, just keep making excuses why the Battle races are dwindling, you know....its just run its course.
We don’t race any full series is what I was saying. We cherry pick each weekend for tracks we like, who has good weather, where is the friend group going frequently skipping races. For people like us and our friend group there is no reward to race anybody’s full series.
Wait, you mean you go to practice tracks on race weekends? And other times you race even though a practice track is open? We've been lead to believe that practice people don't race and racers don't go to practice tracks !
But it has nothing to do with if people like the tracks or not it would be their first time even coming to them. The buckeye series crowd ride the buckeye series tracks and that’s it. My point is if you offer more points it will draw them all out to those tracks to try them. People in the buckeye series stick to the buckeye series and when oma is racing they just practice at eastfork and grears cause they only ride buckeye series races. So if there is a reason to get them up to those tracks they will drive I promise. People drive hours to race COCR and Grears just cause it’s in the series. Better yet the tracks are better for the battles and it would make them come. They just need a reason to make the trip.
So your saying if Malvern offered cash or gift cards for any class with more than 15 entries they wouldn’t pull some Buckeye people? As riders we put our money up every weekend. As track turnouts have been down, maybe the track owners should put some money up. You want kids to self advance out of C, offer the B class too 5 overall for the day a blind draw for $200.
It’s b class. Amateur racing. There’s no money. Unless it’s dealer checks or track bucks you do get paid. And for a track looking at b class why would they pay them. But I’m saying the buckeye series and the people I’m around all the time only race buckeye races. I’ve tried hundreds of times to make them come to battles and big oma races even on off weekends of the buckeye series. They won’t come. People in southern Ohio strictly race the series and there needs to be something that will bring those people to these races such as double points for buckeye series. Then everyone from buckeye series will show up. I know in Tennessee they give money to b riders and gift cards but in Ohio I’ve never been to one track that does that and honestly I don’t think that will happen. A gets paid and everyone else just pays to race for trophy’s is what it is. But they care about points and will go to these big races if there is something to big to achieve at them.
Also I’m from Dayton area and it’s 3 hours easily to malvern. People in the buckeye series tend to be mainly from southern part of the state so they aren’t going to drive to another series their not chasing points in just for gift cards. Especially knowing it won’t be much.
Try not to get hung up on the cash example, it was just that an example. Need to find ways to in incentivize people to race the series and not just the events they like. The only way to do that is with some sort of give back gimmick. Race three in a row the fourth is half off or something. Food for thought, when the pros are offered a large purse we go to those to watch that race! I don’t like Chillitown but when he’s throwing out a couple K’s we go to watch those boys throw down.
Cool I always compared myself to Lee, I know what I need to do now.
You said cash in your other post?? You said maybe offer cash, so would that really incentivize you or are you just posting to post.
WTF does forcum have to do with the current promotions at CT?? How are you able to survive life on the daily? The reason CT draws is the camping, and people knowing there will be a big number. This is not just my opinion ask a cross section of the consumer. Its also the date, they have a good date that is out of the Regionals/AQs. Didn't the midwest pro-am get moved to CT last year? Did it draw 700-900?? I dont recall, but I doubt it. Dates really don't matter do they. Race tracks are like vending machines, just put quarters in, simple. I think my battle suffered because I had to move it up in the spring, if I could have ran it in its normal spot it would been the same as usual. But hey I don't try new things, I don't work with other promoters (PVR), to get them in the series. Nope. I give you one thing you don't give up, that is certain.
Cash, dealer bucks, free riding would incentivize us. Hell even a gas card from speedway would be sweet in the Biden Admin. You also just said it, the key to a turnout for an (event) is getting people to show up in pods or groups of friends, I affirmed that in an earlier post when I said we cherry pick the tracks we like racing or practice. How do you get the cherry pickers like me to attend a race the weekend after after we just ran one? Need something more than has been happening. Let me also say that I'm speaking only for myself and the people that I know that don't follow any series. I'm curious to hear from people who religiously follow a series as to why they do it. I can tell you why and where we ride every weekend for specific reasons.
Regionals and AQ's are for sure pulling people. Will be interesting to see what Malvern looks like this weekend with Red Bud happening.
Forcum started the draw to CT. It was his doing that the following is there now. Had he not promoted it properly it wouldn't be what it is today.
I wouldn't say religiously but we follow the Battle races each year. Other than that, we do exactly what you do. We pick and choose what will be fun for us. The Battle races always attracted me because of the event and full gates. Last weekend I didn't ride because I'm still recovering but I think there were only 5 or 6 riders in my class. I cant stand the track at CT. It's horrible and the prep sucks usually. We still go to the races there because the kids have an absolute blast all weekend and the gates are usually big.
