[buzzinhalfdozen]

Casey, I think you're missing the point a bit on the free spectator tickets. The track operators and owners are trying to turn a profit just like any other business, by giving free gate tickets they now have X amount of potential customers on the property, I would assume this to be desireable versus having empty stands. We as racers are paying for our "place to play" is it fair to the racers? probably not but really we do have a choice, we can park our stuff. This is for the most part not desireable for most racers however it comes down to if a racer can afford to race or wishes to pay the higher fees. From the 2 races I've been to so far this year I haven't seen a sizeable difference in car counts, and to be honest quite a few of these racers have more in their tow rigs than I have in my entire operation, yet again this is all optional. I just don't think we need to get down on the spectators getting free tickets as with us they have a choice of where their going to spend their money. Joe