[Alan Roehrich]

Bruton Smith is in business as a track owner to make money. If he can make a decent profit holding LODRS events at his tracks, he'll hold them there. Properly scheduled and managed, they will make money.

Division 2, being the southeast division, is going to have some period of time where the heat is a huge factor in keeping the car count and the spectator count down. The best thing to do to resolve that is to start out in the south, move steadily north during the spring and early summer, avoid mid summer as much as possible, then start moving south again in the early fall.

For example, run two LODRS races in Florida in February and March, along with the Gators, getting those done early. In late March to mid April, go to South Georgia or Reynolds. From there go north, Atlanta, Bristol, Charlotte, in no particular order, take your pick, for two LODRS races, done by the end of May, or mid June at the latest, along with your other 3 National Events in the spring between mid April and mid June. Take July and August off, then after Indy, with at least a weekend off, work your way back south, starting at the track you didn't run at in late spring, Atlanta, Bristol, or Charlotte. Pick up your 5th National event in Division 2. Then go further south and pick up two more LODRS races, you can race down there until the end of October, at least.

The National Events need to be 3 day races, not 4 day races. If it is necessary to have a 4 day event, then the best thing to do is have one of the LODRS races the weekend before, the closest one.

The Atlanta LODRS race being the weekend before Charlotte isn't bad, except for the fact that had it the weekend after Indy, and most of the people who went to Indy went to the Division 3 LODRS at Bowling Green the weekend before Indy.

You cannot do that without hurting the car count, that's a month solid nearly, because you had a 3 day LODRS at Bowling Green, then a whole week at Indy, then three week days open/off, a 3 day weekend at Atlanta, followed by a 4 day National Event at Charlotte.

Had they been reasonable and moved the Atlanta LODRS back at least one weekend, giving people at least 3 days to work after Indy, maybe 4, then another 4 days the next week before Atlanta, then on to Charlotte, more people could have hit all of those races.

Finally, they've got to stop punishing the track owners and the racers just so they can make 10-12 alcohol racers happy. They simply cannot force alcohol classes on tracks where they obviously are not even coming close to paying their way.