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Originally Posted by jmcarter
One of our tech officials at Reynolds told me he seems a very reasonable guy but it may be a while before he has the true latitude to make his mark.
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That's not what I heard from some people I know. Here's the deal. The guy took over a poorly run Division with an extremely unpopular director. He had the Division 3 director there to run the show. He took ZERO time to meet and greet his new customers (outside of some alcohol, Top Sportsman, and maybe Comp racers), when one of the very first things he SHOULD have been doing is to get out there and present himself as the future of the division. Taking ten minutes with every class as they were called to the lanes, with a handful of business cars, shaking the hand of every racer he could get to, introducing himself, thanking them for being there, and giving them a business card while asking them to come to him with their needs, wants, and suggestions. Anything less is just not doing the job, plain and simple. And all he did was meet a few of the people in classes that DON'T pay the bills. He's in a big hole just taking the job over, and needed to get started digging out of it immediately. He had three days of good weather to get the job done and he never even got started.
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Originally Posted by jmcarter
But if I lived in TN, MS, AL I'd run D3 or 4, only makes logistical sense. The D2 schedule fits snowbirds to a tee but I also hoped for Bristol (or Charlotte) Divisional to make it more geographical representative. It's almost like NHRA concedes NC,SC, and VA to IHRA or D1....
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Division 2 DOES concede it to IHRA and Division 1, that's been the problem for years. We have fewer races in the Division than in any other Division, and fewer than we've had in a long time.
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Originally Posted by jmcarter
I am a bit curious as to how they convinced SGMP to fund the alcohol purse...they'll have to draw a boat load of cars and spectators to break even.
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They gave them a race earlier in the season, with one less race before them, and one less race over all in the Division. So they have a better opportunity to draw more cars. Especially since they're the race BEFORE the Gators, instead of two or more weeks AFTER the Gators. They'll get the crowd coming down and tuning up for the Gators, instead of the left overs after most of the Division 1 cars have gone home after the Gators, and everyone is out of vacation time.