[Alan Roehrich]

Jack,
My problem with alcohol cars is that we have 4-6 car fields, maybe 8 car fields, at most of the races, and half the time a lot of them can't get down the track without making a mess of things. The track owners have to pay 1/2 a field a full purse, schedule the race around them, and they don't pay an entry fee or bring spectators. The stands are just as empty, if not more, when the alcohol cars run. They aren't all bad, don't get me wrong. I just think they should pay an entry fee like the rest of us, and maybe they need to have some sort of oil down/clean up penalties as well.

Yes, if you look at one of my earlier posts, I referred to Bowling Green having a pro show at the division race and getting done in two days. I think it was 1980 we had about 8 cars in each of the pro classes at Bowling Green, if I remember correctly, the Pro Stock final came down to Dyno Don Nicholson in the Kendig/TransGo Mustang II losing to Joe Satmary in the Satmary and Cannon "Tuff Rabbit" Camaro. Those were the days. But they're long gone.

Weather permitting, we could probably have a "gambler's race" on Friday and Saturday night, and maybe even a Top Stock show (depends, it won't happen with the factory cars there).

It's a struggle for the track owners to even begin to turn a profit. But if they'd got the car counts up by scheduling more races and doing a better job, if nothing else we could help them cut their losses some. I'd like to see the track owners get a better deal as well as the racers.