Changes?

[Nick Heath]

Originally Posted by Rose Racing

I agree and running S and S/S before anyone gets there isnt helping the cause either...........

A couple years at Indy, my dad and I showed up at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, just before the 1st round of Stock qualifying. We were told that we had to wait until 9:00 or 10:00 AM (whenever it was that the gate was scheduled to open).

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

They assume they'll sell more merchandise with it on a rack or table instead of at a trailer... instead of working to reestablish a dynamic bond between the fan and the car/driver. If the fans don't care about the car/driver, they're not going to buy a shirt regardless of how it is displayed.

I was never really a Whit Bazemore fan, but he nailed it in that Comp Plus article from a few months back. When I was younger, people looked forward to Force/Hofmann, Force/Cruz, WJ/Geoffrion, etc....
These days, who really cares who wins or who's racing who?

The ticket prices aren't necessarily horrible, but for Friday/Saturday, you're paying $50-$60 just to watch QUALIFYING! And if it's a three day national event and you like S/SS, that means you're paying $50-$60 to watch them! That's not including a reserved seat, which you need to sit anywhere on the track, even though the stands are barely 2/3rds full even when the Nitro cars are running.