Changes?

[Rose Racing]

Originally Posted by Mile High

I took a tour of Daytona Speedway last fall. They said they are going to close the back stretch seating and have seating only on the one side when completed.

It's all bang for your buck. They are pricing themselves out of peoples reach. From the local bracket race to a national event make the prices where a person can afford to go. Make it the most affordable entertainment there is.

Bracket racing isn't that hard to follow. Most of us aren't brain surgeons or rocket scientists and we understand how it works. Make it affordable and promote it through the media. Watching the NHRA on ESPN if it isn't nitro its no big deal.

Jeff

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

[Tom P]

I think the fans are not fleeced any worse than at other sporting events, hockey and football games and music concerts all gouge fans worse. But as car enthusiasts we may not be used to that. Most of the people responding to my parts ads on Craigslist seem to think all prices are still at 1960's levels and i'm sure would balk at $20 to get in to a race never mind $60.

Besides the ticket prices there is still everything else costing more to leave less spending money.

[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.

[Jim Bailey]

This is probably NASCARS first response to the Race Team Owners announcing recently they are "organizing". Forming a union like our "PRO" in NHRA. ( Now the turf (money) battles begin! ) - JB-