Bruce:
Was there any wording in the contract about non-refundability or
cancellations due to weather? Not that I'm defending him but I
just want to have the facts straight when I go out and warm the
tar and get the feathers. :^)
Matt Murray
mattm@optonline.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <BRUBEL51@aol.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: New SCCA VP of Marketing
> I just read that the SCCA has appointed a new VP of Marketing:
I would just
> like to make a comment to all as to my experience with Mr.
Mudd. As I belong
> to the Poughkeepsie Sports Car Club which is a satellite club
of the SCCA ,
> we have rented Lime Rock Park for approximately 25 years and
have always had
> a good professional relationship with that racing facility.
Last year as in
> the past we rented the racetrack for a time trial during the
month of March.
> This small club paid 1/2 of the rental fee upfront as required
by the
> contract. The remainder of the monies is paid on the day of
the event. As
> luck would have it, it snowed about 5 days prior to our
schedule date. On
> the day of our Time Trial the weather was sunny and warm, but
the track was
> not safe for time trialing due to the run off areas still
having remains of
> the prior snow storm. The officials of the track deemed the
track to be
> unsafe . The Time trial was called off before a car ever placed
a wheel on
> the track.
> Wen the officials of the club contacted Mr. Mudd, he
immedialtey advised us
> that the deposit that my club had made of 1/2 the track fee
would be
> Non-Refundable. My small club was now out a couple of thousand
dollars. All
> subsequent contacts with Mr. Mudd went on deaf ears.
> This is just a little information on the new V.P. of marketing,
I do
> certainly hope that the SCCA has done their homework ...
> Bruce Bellom
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