YOU WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE LANDSPEED ENTRY FEE, IF THERE IS NO LANDSPEED
VENUE
TO RACE IN GOD SAVE THE SALT AND THE DIRT
(its a true ignorance and slap in the face to even fathom entry $ complaints
with
what the volunteers do to make our dreams possible) Joe
Amo
Jonathan Amo wrote:
> Somewhere in there I to agree with this. Affordability is one great reason of
> Land Speed Racing at an amature level. If costs keep going up then it throws
>some
> of the people out of the loop. And we must make it happen to keep the people
>we
> have in the sport. But also from Mike's standpoint, no matter what you do you
> cant keep everybody happy, that is life. And yes times do change and the cost
>for
> putting on such an event goes up.
> I am not a player for Muroc, but if the chance arose I would like to be able
>to
> afford it also. And this does not go for just muroc, but Bonneville too.
> We have been going for 10 years with Joe's project, and I am scraping money
> already to make MY own first entry ever into speedweek this year, with my
> project.
>
> Jonathan Amo
> www.landracing.com
>
> Br69br69br@aol.com wrote:
>
> > IMHO
> >
> > $50.00 This year $35.00 Next and so on. No Thank You!
> > I'm tired of the attitude that it's OK to keep driving the cost of LSR up.
> > I save all year to build and of modify my race vehicle. This is not
> > Professional Motorsports but if we keep letting people raise the entry fee
> > every time they want to without any input from the average racers, not the
> > big dollar efforts. The true backbone of the sport is made up of people who
> > really work for a living and come out to challenge themselves to go faster
> > every time and eventually get a record.
> >
> > It is going to get to the point that those people, like Myself, will not be
> > able to enter the races regularly and afford to build a car. We are already
> > suffering from lagging attendance when interest seems to be at an all time
> > high. The only conclusion I can make is that the price hikes of the last
> > couple of years are taking there toll. People just can't afford to go out
>and
> > make practice and tuning runs for that kind of money.
> >
> > I realize that to some of you the entry fees are nominal, but remember what
> > you are spending on your entire effort is chump change compared to
> > Professional Drag Racers & NASCAR Budgets. It was not always that way but
>the
> > "big money" boys kept raising the stakes until the backbone of their sports
> > also dried up in the late 70's and early 80's. Only Corporate America could
> > save both sports, don't let that happen to us.
> >
> > The intention of this letter is not to upset anyone, we all are bonded by a
> > common interest that drives internally to try to go ever faster. It's
> > unexplainable and undeniable. People like us will always be in a constant
> > quest for speed. I just would like to keep the sport available to people
> > without multi million dollar budgets. Because if we get to that point, Most
> > of us will be spectators. Corporate America will always be able to out spend
> > us.
> >
> > Sorry about the rant, I just think it had to be said.
> >
> > Thank You for your time,
> > BR (Flamesuit On Fire Away)
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Well, I'm a long way from Muroc, and I'm
> > certainly not a player right at the present.
> > But, I would think that if you polled everybody
> > who might be an entrant, the majority of them
> > would gladly pay an extra $50 to keep the legend
> > alive. I know I would. When you consider all of
> > the costs involved in participating in an LSR
> > event, an extra $50, to go directly for such a
> > good cause, would only mean two extra days at
> > McDonalds instead of steak and fries!
> >
> >
> > --- "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Jon,
> > > I talked with Pres. Mike at El Mirage. It seems
> > > that SCTA is split down
> > > the middle on whether to attempt the meet this
> > > year. The Feds want $5000
> > > per day to allow us the use of the lake bed.
> > > At present a decision has
> > > not been made, but dates have been secured in
> > > case it is decided to hold
> > > the meet. He said that it is almost as easy to
> > > put on Speedweek as to do
> > > Muroc, very labor intensive.
> > >
> > > Personally, I would pay an extra $50 on the
> > > entry to help absorb the
> > > cost. Hopefully Mike, or someone on the Board
> > > will respond to this
> > > question. Mike did say that doing a yearly meet
> > > is probably the only way
> > > we can keep our foot in the door. Even then it
> > > is at the mercy of
> > > whomever is in control in the coming years.
> > >
> > > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > >
> > > Jonathan Amo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > List,
> > > >
> > > > Who can tell me about Muroc 2001?
> > > > I have heard it wasn't on and more than
> > > likely would not happen.
> > > > Then again I heard some talk about it on chat
> > > Tuesday night.
> > > > Has there been a date set and still trying to
> > > get things worked out?
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
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