> There are certain fixed costs that have to be met no matter when a
> meet is held. World of Speed operates with less than a hundred of the
> kind of entries Speedweek requires. We had less than seventy who paid
> the full fees this year. Speedweek had four hundred and sixty five
> who paid that much as pre-entries. If that number doesn't increase
> for WoS and with the increase in traditional fees from year to year
> and the new fees being charged by Tooele County you could eventually
> see only two meets a year on the salt. You say "someone else will
> pick up that time slot"? Bull crap! World Finals already operates
> with a basic skeleton crew. That's all they can scrape together from
> Southern California. I don't see them being anxious to try and do a
> third meet. They already run a competing El Mirage the weekend when
> we set up for WoS as it is. Other timing is at private meets where
> the public isn't allowed and if there are very many bodies on the salt
> for those they will be hit with costs far, far above what they pay
> now. The halcyon days are over gang! You are going to have to face
> it.
>
> Quit complaining and support the most obvious alternative! When World
> of Speed gets to the point where you complain about long waits in line
> there then the more expensive alternatives may be more attractive but
> I don't see anyone offering to pay an additional hundred or two for
> their entry to pay for those costs up front. We have been exploring
> alternative timing for years with no solid practical solutions.
>
> Those are facts, like it or not!
>
> Wes
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