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)
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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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