faninstands18 Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I just would like to now what yall think about it ? Do you think it would work in tx. ? It would be a once a month , 4 race series , with a $10,000.00 points champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SASPEEDRACER24 Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 It might but what tracks and entry fees, paying to how many drivers, and what is the race payouts...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRacer Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 It is a good idea. I am sure you would get a gew cars, but if a cold front blows in you will not get many fans to come out in the cold. You would be competing with Deer & Football season. Most teams rebuild their cars , and make major changes to the cars during this time frame as well. There reasons may keep the car count down. Victory Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckLicata Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 It's a good idea, for sure... However, to push the point that Victory Lane made, you're competing with FOOTBALL, deer season, FOOTBALL, guys and gals tearing their cars down, FOOTBALL, cold weather (which willl keep the fans away)....and did I mention FOOTBALL???? Believe me, if anyone has an idea of what football means in Texas--as per my experience with KVET-AM radio---it's me. Football is TOO HUGE in Texas, and that doesn't even take the NFL into consideration! But, every idea can be successful if plotted out right. There's just a lot of obstacles facing the idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supertx Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WINTER SERIES IF DONE RIGHT I THINK YOU COULD DRAW RACERS FROM OTHER STATES. MY PERSONEL OPINION I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ANY FOOTBALL, RACERS ARE THE TRUE SPORTS HEROS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 I really don't think you'll find anyone with deep enough pockets to cover the financial risks involved in running an off-season series. I think it would be really fun to run a winter series on the floor of the AlamoDome. But you can only imagine the overhead that would be associated with such a series... Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faninstands18 Posted September 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Ok this series would be on sat. afternoon with a practice fri. night. the points would pay the top five. The purse will pay everyone that is in the feature.If there is a B main it will pay to.The race it self will be broke down into two seperat races 50 laps of all green flag laps . Then there will be a support race in between. Then we will invert the whole field on how they finished the first race. The last 50 laps will be all green flag laps. The first 50 laps will pay its own purse & the last 50 laps will pay its own purse. There will be bouns money not points for the driver who finishes the best in both races . As for the pay outs we are still figuring that out.We will say if this hapens the points over all purse is $21,000.00 with $10,000.00 going to the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 At what track would this series taking place, faninstands18? Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Saratoga Speedway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRacer Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Thunderhill? What Class of cars? Would a TSRS car meet the rules, or is this for a ROMCO type car? Victory Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 SCREW FOOTBALL!! I say race one time at each track, SAS, CC, THR and HMS. If promoted, advertised nationally and NOT run against big shows in Fla. it could be done, if someone comes up with the dead presidents to fund it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poorboy Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 I didn't even know that Texas had any football teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Texas football teams- You know, High School football. The only real football in Texas, other than maybe a little college. I wouldn't walk across the street to watch pro ball, but have driven as much as 800 miles round-trip to watch a high school game. Lived in Fort Worth, and drove to Corpus (Buccaneer Stadium) to watch my old school play Gregory-Portland. Seriously though, You have to keep High School ball in this state in mind for anything you try to run during that time. Ask any current Friday night track how much their gate changes this time of year. And with games played from Thursday to Saturday, you better have a good show and advertising plan to run a Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Unless someone makes the play-offs, isn't high school football usually done by November???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 You're right, Reb, but if you look at some of the changes this year, the number of playoff teams will increase by about a third, due to the number of teams making the cut from each district. They will have a bunch of games, and last until Xmas. You could basically throw December out of a potential race schedule--Several teams will be in Pensacola for the Snowball (If that track gets it's legal issues solved), and then everyone is tied up with Xmas/New Years holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailerman Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 There are only 3 real sports in this world 1] Mountain climbing 2] Bull Riding 3] Auto racing THE REST ARE JUST GAMES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Not exactly in that order of importance! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modracer Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Tom what are the legal issues that they have at Five flags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Five flags is the center of a conflict between the property owners, and Wade MacNaughton, who has leased the track for the past few years. There is a lot of rumor and speculation on the problems, but later this month, a hearing is scheduled to to determine if the owners can break the lease held by MacNaughton. A previous five flags promoter, Don Grassman, is doing a lot of this; he also is step-son of the owner. There is also evidence of financial problems related to Mac Naughton. All this affects this year's Snowball. Mac Naughton's lease runs through the Snowball, Grassman is trying to gain control of that race. If you look closely, there are currently TWO websites for that track. They each have their own phone number to call to order Snowball tickets. Yet BOTH list the racetracks address for mail. The original site, [www. fiveflagsspeedway.com]--has been taken back by the owners. It has not been recently updated. You also cannot get anyone to answer that phone number. The new site, [www.fiveflagsspeedway.us]--was started by MacNaughton. It lists the original track phone number, and is fairly current. MacNaughton's site seems to imply that everything is normal, and on schedule. Now for the disclaimer--I read a lot of this on various forum boards in that area. They included Mobile and Pensacola, which have both discontinued their boards. There is another local Pensacola forum-[www.ninemilemachine.com], but all negative postings about the track have been removed, and the moderator is deleting anything new that is negative against the track. My reason for not getting tickets already is --say I order them from the usual number,(MacNaughton), and the owners and Grassman win control of the race. Are they going to honor the tickets sold by MacNaughton? We've (The group I go with) have about decided to skip the Snowball this year until all this crap clears up. We are thinking about that north-south shootout at Nashville Oct 18, or the World classic at Mobile on Nov 1. Or maybe both... If I find out anything else, I will post it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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