DPORCR312
04-12-2011, 09:52 PM
After watching the action on the forum since the last race and reading everything in the last day or two it looks to us that the future of Neets is looking grim. Jon Sacks and I have spent hours talking about the options for both us individually and Neets as a whole.
It seems that the majority of the people on the forum want the Neets series to finish the season out with Grandview. That isn't exactly what we feel should be done but if it is the case, our suggestion is this...
Jon and I are Saturday night racers. We are here with Neets because we cannot afford to race on a Saturday night! We love the Neets family but deep down we wish that the races were held like they are on a Saturday night. At first we thought what most of you are already thinking, this is an enduro not a modified of late model race. That being said, coming into our third season with Neets, it is very clear to us that in order to finish in the money with Neets our cars have to perform like a modified more and more every race! All that is ok with us but we know that the enduro mentality is that any driver on any Sunday can win the race if they can endure. We all know that this is not the case at this point.
We propose that the Neets series considers running their race in a Saturday night format. We would run heats, concis, and features. We feel that we could maintain the same rule book and we would not use any more time than what we use already. The races would become easier to keep track of, aiding in solving the scoring issue. The drivers would have at least two chances at making the feature and the track would be able to be prepped as an actual racing surface instead of a swamp bogger! We would also run cautions, re-racking the field, preventing the fast cars from running away without the pack. This type of racing is much more entertaining to race fans! The only people in the stands right now are our close friends and families or the people that came to watch the other series that are there with us. The other series that come to race with us also run in a Saturday night format!
To point the spotlight on the the Water Boy, or more formerly known as Kenny Rogers. We are all at the end of our rope with him. He claims that he is wetting the track to keep the dust from reaching the stands where his patrons are. I personally have never heard such a load of bull. The people in the stands are our patrons not his! Those people, as we all know, and as I stated earlier, are our family and friends that will be there to support us dust or no dust! Even more so, If the Water boy had half a brain he would realize that he should be catering to the people that are bringing him the most money! US! not the few fans that sparsely take shelter in the stands to take cover from the infamous water truck! That last sentence was for Uncle Petey! ;) The Water Boy makes more money on us than he does on a Saturday night, I guarantee it!!! He pays no purse and if he would stop running the water truck sooo much his fuel costs would be much lower! From what I am to understand he also doesn't pay for the ambulance, tow trucks, or track officials and we pay for three of his track employees out of our $65 entrance fee! Correct me if I am wrong??? He is rolling in the money and still refuses to listen to us!
Jon and I (Drew Ott) stand behind all of this 100 percent. I'm sure that not everyone will agree but we ask that you give the idea some serious thought before you begin your bashing. As I said in past posts, no one decision will ever make everyone happy. You will have the people that agree, the ones that follow, and the ones that move on. Either way I hope that Neets finds its place in the racing world once again. Joe... I feel for ya man and as always RCR wishes everyone the best! :cheers:
It seems that the majority of the people on the forum want the Neets series to finish the season out with Grandview. That isn't exactly what we feel should be done but if it is the case, our suggestion is this...
Jon and I are Saturday night racers. We are here with Neets because we cannot afford to race on a Saturday night! We love the Neets family but deep down we wish that the races were held like they are on a Saturday night. At first we thought what most of you are already thinking, this is an enduro not a modified of late model race. That being said, coming into our third season with Neets, it is very clear to us that in order to finish in the money with Neets our cars have to perform like a modified more and more every race! All that is ok with us but we know that the enduro mentality is that any driver on any Sunday can win the race if they can endure. We all know that this is not the case at this point.
We propose that the Neets series considers running their race in a Saturday night format. We would run heats, concis, and features. We feel that we could maintain the same rule book and we would not use any more time than what we use already. The races would become easier to keep track of, aiding in solving the scoring issue. The drivers would have at least two chances at making the feature and the track would be able to be prepped as an actual racing surface instead of a swamp bogger! We would also run cautions, re-racking the field, preventing the fast cars from running away without the pack. This type of racing is much more entertaining to race fans! The only people in the stands right now are our close friends and families or the people that came to watch the other series that are there with us. The other series that come to race with us also run in a Saturday night format!
To point the spotlight on the the Water Boy, or more formerly known as Kenny Rogers. We are all at the end of our rope with him. He claims that he is wetting the track to keep the dust from reaching the stands where his patrons are. I personally have never heard such a load of bull. The people in the stands are our patrons not his! Those people, as we all know, and as I stated earlier, are our family and friends that will be there to support us dust or no dust! Even more so, If the Water boy had half a brain he would realize that he should be catering to the people that are bringing him the most money! US! not the few fans that sparsely take shelter in the stands to take cover from the infamous water truck! That last sentence was for Uncle Petey! ;) The Water Boy makes more money on us than he does on a Saturday night, I guarantee it!!! He pays no purse and if he would stop running the water truck sooo much his fuel costs would be much lower! From what I am to understand he also doesn't pay for the ambulance, tow trucks, or track officials and we pay for three of his track employees out of our $65 entrance fee! Correct me if I am wrong??? He is rolling in the money and still refuses to listen to us!
Jon and I (Drew Ott) stand behind all of this 100 percent. I'm sure that not everyone will agree but we ask that you give the idea some serious thought before you begin your bashing. As I said in past posts, no one decision will ever make everyone happy. You will have the people that agree, the ones that follow, and the ones that move on. Either way I hope that Neets finds its place in the racing world once again. Joe... I feel for ya man and as always RCR wishes everyone the best! :cheers: