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Originally Posted by sti deede
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You know, I like Jeremy and I understand his frustration (as an ex-SCCA board member, I know how frustrating is was just to try to get people to come out to our events at RFR), but that rant is pretty unprofessional. The only thing I have to say about that is "install bathrooms". Running water and basic facilities would go a long way to bringing people out to the track. Plenty of people come out to give the track a shot because it's a new place for them to run... few people come back because they're rather spend the money at Thunderhill, Laguna Seca, and Sears Point where it's more like hanging out at a country club than desert warfare.
That reminds me, I got a call from Danny the other Thursday to let me know they were running $100 test-n-tune over the weekend. That's a great idea for drumming up some cash, but 2 days notice ain't enough. If he were to give me 2 weeks notice, then I could post it up here and try to talk some of you guys into coming and make a mini SECCS track-day out of it for those of us w/ track experience. But as it was I couldn't even get out there myself with such little notice, let alone try to plan something to bring people out.
Either way, that track is in a hard place. The only way they're really going to be able to get a bunch of people to come out is if they spend a bunch of money on fixing the track surface and adding facilities. But the only way they're going to do that is if they get a bunch of people to come out to make the money then need to spend. Catch 22... and with the economy down, people's play-time budgets go away first. To be honest, I'm not surprised the track is closing.