Somewhere in there I to agree with this. Affordability is one great reason of
Land Speed Racing at an amature level. If costs keep going up then it throws
some
of the people out of the loop. And we must make it happen to keep the people we
have in the sport. But also from Mike's standpoint, no matter what you do you
cant keep everybody happy, that is life. And yes times do change and the cost
for
putting on such an event goes up.
I am not a player for Muroc, but if the chance arose I would like to be able to
afford it also. And this does not go for just muroc, but Bonneville too.
We have been going for 10 years with Joe's project, and I am scraping money
already to make MY own first entry ever into speedweek this year, with my
project.
Jonathan Amo
www.landracing.com
Br69br69br@aol.com wrote:
> 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)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 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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