Even Road America seems to be overly restrictive to me -- but at least they're
polite about it. I was somewhat surprised that I got reprimanded for taking my
early morning run on the track at RA (this was appox 5:30 AM) a couple of years
ago.
But then, I'm probably not a very good judge of this, given that my "home
track" has been Blackhawk Farms. They let us get away with things at Blackhawk
which would (should?) get you thrown in jail in other places. Our Saturday
night bonfire a couple of weeks ago drew the attention of the local fire
department -- apparently some neighbor thought that something was burning down.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of BillDentin@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:09 PM
To: vinttr4@geneseo.net
Cc: 'fot@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: Mid Ohio
In a message dated 05/04/2005 11:53:31 AM Central Daylight Time,
vinttr4@geneseo.net writes:
> Subj:Mid Ohio
> Date:05/04/2005 11:53:31 AM Central Daylight Time
> From:vinttr4@geneseo.net
> To:fot@autox.team.net
> Sent from the Internet
>
>
>
> This morning I sent a message to Mid Ohio, telling them that their track
> had been suggested as a site for a future Triumph event. I told them that
> this was meeting with strong resistance because of all the things we have
> been talking about. I didn't whine but I just told them this as a matter of
> information for their management.
>
> Here's the response I received:
>
Jack:
Interesting. I sent a note to Joe indicating that MID-OHIO has been aware of
this issue for some time. There was VAST improvement in 2004, supposedly
after a Bobby Rahal incident, where they would not let him bring his Ferrari
down
to the paddock area at a CART event. I guess his vocal displeasure really
got their attention. He has very close ties to track ownership. Truman was an
early Rahal benefactor, and if Rahal has a home track it is MID-OHIO.
The other issues won't go away either. As VSCDA Treasurer, I am aware of the
fact that these tracks are having great difficulty making ends meet. As the
result, they are constantly looking for new profit centers, hence the high
'motor home fees', etc. Likewise the lack of track time at SVRA events is
money
related as well. I do not see these economic related issues going away
anytime soon.
Bill
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