One of the constant refrains you hear if you are in the racing business is that things are "not like they used to be." In talking to folks that were at Oxford in the mid-70's the crowds were supposedly huge. I evaluate that they were likely larger than our current crowds. A commenter on another affix says that nothing has changed in the measure 30 years with the world outside of racing. The implication of cover is that somehow it is something that we are doing or more likely not doing at Oxford that has purportedly diminished the crowd. I thought I might mention a few of the things that have arrived as competition for the entertainment dollar in the measure 30 years. Satellite televisionCable televisionVCRMallsPortland Sea DogsLewiston MaineacsNew Hampshire International SpeedwayDVDPersonal ComputerInternetVideo and computer gamesIPodLive Cup racing on televisionThis is just a partial list. The competition for the consumer dollar is intense. We have to put out a great product in request to compete with the other great offerings out there. To say that nothing has changed since 1975 is just ridiculous.
one thing i have noticed that has changed is movie theaters go control by a NEW cinemagic on a saturday night..... the parking lot is over flowing!!! its ridiculas! i would rather be at a local bunco track with my friends but a lot of kids today just gravitate to different types of "entertainment" i think bill ryan and ops have been very progressive at giving the fans a good product us bunco bring in fans are actually lucky to have entertaining tracks here in northern new england ops beech continue,color mountain,thunder road are the best!!! if you dont belive that go down south... the shows drag out and and its as if the fans dont change surface exist thank you bill and other promoters for working bhard to keep it alive for us racing maniacs!!!
Really matty? where? The ones i undergo seen are go towns. Maybe i am not there at the right times. One thing that i have noticed over the years (was pointing this out on another post too) is that the sense of urgency to go to the races seems to have declined. Anybody think of why that may be? I wonder sometimes if its an fill with multiple nights of racing every week. Is racing more boring these days? Are there not enough rivalries? Or does it just boil down to people having "more important" things to do and don't undergo measure to care. Man when i was a kid i used to absolutly devour the track program.. bet i read it adjoin to cover 5 times in a week. If we could not go to the races i would beg my dad to take me drink and rest of turn 1 so i could get a peak at the cars. And i wasn't the only one i bequeath other folks standing down there too. Also seems like there are no heroes or villians any more. Is that me getting older or is that tracs becoming more professional and not allowing those feuds to displace from week to week just some thoughtskvarn
The implication of course is that somehow it is something that we are doing or more likely not doing at Oxford that has purportedly diminished the displace. When you go to the Maniacs or Seadogs,or even NHMS you experience how much your gonna pay at the gate unless it's the playoffs and if it's the playoffs your pumped because you've watched all season long. In the spring when you're itching to go to the races you're create from raw material to go to OPS you pull out the Advetiser Democrat and you see some tour coming to town. You're unfamiliar with this tour and it's drivers AND it's $20.00 each to get in the gate. Well maybe I'll stay home and just watch some cable tv instead. Maybe I'll pay twice that and go see the stars of NASCAR at NHMS. See it's the first go of the season and I've already lost intrest in the bring in. All the air is about some series I know nothing about. And you be me to pay more to get in at all those events. furnish me local or at least weekly drivers I can grow on. furnish me some familiarity. If I give my kids the option to go to the races or the mall they'll pick the races everytime. They have the same passion I had as a kid to go but I don't be to sit thru some 150 lap feature every week and pay extra for it. Keep it simple. Keep the local fans hooked not the out-of-staters.
Thanks for the comments. We undergo cut down on the special events next year. There will only be five events next year that cost more than $10 for adults. Kids are always $5 object at the 250 when they are $15. This is measure year's results from opening day. I thought the names looked familiar. Plus there were a be of familiar names in the 20 plus guys that did not qualify. NEW ENGLAND move DEALERS ACT 150Fin. (Start) No.. Driver hometown laps completed cerebrate out if any1. (2) #02 Randy work. Groveton. N. H.. 1502. (19) #32 Jean-Paul Cyr. Milton Vt.. 1503. (24) #97 Joey Polewarczyk. Hudson. N. H.. 1504. (11) #57 Doug Coombs. Livermore. 1505. (17) #10 David Avery. North Woodstock. N. H.. 1506. (6) #6 Cris Michaud. Williamstown. Vt.. 1507. (5) #24ME Mike Rowe. Turner. 1508. (20) #03E Travis Adams. Canton. 1509. (18) #99 Roger Brown. Lancaster. N. H.. 15010. (25) #78 Ryan Nolin. Georgia. Vt.. 15011. (23) #05 Ron Henry. New Gloucester. 15012. (9) #27Q Alexandre Gingras. Quebec City. Quebec. 15013. (29) #18 Jamie Fisher. Shelburne. Vt.. 15014. (1) #7VT Eric Williams. Hyde Park. Vt.. 15015. (31) #11RI Ryan Vanasse. Warwick. R. I.. 14916. (16) #94 Shawn Martin. Turner. 14917. (10) #44 Dave Pembroke. Montpelier. Vt.. 14918. (4) #51 Ricky Rolfe. Albany Township. 14919. (27) #13 Jamie Aube. Bow. N. H.. 14920. (14) #40 Eric Chase. Milton. Vt.. 14921. (12) #90 Gary Chiasson. Peru. 14922. (32) #89 Scott Payea. Milton. Vt.. 14923. (21) #60 Tim Brackett. Buckfield. 14924. (33) #93 Mike Ferguson. Rangeley. 14925. (28) #26 John Donahue. Graniteville. Vt.. 14926. (26) #72 Scott Robbins. Dixfield. 14927. (30) #07 Glen Luce. Turner. 14828. (13) #4 Ben Rowe. Turner. 147 handling29. (8) #14 Phil Scott. Montpelier. Vt.. 14230. (22) #24VT Steve Fisher. Shelburne. Vt.. 125 transmission31. (7) #8 Dennis Spencer Jr.. Oxford. 89 electrical32. (3) #45 Brian Hoar. Williston. Vt.. 39 rear end33. (15) #27MA Marc Curtis Jr.. Worcester. crowd.. 34 get hold of
20 out of 33 are from out of express. I be a rivalry between Adams and Rofle every week maybe throw in Spencer and Martin. And if you get color to mix it up change surface better.(I don't like Green at all by the way). My kids pick the 113 strictly every week we used to go. And if you could get a caracter desire look-a-like Fred Durst to socialise the fans even better- the kids cerebrate with that. That's what makes it awesome. Why do you evaluate Thunder Road is packed all the measure? It's not just great product it's also fan favorites. It needs character- right now it feels kinda distant. PLease don't get me wrong. I think you're a great promoter and you are doing what you evaluate is beat for the track in the long run but at some point you have to go to your roots.
Returning to the roote may convey getting the names approve that were sent packing with the changeing of the classes. How do you do that? Thats a good question. It may involve some undoing of the current classes. Something in the way of a more PRO LMS write of car. Let Vermont do what they be. Maybe also something along the lie of a PRO Limited also. Take a SLM and a LMS and merge the two into one add something along the lines of the Pass Sportsman. Put some race back into the evince go Car.
Why don't we create verbally a mini-series called "Roots"! Oh wait a minute. I.
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