Originally Posted by DonMoore10:
I've been reading these posts for the last two days and I have just a few words about this. The blame lands squarely on the shoulders of the United States Auto Club... PERIOD. Currently they are trying to impress the public with their HUGE 18 wheeler with expensive graphics, fancy SUVs, too many personnel falling all over each other etc etc etc and not tending to business. They are still offering their $2500 to win which was ancient history 20 years ago while trying to act like a NASCAR organization. I'm surprised that Mr. Miller and his vice presidents still have jobs. Lay off Tony Barhorst. He was pissed on by the United States Auto Club and the million dollar teams that abruptly took their dollies and went home. What did all of you expect Mr. Barhorst to do in that situation. The United States Auto Club had plenty of time to call the race before one dime was spent by the fans for the show.
Well said Don, well said !!!!
Originally Posted by Tony Barhorst:
These high dollar midget race cars...are a whole new deal....
YEP !!!! Which brings up another topic related to this thread. Some in the motorsports industry say these “high dollar” teams are bad for the sport. I couldn’t agree more. While the big rigs and multi car teams might look cool, and might look impressive - behind the scenes, truth be known, they only impress a selected few in the sport. While on the other hand, interpretation wise, to the common grass roots racer and fan, it places the wrong emphasis on the long-term growth of the sport, and the wrong emphasis on the end result. If given the opportunity, talk to a motorsports industry manufacturer president or its upper level representative, and I’d say listen very closely with both ears. The logic pertaining to what some of these knowledgeable industry gentlemen are saying on how the “high dollar” teams are pricing the little guy out of the sport is spot-on. As the economy continues to weaken, coupled with the eagerness to cater to the “high dollar” teams - it will only make it harder for the little guy to participate in the sport, no matter the form thereof. As it’s been said …..
“The new guard at some of the sanctioning bodies will figure this out, after it’s to late, and their customer market base has moved on, spending their expendable income on something else. We’ve tried to help a majority of those in charge of the sanctioning bodies understand how all of this works, in the long-term, for long-term growth, and they don’t want to listen. Undoubtedly they’ve been taught otherwise in college marketing classes, but we’ve been doing this for years and we know what works, and what doesn’t, we’ve seen the trends - yet they still come to us in swarms, asking for series sponsorship.”
Originally Posted by Chris Nunn:
We are aware he hit the grader, it was a simple mistake of not putting the grader far enough behind the wall. It was a simple oversight which was fixed in a matter of moments. I just didnt see how you could compare the Brownstown event to what happened Thursday night.
With all due respect Chris, the comparison is rather simple, and described in your own words above. Please re-read what even you’ve stated -
“he hit the grader”.
Originally Posted by DonMoore10:
All of the finger pointed going on here is reactionary. If the United States Auto Club had done their job correctly in the first place, none of the issues would have happened or mattered. It's real simple.
I said that back on page 3. It’s called culpability and accountability. Once Greg Staab was removed from his position at USAC, Kevin Miller, Jason Smith, or Jason McCord should have driven over to Union County Speedway to check the conditions of a,
“track, which has not held a USAC event in many years“. With ‘safety’ being one of many conditions to personally check on. This should have been done weeks prior to the event, and obviously, it was not. Tony Barhorst’s positioning in all of this aside, USAC dropped the ball.