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Post by scottwoodmancy on Aug 7, 2012 23:34:25 GMT -6
lets say that you have a job that used to pay seven or eight hundred dollars but for a number of reasons it now only pays about four hundred dollars but you still go to work and do your job and you do it very well and when you go to the office to get your check it's only one hundred dollars... how would you feel ?
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Post by dennismopar73 on Aug 8, 2012 4:51:27 GMT -6
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Post by drphillips309 on Aug 8, 2012 5:54:56 GMT -6
It would suck. I feel for ya buddy. And ignor Dennis his posts are mostly ignored on here. He wants everyone to be a trophy racer
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Post by chad378t on Aug 8, 2012 6:46:03 GMT -6
I heard Adam got a big $100 for runner up. That does suck.
Dean Hohimer and I were talking about why I am running Cordova because it costs twice as much to go up there. My response....how many trips to Havana do I need to make to run for $1000? At least two, maybe three. So to me the costs are even and my odds at winning $1k are better because I only have to win one race and not two.
I wish em well but reduced payouts are a death sentence when other close tracks are still paying $$$$.
Just my thoughts...
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Post by scottwoodmancy on Aug 8, 2012 9:25:33 GMT -6
Dennis, i don't know anybody that wishes cid would close but i do know alot of people that want to see things get better and it seems to almost every one i talk to that it looks like mamagement does not care. if you want to live in a make believe world where eveything is great than you can do that. and Chad i agree with you 100% on this, i just don't get it !!!!
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Post by wood338p on Aug 8, 2012 14:28:44 GMT -6
i just wish they would focus on what it takes to get racers to come back. having the best facilities in the world doesnt mean much if you run off the racers. there is no reason for that track to be in this position... that track drew 125-150 cars not that long ago.. now they draw 60... but they used to pay out 1200 in s/pro and 750/800 in pro... thats the difference.. same facilities, same track surface, same dusty pits. all the stuff that people know to be the downside of that track and they still drew twice the cars. Even last weekend, they had enough cars to where they couldve done the right thing by the racers.. but they chose not to. thats my problem.
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Post by chad378t on Aug 8, 2012 14:31:55 GMT -6
I am with you Scott....I want it to be a success. I love the racers there and I miss the days of cooking out, DJ's, & good racing with a variety of cars.
I understand many cars are no longer around but I'll beat the horse to the ground....I'll pay $75 to run 20 other guys for $1000!!! Don't tell me it doesn't work because Byron, Cordova, Eddyville, & I57 do it. Yeah i hate a gate price hike but, its better than sweating all day to be handed $100.
This is a sport and I do it for fun but, we tend to forget about the cost of wear items on our cars. I try to at least offset some of that here and there.
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Post by chad378t on Aug 8, 2012 14:33:10 GMT -6
Good job this weekend Adam!!
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Post by wood338p on Aug 8, 2012 16:12:20 GMT -6
thank you chad. felt good to get the goat out again. its just been sitting most of the season, but i wanted to get out and get some practice at bottom bulbing it for the king of the track next weekend... it was fun driving it again. I havent decided what to do this weekend now.. i was told we had 18 pro cars at $50 a pop. coles garuntees $375 to win pro with 16-24 entries, and $275 with 15 or less entries at $40 entry vs the $50 of cid. still trying to make sense of $100 with 18 and $50 entry. www.colescountydragwayusa.com/trackinfo/payout.htm
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Post by dennismopar73 on Aug 8, 2012 17:05:00 GMT -6
It would suck. I feel for ya buddy. And ignor Dennis his posts are mostly ignored on here. He wants everyone to be a trophy racer You are so wrong!! you don't know me or how I feel about nothing, I raced that track back when you wasn't even a dream carry on !
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Post by stevemaas on Aug 8, 2012 17:26:54 GMT -6
Adam if you are not careful you will be placed on the Bitcher & Whiner list at CID along with me....lol...Now get your Happy Pappy face on and we'll see you this weekend...LoL
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Post by rainmant366 on Aug 8, 2012 18:00:16 GMT -6
Now that we know Dennis , actually , raced.... Dennis... what was the entry and the payout when you raced.... Would you as a current racer come to that place ... If you say anything other than HELL NO..... I will understand...
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Post by wood338p on Aug 8, 2012 18:21:25 GMT -6
Adam if you are not careful you will be placed on the Bitcher & Whiner list at CID along with me....lol...Now get your Happy Pappy face on and we'll see you this weekend...LoL Positive petunia here Steve..
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Post by dennismopar73 on Aug 8, 2012 18:54:46 GMT -6
Now that we know Dennis , actually , raced.... Dennis... what was the entry and the payout when you raced.... Would you as a current racer come to that place ... If you say anything other than HELL NO..... I will understand... I would race for a trophy, that's me, tho,, but I started out with a trophy and $75.00 paid $15 to enter, then it went to 20 bucks, I was there every weekend . we didn't have Internet, nor cell ph to tell you if the track was open or not, we 'knew it was open and running, if it rained they would put street cars down it to help dry it off if it did rain , we took family friends, made it a picnic day at the races, yeah everyone now has $100tho dollar rigs, cars, so understand they have to go run for money, and attitudes to go with it, sorry! It is the same for the race tracks, it cost more to operate and run , as tough as it is for us racers it is even more for the tracks,, it sounds easy but its not, I never want to see any track close, it is far to hard to open/reopen them, once gone , history get lost, . some will always say well I'll just go somewhere else, till they fix it,, guess what, that want happen ! It will surely close if everyone takes that approach, you can never change anything if you are not there to help change , no matter if you think 'management' listens or not, believe me they hear all things, ok enough jmo anyways!
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Post by jeremy341a on Aug 8, 2012 19:01:17 GMT -6
It is not my job to spend my money to help a poorly run business survive. Just like my early gateway comparison. They are opening a restaurant in my town but if there is a turd on my plate i'm not going to keep spending my money there for the sake of keeping them open.
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