[QUOTE=Boneman;154399]Matt, you have achieved perfection: you are wrong about everything in your post. Congratulations.
The TBARA does not put the worst people in charge. It is a “coalition of the willing”. We have to draw from volunteers who are usually involved with sprint cars in some way. The talent level runs from very highly skilled people to others with much less. Either way, you have no idea of what it takes to pull it together, or the abilities of the directors to make things happen.
A half a field? We averaged 18 last season, look it up.
The cost to the tracks is much lower now than what it was 5 years ago. In 2011 and 2012, the price the tracks were willing to pay dropped through the floor, but has recovered somewhat in the past few seasons.
The show went downhill? Have you ever actually seen one? We handicap the starts (unlike most stock car classes), and our fastest cars usually start around the 10’th, 11’th or 12’th spots. No class passes more than winged sprints.
Non-wings sprints are good. Personally I prefer the wing cars because they are faster and don’t appear to be coasting as much, but they are just two sides of a same coin. By the way, the TBARA cost the tracks much less than the non-wing shows that they put on by themselves. Figure that one out…[/QUOTE]
Thanks for re-posting my post Rex.
My post…They often put the worst possible person in charge.
Your post…the talent level runs from very high to others with much less
My post…half a field of cars or less shows up
Your post…half a field? We averaged 18 last season. ( do you really consider an average of 18 cars a full field?) ( how many cars are registered in the TBARA?)
My post… the costs to the tracks kept going up
Your post…in 2011 and 2012 the price the tracks were willing to pay dropped through the floor. ( sounds like the costs just kept going up )
As to the cost of non-wing shows vs. the winged cars…the winged cars are on the verge of going away completely and a number of tracks are bringing in the non-wing cars on a regular basis. I doubt it’s because the non-wing shows cost more to book.