Originally Posted by
MCSEDanny
Myron yes everything you said makes since however what GA and HS does not have that is most important.
On-Road racers: HS can't keep the doors open with a regular crowd of 9 and expanded crowd of 15 racers.
Promotions: Sorry but Brad and all his staff prior and now have no skills at promotions.
Yes it's sad that the on-road track will be gone and so much of it is based on the fact that this year was a very rainy year. Normally that means the next year will be dry. So that means all these fighting so hard for dirt will be no where to be found (well they will be at Dalton, Loganville or Henry county) from spring until HS closes the doors. My feeling however is that if Brad does not invest in this opportunity he could be closed before we get to summer. Off-road has some awesome weekends and then some ok weekends. On-road has not carried any weight in a long time.
I absolutely agree with this post. The major problem I see with on-road at HS is that it's on a WEDNESDAY night! Getting home at 1am then getting up at 5:30am for work is not fun. Especially just to play with toy cars. If there would have been a promoted standard weekend program, I don't think this would have been an issue.
Another thing I see mentioned in this thread is running 1/8 e-buggies.. Unless you have a track the size of Flowood indoor, this is not going to be exciting or fun for the 1/8 crowd. Especially with all the great outdoor options in the area. On the other side of that if the track was that large then it becomes a less appealing 1/10 solution. I can already see the threads now... The jumps are too small, lanes too narrow for e-buggies... The jumps are too big for 1/10 buggies...
There are plenty of 1/8 offroad tracks in the area. Nothing that caters to 1/10 electric racing. Stay focused.
First on the agenda, if it were me, would be to get my hobby shop in line and establish a larger online presence. Get some revenue from outside the Atlanta area coming in, instead of being carried solely on the backs of local racer track fees.