Originally Posted by Silver

I don’t believe my eyes Juan. Have you run a track or shop? Been responsible for rent, utilities, and all that wonderful stuff?

I am closing my doors at Rain City after 7 years. Run it like a business? What have I been doing? Every area and every population is different. The income levels, the owner’s time available to work, the rent is all over the place, and so forth.
So, I have a carpet track and Roar decides on what I should do and that I should spend $$$ a month to advertise. .
So, should I pay my utilities or my credit cards?
You make no sense in the real world of track owners. Our profit margin is about 30-40% depending on source and volume. Most regular businesses have a 60-100% or more mark up.
You know, like what they put on the kit boxes? That no one would dare to sell for. And no one would buy.

I have had some VERY good years and could always make my bills. It’s changed though.
“Don't say that the tracks are just doing what the racers want, to make everyone happy. They're the race directors. It's up to them what we race.” Hmmm, not sure that’s a good idea.
“OK RACERS! Now you have to run mod, on foam, and I have put in some great big blocks of concrete and wooden boards.”
I don’t think that’s what you meant, but every track has to try to figure out what works, and what will continue to work and keep racers happy and coming back. The years I’ve been doing this, we’ve done almost all the different classes out there. People like a change and so we would try something different. I WANT the racers to be happy. They are our friends and our RC family.

I do totally agree with McSmooth AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.
Amazing amounts Josh. But we could afford it if we did our business right. haha

Those who have been around understand the BIG races and how ROAR plays a part. Thank you Rick for helping them to understand.

As Mark said, we have a sanctioning body. And it is trying to work. It's had some rough years and sounds like they are on the right track. So get to your regional director or anyone on the excomm and send some messages. Volunteer to help. Vote. Have an idea? Let them know and that you are willing to take the time to check into it and follow it thru.

I don't feel the RC life is a mess. Almost everyone who posts here cares for RC and wants to see it continue. Everyone has to know the problems and changes coming in order to help with solutions. There is some valuable info on RCtech and some great people who help others out a lot.
Discussion is good. And the passion is there.

So, support your track, give help to newbies, volunteer to work on tracks and make racing happen. It's a blast.