[Donald Dump]

I have been away from road racing for 10 years. I recently returned and yes it is true. The numbers are so low and yes after 10 years it was the same faces at the drivers meetings not very many new people. At Daytona we had one junior. Yes participation is down in all forms of motor sports because of rising costs. All you have do is look at NASCAR. They cut the starting field from 43 to 40 and at Daytona all they had were 40 entry’s and  they haven’t filled the grid at the next two races. All you have to do is look at this web site to see the level of interest in Road Racing. We used to see daily activity. Now we can go a week or more without a new entry. Obviously we need to get some exposure to attract new blood and no I don’t have an answer. At Daytona I noticed that we had a racer who raced out of the Gas Monkey garage. Think of the interest if Gas Monkey filmed a segment where they showed this.  If people knew that for a relatively small investment (by racing standards) they could race at Daytona I think a lot of people would give it a try and I think they would get hooked and stay around. This is the things that dreams are made of. As for now a bunch of classes with one or two entry’s don’t make a lot of sense. Yes I know that we have to keep the people we already have but combine as best you can. As I said I just came back and raced at Atlanta prior to going to Daytona. Atlanta was the last race of the year and I ran one race and finished 10th in points. I plan to run the whole schedule this year but it is not much fun racing against yourself.

[Donald Dump]

I had a similar experience. Once I found the proper gate to enter and got my pit pass I was escorted to the pits where they would not let me in. Was then sent to the sprint track where they took me back to the main pits.  Was complicated because I use a large motor home with all my gear loaded (including kart) underneath, no trailer. This of course made it difficult to get to where I could unload. I can say that after we got entry taken care of the staff could not have been more helpful in getting the rig positioned. Fortunately my pit was the second one through the gate so it was relatively painless. As I said I am looking forward to heading to Savanna.

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