MotoAmerica | New Jersey Motorsports Park | SEP 10-12

that makes way too much sense.when we raced ,we always brought the grill.
even easier today,get a blackstone grill,brats ,onions and done.well,and the cooler full of beer.

 

Oh man we would killed for one of those!

 

NJMP must wanted to keep EVERY food/drink dollar!!!
Just the NJMP food window and 1 food truck!!! The food line was crazy long!

 

They also may not have expected that much people. Glad to hear there were lines for anything

 

We went hungry, fuck that line...
Remember the ahrma a couple years ago?
15 different food trucks, 9 winery's setup with taste testing, Live music on 2 stages,, all this with less fans??
They def had the ability to do it right but didn't..

 

Some folks I spoke with during lunch said the concession cluster was due to dismal attendance numbers at NJMP last coupe years.

They ( track and MA ) didn't expect and anticipate the crowd that showed up and claimed no time to react and get other food vendors at last minute.

 

I take that excuse with some skepticism...
They know how big the crowds were for the MA round at PittRace.
MA and NJMP had to anticipate a "larger" crowd this year than previous years.
About every round held this season has had nice crowds.

 

Njmp was probably more concerned with patching the track right before the race weekend

 

Haha yeah that looked pretty bad on the internet.

But I was there the weekend before for CCS and it was fine (it was my first time there, so maybe it was even better before) I had no complaints.

There was 1 food truck.

If they had 3 or 4 more should have been enough. Lets see if it is better next year

 

There should be some venue requirements flowed from MA though. Things like adequate bathrooms and drinks and food would make sense. If they don’t flow those types of requirements, then they are risking the customer experience. I’m just a grid filler, not an organizer so I’m just thinking about common sense requirements for a National level venue. Could you imagine Talledega not having enough food during a NASCAR race? I can’t.

 

Yes. I agree and understand that MA has nothing to do with the food/drink operation.
But at some point you would think someone from MA asked NJ... "Are you prepared for the size of crowd we anticipate? Bathrooms, food, trash cans, etc.
I know there were very few trash cans out by bleachers behind the food building. Had to take all our food/drink trash back to the food building across the grass area so it didn't blow away while watching the races from the bleachers.
I know. I know. First world problems.

 

I’m just saying, if Alabama NASCAR fans don’t have food, you’re gonna have problems! That was the closest track to where I grew up so the comparison isn’t silly to me I still remember getting the free samples of Winstons for my dad when I was 14 or so. Good times…

 

Speaking of problems, Stefano mesa said someone messed with his suspension while they were sleeping, that shit is unforgivable, and I've heard about it happening more again lately

 

I had that happen at njmp 10 years ago. Anyone doing that should be at the wrong end of a 3' screwdriver.

 

And there are plenty of folks such as myself that will plan accordingly next year. I had hoped to spend liberally at the track as I wanted to support MA, the track, and moto racing in general. But no way I was gonna stand in line for over an hour and miss racing action. So we went hungry all day.

Next year we’ll be loaded for bear, gonna bring a grill, cooler, the works - not gonna take a chance on the same thing happening again. And sadly the track won’t get any of my money for food/drink.