To address John Cooks misinformation on facetubes...

Nothing new on the wife, now he's doing passive aggressive about helping save roadracing so he could make an incorrect post about WERA losing money at Cycle Jam to make us look bad. It's really amusing all in all so I figured I'd play some

 

I do a lot of the internet stuff sitting across the room from her sharing the funny stuff so it works out pretty well. That and you're mean if you wish my full attention on that poor woman 24/7. I wouldn't do that to anyone much less someone I love

 

For our stuff we have to get a set amount to pay the bills. We could do no gate fee at some track although most of them set the fee themselves and we get part of it. Some we get none, some we get all of it. The 20-25 for the weekend is average so we try to do that at all tracks to keep it consistent. We could charge nothing at some tracks but then we'd have to up the entry fees to make up the difference - and at most tracks there are some spectators which goes into the pot as a whole and helps us keep fees down per rider. Yes it hits riders with larger families harder but you've got more people using the facilities and enjoying the racing. 12 and under is free everywhere we run too so no uppercuts

 

Three day event, rider crew was $30, I think the spectator fee was $40. You got 10 hours of pretty solid action each day.

 

We were talking about the practice day only I believe.

 

I agree it sucks but we can't do anything when we allow camping. Also seriously - 30 bucks for two days at the track is outrageous when a single set of tires is 400? I don't get that at all. My first event was 10 bucks for two days. That was in 1987. We're only double that more than 30 years later.

Sorry but I truly don't understand how anyone can get upset over the gate fees at our races compared to well, anything else you pay for. I agree it sucks about paying the same and getting less but not the amount and even not the amount being 30 for two days.

 

Depends on the track.

 

Sorry but to me it's you attended the event, the event is 3 days. I am sorry you couldn't stay longer. And I do wish we could do a one day pass. But it's the same thing that screwed over the vintage guys for decades.