Where was Barry Awtey this week?
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Started by crazylarry12345, Jul 23 2018 02:48 AM
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#1
Posted 23 July 2018 - 02:48 AM
#2
Posted 23 July 2018 - 10:55 AM
Where was Barry Awtey this week?
Lol I was only reading this thread to find out the same thing
#3
Posted 23 July 2018 - 05:52 PM
Heard something about him being sat down for something, but really don't know.
Walt
#4
Posted 23 July 2018 - 07:13 PM
Yes kept quiet. The track sets down the one and only barry awtey! Might be a step in the right direction!
#5
Posted 23 July 2018 - 07:54 PM
Can you afford to sit someone when you only got 10 cars
#6
Posted 24 July 2018 - 12:07 PM
HUH ! Where else is he going to race ? As for sitting him down I hope it wasn't after he pd. to enter with his team.
#7
Posted 24 July 2018 - 04:52 PM
Somebody got to no sumthin
#8
Posted 24 July 2018 - 04:58 PM
Can you afford to sit someone when you only got 10 cars
Last week they had 8 cars; same for street stocks. It was the modifieds that had ten cars. If fans actually had to pay for tickets it would not be much of a show.
#9
Posted 24 July 2018 - 05:33 PM
I dont know about weekly, but Ive gone to a couple super cup races there. As a true race fan, its not great but not bad for something different. Its a smart way to run the track though in my opinion. Give away tickets (they had either 5 or 7 thousand in attendance last I was there, cant remember which). I bet only 1000 were actually race fans, but everyone was in line to eat food. And billboards are a whole lot easier to sell if you have an audience that big. Billboards pay no matter what the weather is like or how bad the car counts are. I bet they make more money there giving tickets away than most dirt tracks do charging $10-12 per person and getting a few hundred.
#10
Posted 24 July 2018 - 07:04 PM
I think they learned that from Lake Erie Speedway from what I have heard the last couple of years. But where is lake Erie now???.............only running a couple of races a year!!! Wonder what would happen if a dirt track would try that?? Maybe a track like Pittsburgh with a large grandstand!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
Walt
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#11
Posted 24 July 2018 - 07:09 PM
Its a shame too, Lake Erie is a BEAUTIFUL facility! It would be perfect with the pavement torn up! But not trying to even start that conversation.
#12
Posted 24 July 2018 - 07:32 PM
Challenger was very successful running just a handful of big shows a year till a couple brain dead idiots killed the place.I think they learned that from Lake Erie Speedway from what I have heard the last couple of years. But where is lake Erie now???.............only running a couple of races a year!!! Wonder what would happen if a dirt track would try that?? Maybe a track like Pittsburgh with a large grandstand!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
Walt
Edited by D1RT, 24 July 2018 - 07:33 PM.
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#13
Posted 24 July 2018 - 09:44 PM
We got to hot lap are corvettes up at lake erie several years ago. Was a neat place.
Unfortunately giving away tickets is not the answer. Sure they may be making money at the concession stand. But, your expenses also have to go up. Car owners care about purse structure.
Challenger let the parties get way out of control. No doubt it was a person that had way to much to drink. The result was losing a track that had some good racing. They had another big problem with thieves, another issue that was happening on most race nights.
Unfortunately giving away tickets is not the answer. Sure they may be making money at the concession stand. But, your expenses also have to go up. Car owners care about purse structure.
Challenger let the parties get way out of control. No doubt it was a person that had way to much to drink. The result was losing a track that had some good racing. They had another big problem with thieves, another issue that was happening on most race nights.
#14
Posted 24 July 2018 - 10:44 PM
Got a week off for wrecking someone the week before??? Came from a pretty good source!
#15
Posted 24 July 2018 - 11:12 PM
I think they learned that from Lake Erie Speedway from what I have heard the last couple of years. But where is lake Erie now???.............only running a couple of races a year!!! Wonder what would happen if a dirt track would try that?? Maybe a track like Pittsburgh with a large grandstand!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
Walt
The practice of giving - a - way tickets, filled the stands at Lake Erie Speedway and was very successful. It was the misfortune of dealing with Bill Catania Jr., that drove the Speedway under. At the same time, he took Stateline Speedway, under also.
#16
Posted 26 July 2018 - 07:56 AM
Awtey cranked the #90 car in turn 3 coming down to take the green on a restart. A week suspension was supposedly handed out. It doesn't matter if you have 5 cars or 25 cars you can't let that behavior be acceptable.
As for the free tickets, they typically draw a pretty decent crowd. By far more than any weekly show on dirt that I've been to. They have to be doing well off concessions and I think it was last year they added beer. What works for some tracks may or may not work for others. If you haven't visited the place I suggest you give it a shot its a really nice facility.
#17
Posted 26 July 2018 - 10:07 AM
It was really nice when it had dirt on it. 
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