I was thinking:

Q: Where do most of the people that know about Painesville Speedway reside?

A: Painesville

Given this, there needs to be marketing outside of Psinesville to bring in new customers. How about a car show in Willoughby, Euclid, Willowick or Wickliffe. Highly populated areas that are about 20 minutes from the track. Its a good previously untargeted area. Anyone at the car show gets a $5 off coupon. Counting the coupons utilized will keep track of the new customers they influenced to come out and watch. Its a great way to build a larger fan base outside the Painesville area.  I would gladly find somebody that would host this. I know lots of people with parking lots to hold the show and I would gladly ask them.

Maybe work with Thompson raceway to get a few drag cars out there too. A race car show. I know you I would check that out. Have some merchandise and set up a promo booth. Great for sponsors too!!!

 I will do my best to get my machine there and ready to race. Just replaced transmission last night, but its untested. I was told its good and I hope thats true or I won't be so happy.

Cya Saturday, weather permitting.

Drew

    I plan on running the F-8 on Saturday and also plan on losing. I will not win, but if I finish the race then I will have a darn good time. I don't plan on hitting anybody, but it sure will be close and maybe I will hit somebody. Maybe I will try to sneak through and get smacked myself. Oh well! guess I have to fix my car then. Its fun and it costs money no matter what way you look at it.

   You want to spend all your money on racing, then go ahead, nobody is stopping you. If you don't have enough money to keep your car on the track then sorry, but its expensive to race, maybe you should join a chess and checkers league instead.

  I bet, as long as my car holds up, I will have fun racing there the next time. Its fun and I love the 8. I really don't care who the owner is! 

   Beyond my personal experiences, I know that a lot of drivers were thrown out of Painesville in the last few years and those drivers had reletionships with other drivers that decided to leave at the same time. Those people have family and friends that no longer show up. Bad news spreads faster than good news. Well, those drivers were thrown out for a reason.

   I think the show is formulated by the track but made by the drivers. We need more figure 8 drivers. We need to get people out of four cylinders and into affordable figure 8 cars. Truly, my engine sucks in my 8 car and I will never win a heat, unless ever other car in the race breaks down, lol. I don't care because the 8 is fun with lots of cars. Its a race, not a demo derby, but there are some monster motor cars that are just going to blow away some other rides. Accidents happen! I am happy just to race it. If I finish in the top 5, then it pays for the night and I had a ball.

   Really, we need to have good clean racing fun that entertains families and welcomes new ones. When there is a fight or something else stupid going on, then families leave. Quit the fighting and demo driving and race.  I know countless people, friends and family that won't come out because of the way the drivers act. That has nothing to do with the owners!!!! Wreckless driving and stupid fighting keeps fans out. The owners give us a place to race and the drivers need to actually race. Quit fighting, holding grudges and taking vengeance every time somebody bumps your car. 

   Thats all for now!
 

   If you are not having fun, then you shouldn't race. Sure, racing can be very frustrating. Maybe thats the motivation for one to get their car ready the next week and go racing again, even when you had the worst race or luck the week before. So far, I have had the worst luck in racing ever this year and its my ninth year in racing. Oh yeah, its frustrating. Regardless, if you cant handle yourself at the track and respect other racers that work hard on their car to make it out to the track and race just like yourself, then maybe you shouldn't be going racing at all. All these other racers have families, friends, jobs, limited time, etc... and these drivers make up the track that at which you are racing.

   Keep racing fun. There is only one driver behind the wheel of the race car, but it includes a lot of other people to get the car on the track. The driver, families, friends and fans and track owners and promoters make up racing. We all need a track to race at to do all of this racing fun. Everybody needs to do their best at making racing FUN and keep it that way. Focus on something positive and we are all more likely to get positive results.