has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

[lt1racing]

has the turnout at your local dragstrip been off in the past year or so? seems in the past, a reg. night of test n tune/grudge racing would draw 80-100 cars @ the local track. now its around 20-30. i've noticed a couple other tracks nearby have also been off.
also noticed several sanctioning bodies car count and fans attendance, has been down. economy, i guess.

[JOES66FURY]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

I went to my first cruise in almost a year last night....have not been to the strip in over a year and a half. time and money are my reasons...seems the ammount of cars being build and driven are increasing around town tho...so I dunno.

[Shawn Anderson]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

Yeah I would agree, Bracket fields have been down for 3 or 4 years now in Mid Michigan

[DanStokes]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

I don't normally DO the drags any more, but attendance at ECTA has been growing, depending on which meet we're talking about. The June meet is always relatively light due to high temps and April is usually really busy due in part to the Hot Rod event. But all in all, I'd say we're growing a bit.

Dan

[Monk]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

Drags, car shows, cruises.......all have
had low numbers in our area.


Mostly, I'm thinkin, because weather
related........hot, humid and sticky

[IRONHEAD]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

haven't been to a dragstrip since 1999..
bought house and race car money dried up..
might have to stop in to NED when brians up there..
but that might cause the bug to hit again... wife will not like that

[mustang13]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

Yes, I hear that car count is down at the local drags, http://www.skyviewdrags.com/

However, our local region #37 for SCCA, http://snyr-scca.org/ ,was awarded the number one region in the nation for growth and retention so.......


Local cruise-nites, car shows have been up count wise as well.

[IndyShiftman]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

There were probably 10 people at the Brickyard 400 today

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

who has the money or the time ?
"organized" racing - where the organization gets paid first , is kind of dying out , I'm afraid

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

Ned is at about 90% of where they were last year...so consistent there.

Shows are hauling ass. 600+ every friday at a local Walmart and 2,000+ every other week at Gilette Stadium.

Brian

[88 Dippy]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

test and tunes are pretty dead when i go.

shows on the other hand are booming. i actualy see alot of the cars that use to run at the drag stip there. they are not show cars but the people say they just like to hang out with other car guys and this is cheaper then going to the track

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

the s.e. mass/rhode island area was hurting for cruise nights..lots of hot cars , no place to go
that guy had his home made dirt track , but that got shut down

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

^^^ where/when was the dirt track deal? Sounds awesome?

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

profiled in stock car racing magazine in 2002
probably off rt 101 in rhode island

[IRONHEAD]

Re: has the turnout at your local dragstrip, been low?

profiled in stock car racing magazine in 2002
probably off rt 101 in rhode island

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