[QUOTE]$20 to race in with safety equipment and all those nice things you write about up there is cheap, and a lot less money than it would cost the city to provide. My taxes going to support illegal racing?

 

Yep, that's what all those morons said right before they ran into the back of a semi. Good riddance. Maybe they should just turn their heads the other way and let Darwinism take care of the idiots. Sell tickets even to see mongoloids wiping themselves out of the gene pool. I'd pay $20 to watch that

 

I am not saying that the speedway makes no money off of this, they're a business. It would be stupid for them to put on these events without making money, its not worth the hastle. LVMS knows that these events aren't going to make street racing go away, but it will help. The reason I said that they don't make as much money as people think is because most people don't know that they have to pay for insurance and things like that. Also most people don't think about the electricity bill or paying the staff. The way everybody is talkin on here and in other forums, it seems like people think that every dollar that comes in from these events is profit for LVMS.

 

 

I don't care if LVMS makes money of it or how much. Good for them it's a business and they are aiming to raise profits. They also have investors they need to satisfy. I would do the same if I were in their situation.

Even if it is only to make money I agree with the way they are marketing it as it will at least snag a couple of street racers to the track. Anything to try to help slow down street racing is a good thing in my opinion.

*steps on soapbox*
My opinion on how to slow down street racing...
Start getting kids on the track at a younger age.

If you could get these kids on the track at 16 and give them a safe place to race at that age they wouldn't need to take it on the street.

The problem with many tracks and organizations is that you can't run till your 18.

I know that at kids under 18 can have their parents sign a parental consent form and then they can race but most parents that don't come from a racing background aren't very understanding when it comes to racing. They automatically hear the word racing and they seem to go into this default mode where they think only bad things can come from it and their child will become a street racer and haul ass everywhere they do. These parents need to be informed of what these racing events are but going about it correctly is very tough.

This wasn't a problem for me at that age as I have very understanding parents who knew I was going to race no matter what they said and use my sports car for sporting events. So they had no problem signing anything as they'd perfer me to keep it somewhere safe and legal.
I can just about promise you if I wasn't allowed to start autocrossing and drag racing at 17 I'd probably be into street racing.
A lot of kids don't have such understanding parents.

My solution....
Get the schools involved. Imagine having a motorsports club in high school or something. So when a student turns 16 or is in the club they can have consent form that goes home from the club asking your parents if you can legally go racing. If it's a from a school explaining it then parents would be more likely to understand as they always seem to be more open minded if the school is involved. This could be an overall motorsports club and could do do everything form drag racing, to autocrossing, karting outings, and even some track days or they could just specialize it to drag racing or something if you want.
They have a rocks and ropes clubs to get kids into climbing so a motorsports club is feasible, you just have to find the right advisor in each school who is willing to put it together. You could even help students who don't have enough money to get involved by holding fund raisers and such to help bring racings costs down.

*steps off soapbox*

Karim

 

maybe they should just increase the fines.... p.s everyone is making good points..

 

Good points Karim. I hadn't thought about the age issue and it's certainly a valid one.

 

I think it's a great idea, and 20 bucks isn't bad when you have to have maintain a track, have a ambulances standing by and so forth. And their going to prep the track the way it's suppose to. During midnight mayhem, they prep the track but no where near what they do for the nhra.
i'll be there. who wants some?

 

ummm meeee j/k its only a civic...

 

Hmm, I just might be in town Thurs night w/ the STi.