I knew it was going to happen. Just knew it. A beautiful sunny day. My pocket stuffed with a $10 bill, more than enough to get even fatter on race-track food. A solid feature story, ready to throw in Saturday's paper.
And another e-mail. Racing has been canceled at Limaland due to insufficient time for drying.
The story is, the track is OK. A little sloppy, one can be sure, but race-able. The problem is the parking area for fans. It's just too wet.
I can respect that, to a point. The powers at Limaland want the best possible experience for fans so they'll come back. That's where they're going to make their money -- not with the regular, gearhead fans, but with the fringe fan who ends up getting hooked and coming back for seven or eight nights of racing. It's like a little extra frosting on the cake.
And it seems these early-season cancellations happen every year. I could be wrong, (I've only been associated with Limaland for two years) but the lack of surprise on people's faces when they find out Limaland is canceled on a May night really tells the tale.
So, this begs answers to two questions: Why not move the official start of the season back to mid-May? Maybe warm up with a couple of special features, but don't start the meaty, week-to-week racing until the unpredictable spring weather is passed. And, Why not spend some money and pave the fan parking area? True, I have no idea how much this will cost, a great deal probably, but I have to imagine it's pretty close to the amount of money Limaland's losing with the canceled races.
Check out Wednesday's The Lima News, where I hopefully can get an offical word or two on those questions.
And another e-mail. Racing has been canceled at Limaland due to insufficient time for drying.
The story is, the track is OK. A little sloppy, one can be sure, but race-able. The problem is the parking area for fans. It's just too wet.
I can respect that, to a point. The powers at Limaland want the best possible experience for fans so they'll come back. That's where they're going to make their money -- not with the regular, gearhead fans, but with the fringe fan who ends up getting hooked and coming back for seven or eight nights of racing. It's like a little extra frosting on the cake.
And it seems these early-season cancellations happen every year. I could be wrong, (I've only been associated with Limaland for two years) but the lack of surprise on people's faces when they find out Limaland is canceled on a May night really tells the tale.
So, this begs answers to two questions: Why not move the official start of the season back to mid-May? Maybe warm up with a couple of special features, but don't start the meaty, week-to-week racing until the unpredictable spring weather is passed. And, Why not spend some money and pave the fan parking area? True, I have no idea how much this will cost, a great deal probably, but I have to imagine it's pretty close to the amount of money Limaland's losing with the canceled races.
Check out Wednesday's The Lima News, where I hopefully can get an offical word or two on those questions.
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