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Old 26 Feb 2015, 15:36 (Ref:3509301)   #15
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Originally Posted by Tim Falce View Post
The problem is that we pay the clubs to race, the club pays the circuit owner to use the track. The circuit owner has his money up front so all his costs are covered. The circuit owner in probably 99.9% of the time gets all the all the gate fees so if they have already been paid and no doubt made a decent profit then why on earth would they want to go to the trouble and expense of marketing a meeting which would probably not attract enough extra income to cover their marketing expenses.
The clubs get no gate fees, they've made their profit or at least covered their costs from us when we pay them to race so why would they bother going to the expense of marketing a meeting for no recompense?.......
There ladies and gentlemen is the TRUTH....no ifs no buts you could close the tread there and then with that because Mr Falce has HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THE BIGGEST TRUTH HAMMER EVER.

You want big events?....you will pay through the nose for the entry...why?...cause you as a competitor gets to lap up the highlife briefly and the organisers have paid a fortune to promote it, with guest drivers ands stars...and rock bands and fairgrounds etc...something for all...at a cost ...but if you are talking grass roots .....then expect to see your friend and family in the paddock...not the general public.
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