I started to post the following on our tracks boards yesterday. I was still not over being really upset how things went the other night at the track. I decided against it mainly because I have other plans for those who are so directed to scream at me the next time……. oh well its probably best I didnt post it, huh???
I am proposing a new rule to Roger concerning those team members who make the comment “I — WE ARE NEVER COMING BACK!!!” to ANY staff member!!!!
…… Starting immediately if you are so inclined to yell at us that statement, upon your possible return to our facility, you will be required to place a radio on your self, carry a yellow flag, and score/judge/moderate one class feature race, of our choice, or you will lose all accumulated points thus far in the season. And if you exit under those circumstances, and after a three race grace period you haven’t returned, it will be our decision to have a staff meeting and vote/decide/or/not to drop all accumulated points for your team for the season to date. I am proposing not to award anyone at a banquet for that kind of behavior and resultant actions toward our staff.
In the last two weeks I am aware of two instances that errors may have been made on the staff’s part. One was during a judgment call and the other was during a time of complete mass hysteria during a lighting problem we were dealing with this past race and we started a race with an incorrect race line up.. We may indeed have made those mis-calls…. It happens, infrequently, but it happens and after a review of all data, if it does show we did make an error, we will be the first to say we made a mistake…… and to anyone who cant accept that………..GET OVER IT!!! But just because we are track officials does not preclude that we are not capable of making a miscall. It happens and we try extremely hard for it to not happen.
This past week we had to score and judge, 1,641 race condition individually scored laps. The next time you’re in a fit of insane rage screaming “I AM NEVER COMING BACK”…add up in your head how many scored passing’s you have officiated on that race day for youre individual team member!!
In the last 15 years doing this, I have been called every name in the book and my family has been ridiculed and unfairly judged because of what I do as a staff member of this track. So I am use to it, but NONE of our staff deserve to be talked to and treated the way they were spoken to the other night by some race team members. All it does is fuel an already out of control fire and after a while no one is understanding who or what started it all or why. And later on when you still haven’t calmed down you’ll have convinced yourself that yes in fact this facility had you on its hit list and bashed you so much you had no choice but to never come back.
So if you don’t want to come back, don’t, it is as simple as that. But in actuality it is not that simple, because what you are looking for doesn’t exists; a racing facility where a marginal call will never be made on your driver or team. It is contact racing, not a popularity contest and not some form of putt putt recreational go-karting.
Put up with the heat or get out of the kitchen and let in those who want to be here to race and be competitive.!!!!!!!!!!
This will not be a full race results type of report as i have to get back to the mother ship this morning to do my weekly chores, but those who were not there for Saturday’s first get together this season missed a lot of fun and some damn good racing…..plus a few other distractions that I am still speechless over, nothing a good cigar wont make me weld into the back of my mind though.
