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Hey, folks, sorry about the cross-posting. I wanted to find out how
many of you attended the VW Super Jam at Maple Grove last weekend, and
wanted everyone's opinion on it.
This has gotten me a bit upset. I attended almost every Super Jam since
the 80s, and this is the first time a show has gotten me so pissed that I
don't think I will ever attend again.
First, I almost distinctly remember last year's Spectator fee being
$12. This year, it was $20, and I think that is insane. I realize costs of
everything have raised, especially track insurance, but $20??? Come on, no
other show I have ever been to, and no other show this year on the east has
this ridiculous price. Most other shows are $10-12 with racing, the ones
without racing are a couple bucks. Campbelltown was a dollar, Litchfield is
still 5 bucks. Hats off to those promoters for keeping prices low.
Secondly, the car show was half the size of last year, probably because
of the entry fee. Last year the car show was so big it spilled over into the
pits on the other side of the track. I know the promoters can't force people
to enter their cars, but when you drive to the show with, say, your wife or
a friend and want to show your car, and they tell you it's $45 bucks ($25
show car including the driver only plus one $20 spectator admission) it's no
wonder.
Third, the racing. Man, this is a VW event, not the Briggs & Stratton
junior dragster nationals! I, for one, am pretty sick of hour after hour of
these kids taking up the track. I'm serious, this is not an exaggeration,
and the people that attended this show will agree, in the entire time I was
there (and I was there from 10am until 4pm) there MAY have been a grand
total of 1/2 hour of aircoolers racing, about an hour of waterpumpers
racing, and the entire rest of the time was these junior dragsters. I didn't
drive 4 hours, spend $40 in gas and $60 between the 3 of us in spectator
fees to see almost 5 solid hours of junior dragsters.
I checked into this. See, what happens is the junior dragsters don't
have the money to hold an event of their own, there's not enough money in
their sport and it's just way too expensive to run an event of their own.
So, they ask the promoters of several of these shows if they can run on
their show, and they'd pitch the promoters a few bucks. However, now the
track insurance has to get paid, which is a phenomenal amount, especially
when it involves the juniors because they're minors and the insurance is
even higher, so the promoters end up charging more money for spectator fees
to cover the costs. That is why the spectator fees were 20 bucks.
If anyone agrees with me, please let me know. I go to a VW race to see
VWs racing. I don't want to pay extra to have the juniors run all day. If
anyone else attended the show and feels the way I do, please let the
promoter know. His name is Walt Miles, and his e-mail address is
wmiles@bedford.net
Let him know that you will NOT be attending next year's Super Jam
unless things are changed. A reasonable spectator fee and more VW racing, no
junior dragsters running all day. I, for one, think the bigger VW shows are
starting to lose attendance and enthusiasm, and I'd like to see things
changed back to the way they were. Please let him know and maybe if he hears
from enough of us, he may take us seriously. Thanks, everyone.
--
DON!!!
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