I welcome all new 'event promoters'. I obviously am not a promoter, so I have no particular interest in 1 succeeding or failing. What I do have intrest in is my fellow TR members who are young, and may not comprehend everything involved. Call me an advocate. I'm looking out for us, not them.

Read my 'serious' posts regarding 'Insurance', and 'importing cars' and even this one. I am constantly striving to 'INFORM' our members so that they can make an educated decision. If after they read my posts, they decide to do it anyways, that's there decision, but at least they were informed up front.

I'm sorry if I don't agree with some of you that 'hitting things' is part of drifting. I've been to several events, and been 'street drifting' several times, and never came close to hitting anything. Why? it's more because I choose safe events and safe locations.

and fordified, I'm not slamming you personaly. There is an event coming up that has alot of unanswered questions. I can't call from work to get answers, so I must assume that since nobody mentioned a time for a drivers meeting, that there isn't one, or they didn't mention what type of safety equipment (helmet) is required, that they may not require any.

For me to 'stop' beating my wife, I'd would've have to start beating her in the first place, and seeing as how I've never laid a hand on her in 11 years of marriage, this is not an issue. Also, I don't remember that question being raised either way....a search of TR didn't return a match.

The questions I posed to you and the promoter stand, and if either of you can not answer those simple questions with ease, than I can say your not prepared.

Charles

 

Who put you in charge again?

 

me too man, dont worry about it...

 

oh my god, jesus, stop taking everything so personally, if youre not the event coordinator than just tell whoever it is that people are unhappy with the lack of information...

NOT A SINGLE PERSON said "$25 is too much"....
NO ONE is bitching about the price.

EVERYONE however seems to wonder about the structure/seat time/safety.... because those things matter.

ANYONE who goes to participate in an event without knowing these things is asking for a bad day.

 

I know why other events charge more (in this case, you are referring to DGTrials). Between track rental and Insurance, it costs DGT somewhere around let's say $2750 or so. IF 40 drivers paid, DGTrials would make $3600. Thats $850 they make per event! Minus gas to carry there equipment, hotel rooms when needed for volunteer staff, website support, the cost of maintaining themselves as a sanctioning body, and of course a little left over for the times they don't have 40 (like december which only had 27 drivers) and you have......oh wait, we're negative. Wow. and they still hold events? They must enjoy what they are doing.

Since you want to speak about insurance, lets compare the polices, shall we?

Auburndale, Lakeland, Hialeah, etc. All of these tracks have existing policies that cover them for 'motorsports events'. This is annual coverage at a reasonable rate. Divide this coverage between roundy-round cars, car shows and other things that happen at the venue, and yes, it's cheap.

DGTrials on the other hand, does not own a location. They must purchase insurance on a 'per event' basis adn must also include coverage for the track owners. Also, DGTrials has a policy written specifically for 'Drifting' (yes, such a thing exists). Being that this is a new motorsport, the policies are expensive.

So why doesn't DGTrials just lower the cost and allow more drivers? Maybe because they believe in giving people alot of seat time. YOu would be surprised how many drivers leave an event wishing for more seat time....and there are under 40 drivers. What do you think 75 drivers will think?

Apples and Oranges.

 

This was a post FOR drifters, what are you doing in here again?

 

 

can i get some cliffs notes please?
or is "blah blah blah blah"
"no,blahblah blah"
"welll blah blah blah blah."
no, BLAH BLAH BLAH"

close enough?


if you dont want to run the event, DONT.
nobody is forcing you to.
and its awesome that theres more events to go to.

god, does everyone have to bitch about everything always?