Why are you guys complaining?

Without the ovals, you guys wouldn't even have events to be driving at.

People complain when there is no events, then they complain when it's ovals.

 

Its great we are having events, but its been about 2 years for the most part I htink since the tampa area has had something other than oval. The only other events have been moroso which is a good 3 hour drive to use the small skid pad or go baller on the road course or Countyline drag way on whatever little course they had there.

Ovals are getting monotous to me just as a specator, Desoto is a little better with its wider and nicer in field, but a parking lot event is great cause you can design whatever course you want. Plus more ppl have destroyed their cars on the ovals than any other event. Its just really time for something different, maybe not a monthly event, just something different just once or twice.

 

tampa was supposed to have Trop Field few months back but everyone was a pussy and didnt do it. that is all i can say about that.

and f--k the people who shut down primus.

I'll find us something.

but funny enough, this is the SAME thing that happened before.... no events, then oval events, no one likes so no events.... people got bored and we went back to ovals, people liked it, then they are starting to get bored again.

 

There are still many lines that haven't been driven at Desoto. Tropicana Field would have been sweet, but I guess not too many Tampa people thought it was worth $100, which it was.

 

theres a huge parking lot on MLK next to the bucs training center

 

I signed up!! I WAS looking forward to it! it was on my birthday too. >:I

+1 on no ovals. PS: Sugo track anyone? lol

 

There hasn't been a whole lot of incentive for me to set up events recently, and I've been terribly busy. In the first few weeks of 2008 I plan on mounting a full assult to resurge non-oval events in FL.

Tropicana: JC and I figured out a good course for it, but proximity to other events and a high level of costs made it difficult, at best, to run.

Huge lot on MLK: It's owned by the Bucs. I've been trying to get it forever and am still trying.

I have a massive list of venues that need the I's dotted and the T's crossed. The problem is that doing events is not a profitable endeavor. Many times even at full registration there is very little or no money left over. There have been instances where I've needed to set aside hundreds of dollars from my own pocket to ensure that an event will go on as planned (I'm not looking for anything but drifting in return regardless). Mix this financial uncertianty with the hours spent tracking down, scoping out, and setting up a venue and event and you end up commiting a lot of resources. If you don't have those resources, events don't happen.

Big ups to those who do put on events, and I'd strongly suggest that people don't speak poorly about ____, because love it or hate it at least having something at all is a step in the right direction.

 

Last time i drifted at Ocala... there were too many LAWNMOWERS! ( people who go off track ) seemed every second someone was going off track, and they didnt let off throttle to get on track they just kept the foot in and tore up the grass. So im sure that pissed off the Track owners.

ohh and its 85 bucks to drift there... kinda pricey for a narrow cart track but fun.

 

is that why ocala is no more? because of the grass getting torn up, or did something else happen??

 

everytime you go off track, the edge gets worn.... the inside edge of turn 1 was very poor condition. The fact that a few almost ramped into the road of the birm might also hinder us lol.