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There were to many big events within a 5 hour drive of Gateway last weekend, that was part of the reason for the low car turnout, the political pissing match was part of the reason, and the still piss poor economy was the other reason. Low spectator count cat be attributed to lack of advertising, and the piss poor economy. Let's face it, we are fighting for a share of people entertainment budget, and unlike the stick and ball sports that get the free advertising by being on the new media on a daily basis, auto racing for the most part is ignored by the media. Any event like this will start out small with lots of lessons learned afterwards. If the track learns, and makes the correct corrections, the event will grow, simple as that.



It seams what is happening is actually to many events , all stacked up in several months, what used to be a event a year has turned to multible events during the spring/summer.at all tracks.
The economy has a little effect for some, But the biggest issue was the 'Political actions' taken by most!
There was lots of cars that didn't leave the garage.
Gateway advertised , and did a great payout, the issue is no one came to race for it,!
For the most part no one wants a event to go away,
we can say all the things that has been mentioned on this site and others.
is the reason it failed, It failed because racers didn't show for what ever reason being!
The track may have learned something, after lossing what they lost this weekend and on the others hard to stay open be there for the racers, when the racers are not there for the track!!!
Seams no one likes any of the dealings of Super Chevy/Ford/ Mopar, Every hopes they fail and do go away,!
The only issue with that is,Most of the tracks that host these are in the hands of the track, they are all part owners of it, so when they lose on 4 different styles of racing then the track can be in trouble .
Which is seen in so many areas, where tracks have folded up,
Did G M P make a bad choice??
How will it effect the rest of this years racing, or for that matter next years??
Last Time I checked ,It was always our decisions to go to any certain track or event.
Payouts play a big part, distance,and what track.what time of year is it held,