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Post by mudslinger21 on Mar 27, 2009 7:55:16 GMT -5
Can't we all just get along!!!! hahahahaha. Bottom line is nothing is gonna change.I've been going to this track for 5-6 yrs and some of the guys and girls on here have been going for longer and despite what ray says in the drivers meeting unfortunately nothing is going to change.It is what it is and it is a privately owned business so they can do what they want as long as we all keep showing up. Just my humble opinion , ya'll have a great day.See ya'll NEXT saturday.
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Post by dirttracker02 on Mar 27, 2009 8:42:01 GMT -5
AWWWW, mudslinger21, Your just a big Sissy, Y dont you come to my face and say that about me.... Just kidding man... ;D ;D But your Right, People are always gonna go race, so just live with it or dont race......
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Post by nikkijones84 on Mar 27, 2009 14:47:27 GMT -5
we'll by the way you worded your last sentence it sure does sound like you were saying I am the problem, I am pretty much easy to get along with unless you make me really mad, and shrek can tell the type of person i am, and i talking about you being a new driver we have new drivers all the time. it is your decision on where u want to run, and as far as getting beat up by other drivers i know how that is cause my hubby was a magnet out there on that track when it came to the Gainey's the last 2 years, but we just go on with the flow, cause you know the saying goes " what comes around goes around", but there is always a dirty driver somewhere in the crowd
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Post by nikkijones84 on Mar 27, 2009 14:50:58 GMT -5
Mudslinger21 It would be real nice if everyone here got along and if everyone at the track would get along but we know that is not going to happen at either place. hahahahaha
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Post by vnesser63 on Mar 27, 2009 17:58:24 GMT -5
As far as talkin to the other drivers and getting a solution every driver is SUPPOSE to be there at the drivers meeting so why not speak your peace then instead of waiting til you get home and hide behind the computer!
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Post by fusion87 on Mar 27, 2009 23:00:04 GMT -5
My Father Posted in our previous post.
Let me tell you how the majority of us from pony feel.
First off Drivers now pay $5 more with same payout from last year. Every team i know of brings at least one to two pit people thats 50$ more per entry on top of the $30 we are paying for the car. Now in the stands i have at minimal 5-6 regular admission (which as well went up from $10 to $12. With only the minimal i bring in every weekend that's $140 not including the $20+ in eats.
Guess what we get paid......
$100 for 1st $50 for 2nd $25 for 3rd
Even with 8-10 cars our pay is the same.
Now to the person busting there balls to sale 50/50 i'm sorry they have you under the impression it is going to the drivers points fund cause its utter bullshit.
I won Pure Pony Points last year. I got 2 BBQ sandwiches a bag of chips a dollar store framed piece of paper off a inkjet printer and a $15 dollar trophy if that. The sad part is over the year we spent 200+ on 50/50. I got no championship money hell they drew two envelops which had $100 and $50 for the champions out of all classes.
I drive for the fun all of us in pony do but its utter BS that we can't at least get compensated better for our hard work and money we spend without us this tracks cash cow would disappear.
Everyone i have talked to at the track feels the same way. We are tired of being used like this to line there pocket's. Its about the racing not the bottom dollar.
In closing I don't mind the track making money that's what they are there for. Make the money off the general admissions and food not the drivers which bring all those admissions in (And don't feed me a bunch off crap about how the general admission isn't enough just take a look at how many general admission people are there)
Oh yeah get a GD tech man for Christ sakes this run what you brung crap is ridiculous and maybe a scale house would be nice.
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Post by ron51 on Mar 28, 2009 10:52:41 GMT -5
fusion87 hit the nail on the head. last weekend for me and the guys that came with me to the pits 80$ my wife & kids & mother 45$ for the stands 15$ adult 5$ kids plus 40 or better drinks & food =165$ and everyone in the pits average 2 people plus driver and theres alot of cars that have 5-6-7 people. the track needs a pay scale and there wont be a bunch of complaining i dont think as a driver thats to much to ask and ibelieve it would pull alot more drivers irun gvs but like to run sat night to and know i could get more drivers to come down there with me with a payscale. i like the track but some things do need changed S&S RACING
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Post by nikkijones84 on Mar 28, 2009 12:15:00 GMT -5
Fusion87, first of all i can tell you that you are wrong on the 50/50, I sell them and have a calendar that every week I put down how much money I get for the Drivers Fund and I make sure that the right amount is there at the end of they year for the drivers. I also help plan for the drivers by how much money we get. I also make sure I choose a kid out of the crowd to draw the ticket so no one can say there is any cheating. As far as the pay scale goes I think ALL of you drivers should go to the owners at ONE time, and ask them about it and you may accomplish something, the thing is getting the one's who will get together is going to be the hard thing cause they say they will do it and then back out at the last minute. As far as the championship money goes there actually was not even enough to pass out, we took the money that was left out of the 50/50 that I sold after points was over with and gave it out that way. I know how the money works with the 50/50, cause I am the one that sells them and keeps up with the amounts so I know what there is at the end of the year and how to plan the party for the end of the year. All I can really say is try to get people together from different classes and go talk to the people that handles they pay. I do not handle the pay I handle the 50/50 and help plan things for the driver at the end of the year.
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Post by powerslider on Mar 28, 2009 17:38:56 GMT -5
Well Nikki, if we drivers were supposed to get 50% of the money...where does it go? Do you call a points fund bbq sandwiches, chips, cake, a 50 cent piece of zeroxed paper, and a 10 dollar trophy? NO!!!! heres what a points find is.......you give your top 3 or top 5 a certain amount of prize money per place they finished in their respective division. that is why Talladega and Green Valley DOMINATES...wait....OBLITERATES this track on car counts every single week. They know what the heck is gonna happen each week, and what they will get paid, and the drivers KNOW EVERY TIME that a CLEAN, SAFE show is gonna be ran. PERIOD.....
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Post by powerslider on Mar 28, 2009 18:29:32 GMT -5
fusion87..amen on the scalehouse and techzone..thats the only way this track will ever succeed again
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Post by allisonbrown on Mar 28, 2009 22:43:09 GMT -5
New to the forum. I go to the track in Wilsonville about 5 races a year. Have since the track opened. It is the same now as it always has been. No scales...no tech....no flagman worth a crap. The know it all is back so who knows how long the track will be open. I hope it stays open...but with the drivers not getting a pay-out that is worth racing for I don't know what will happen. The fans and drivers at Shelby County Speedway are a good bunch of people that I have always enjoyed being around...Sometimes it gets a little crazy .... especially if you get 2 drivers wifes at each others throats...lol----seen that more than once. Glad I found this site where people can voice their opinions about the sport that we all love. Good Luck to the drivers of Shelby County Speedway in their 2009 season.
Allison Brown
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Post by kenny on Mar 29, 2009 0:55:56 GMT -5
well a good nite at the races.had some good clean racing,no fussing /no rough diving. good show scs.
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Post by fusion87 on Mar 29, 2009 1:01:40 GMT -5
Maybe in your class...
I was taking the lead and had the pass going into turn three I clearly had the pass when the other driver i wont name deliberately turned down into me.
Anyways another BS night at the races we had 4 cars same as super pony had last weekend Which the first place car got $200.
I got 2nd place i got $25 1st got $50 3rd got $0 <----- thats not a typo
WTF is up with this..... It's getting worse every race
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Post by cbkart11 on Mar 29, 2009 8:44:13 GMT -5
Fusion, shrek and the rest who are complaining, WHY didn't anyone say anything in the drivers meeting or go and talk to the owners? There is no reason to even continue with this as all of us know who to talk to and as far as a BS night, hell it all looked like good racing to me. Drop this crap and lets go racing. If you still have a problem with the payout pm me and I will give you the owners home and cell numbers as i am sure they would like to speak to you as well. CODY BROWNING
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Post by nikkijones84 on Mar 29, 2009 12:40:03 GMT -5
Thx Cody for what you just said. Powerslider, I have to tell you The money we had last year was spent on what we could afford out of the 50/50, it is not like the 50/50 pot is a large amount of money every week, so that is one thing to remember, and believe it or not the championship trophies cost more than $15.00, and not all the regular trophies that get gave out every week just cost $15.00, maybe some people need to go price trophies, and complaining what kind of trophy you get at the end of year is pretty sorry cause it kind of show's that you do not appreciate the time for me to even selling the 50/50, and if it was not for 50/50 there would not be nothing at the end of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like some of us keep saying go talk to the owners of the track, not just one of you but ALL of you who have this same problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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