[DeTomaso] Fun Rally Track Event Survey Corrected

[Julian Kift]

Late to the party here, as I've been out at the track all day.
I really like a track event, the smell of race gas clears my sinus and it gets me away from the hospitality suite with all the talk about how nothing compares to the good old days in Vegas and how they had 3,000 Pantera's on Fremont St.
What may stop me attending in 2014 is not the lack of a track event, location or distance, but the date. It's going to be almost on top of the Classic Le Mans Tour and given a choice of where to expend my limited vacation days (as nice as San Diego is) I'll opt for France.
I commend anyone willing to take on the organization of one of these events, it is usually a thankless job with likely many sleepless nights.
Julian
> From: jb841 at cox.net
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:24:52 -0700
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fun Rally Track Event Survey Corrected
> 
> Ok, I had a typo on the initial posting.  Here is the corrected post:
> 
> 
> 
> Just to be clear, the decision to NOT have a track event was a POCA decision; it was NOT a SDP decision.
> 
> The number of attendees at the track events has slowly been decreasing over the years, and losses have
> occurred, even with POCA's AND the sponsor's contributions.
> 
> With a $10,000 to $15,000 track rental cost, there needs to be a lot of participants to even break even.
> At $250 per car, 40 cars are needed to raise $10k.  This year's track participation had 18 cars.
> 
> Here are some questions:
> 
> !.	How many would NOT attend a Fun Rally that does NOT have a track event ?
> 
> 2.	If San Diego did have a track event, how many of the respondents to question #1 would NOT be going 
> 	to San Diego because it's too far for them to travel?
> 
> If you do not wish to respond to this list, contact me off list.  I will keep it confidential.
> 
> Thanks,
> John 
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