Der Gasser- Letter to Editor

[ccm911]

Even though I have been away from the track for a while, I was completely involved during my time as registrar.  And boy, what a run it was.  It got to the point where I was able to make as much money as we wanted.  There was that much interest.

A few years later, we find ourselves mired in an economic depression and the funds just are not there like they used to be.  Let's face it.  It's really cheap when you run in the Green and Blue groups.  Tire and brake wear are minimal.  And then the addiction turns ugly, for as you go faster, things wear out much quicker.  Ugly, but fun, I may add.

Has anyone taken a look at the actual numbers?  Think about it.  You need to rent the track, pay insurance, pay the flaggers, etc.  This is generally not an insignificant amount.  And now let's say that there 30 cars each in Green and Blue, for a total of sixty folks needing instruction.  So to have one student per instructor, you would need sixty instructors. And taking it one step further, these instructors want to drive for free.  So now, between the Green, Blue and White goups, you would have only 90 paying customers.  So if that would not cover the nut, prices would have to increase for those paying participants, which could possibly decrease demand.  It becomes an ugly spiral.

So yes, you all want one student, and you all want to drive for free.  And guess what?  In these challenging economic times it is not going to happen.  So it looks like you guys will need to "gut it out" until the economy recovers, at which time you could revisit this discussion, and possibly get what you want.

Just my opinion.