he's also the main reason the death races aren't happening in arizona anymore, with the same kind of underhanded scheduling he's doing to me..
The last
ever April 2011 Death Race cost Dave at least
$800
out of his pocket. Dave has stated recently on these forums that
he has paid thousands to put on races.
If the 40? racers that went to the Last Death race had paid $35
each instead of the unrealistic $15 Dave charged he would have
broken even.
$20 x 40 = $800
Maybe there would still be races in Tucson if you guys had of
chipped in with just a few more dollars?
YOU CAN NOT PUT A RACE ON AT A TRACK with insurance, EMT, etc
for a lousy $15! Get real! [ I will never do a race without an EMT to save $$ ]
Promoting races takes a lot of time and aggravation but you also
need a little business sense.
The first SoCal Motor Bicycle Race was over 60 days later on
June 18th 2011 which caused the end of racing in AZ?
As we have all experienced now the 2 best times of year to
schedule a race in Tucson, Willow Springs, Grange, etc is in
April and October.
I put on the races in California for all the local guys that would
never drive all the way to AZ. I am never going to put the 2 main
races in months that are less than ideal just because of the Death
race. Tucson has lights so they can race at night when it's cooler.
None of the tracks I use has that option.
Now there are 4 races in April, June, Sept and Oct. There may be 6
or more races next year.
I saw this on Piston Bikes Facebook events page.
Dane Bendixen said:
dave just doesnt want to do it we all here in tucson have told him we will help him. the sad thing is charlie that runs the track will only deal with dave. anybody elsse goes to him and the track rental time goes to $2000 for 5 hour of track time.
May 6 at 5:05pm ·
Considering that the motorized bicycles share the track with SuperMoto's,
etc it looks like Charlie is charging a lot more than any of the tracks here
in California,
Baird, you scheduled your first races 3 weeks before one of my existing
dates and
only 1 week after my second race, which I moved so that
there was 2 weeks between the races. Just pointing this out and I won't be
discussing any more about this here!
I cancelled the August 18th race because of feedback from all the racers.
There were no August dates available at Willow Springs so I am doing it on
September the 1st which is also a little cooler!
There will be a lot of people at Willow Springs hopefully including yourself.
Promoting races is a tough road to hoe........been doing it for over a year,
not too shabby for a
poseur.
