Well, that may be the case but count me out of actually finding out more. Read Mattberg's post if you have any wonder why, combine his crap on here and the continued officials suck mantra by some on other boards and I'm out. I'll flag what is thrown at me then drink the night away while ignoring comments about the "fat lazy(which i why 90% of the time I run after race cars) officials", "useless wastes of space", and whatever else you guys want to call officials.
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Nothing worth saying until that comment...

Let's say you invest $3 million directly and another $100K of your own money on a deal. A bunch of folks run up to you and say they want to participate and volunteer to get involved. They say they'll manage and represent your interest and investment. You then find out that those same folks spent over 2/3 of the money you produced on salaries and personal expenses and virtually nothing towards your project. That's what it amounts to in this case and you want to tell me officials are doing a good job? They spent $1.2 million on meetings and reimbursements last year. They have lost participation in virtually every region and at national for close to fifteen years in a row. We have gone from a cash rich club to a seriously in debt charity case. What do you want me to call the officials that brought this about? Saviors from the capitalistic dream? Good socialists? You're naive Lance. Road racing provides virtually all of the revenue to this club but they get nothing but programs designed to squeeze every last penny out of them. This from officials that get elected by workers and soloists. That's why the officials court them. Racers can't provide a voting base but official found a way to secure their revenue and keep control of the club. No black helicopters here, plain old every day politics.

Please explain to me why a region with three members gets the same vote as CFR? And remember this is a system that was created and set up by your beloved officials and workers, not racers. Explain to me why solo paid no insurance until the late nineties and now rides on club racing's liability policy for free. Explain to me why officials and directors received $1.2 million for reimbursements and meeting expenses. Bottom line is that officials like using other people's money and exerting undue influence from a minority position financially but a majority position through a system they created to secure those terms. If it were a company every last one would be fired for both misfeasance and/or non-performance. The fact that they pay themselves for it makes them a "waste of space."

Tell you what. Figure out how the club is going to carry debt service on our new LC usage (which we maxed out to $600K to cover lawsuit expenses for criminal activity by the BoD and other officials). Tell me how you're going to take fifteen years of declining revenue and participation and turn it around with the folks you all have elected. We racers have no say in the matter so it's up to you. Personally, as a turnaround guy all my life, I'd fire every last one of them, pay the workers and start a dictatorship that got rid of the subsidies that support the current voting base that support losers in everyday life seeking importance in the dreamworld they've created. Committees only create waffle syndrome.

You see, Florida cares about their racers. It's a racing region. Atlanta is on life support with bulldozers in the distance and developers splashing floorplans to potential condo buyers. SEDIV has a poorly run region owned track, two or three terrible layouts in the Carolinas and a track in Alabama that has been alienated and is for the most part in a non-racing region that can't draw much of a crowd, especially without Florida. Florida has four world class tracks. Moroso is no great shakes but I'd take it over Roebling six days a week and twice on Sunday. So bud, let's hear your plan for SEDIV and SARRC with what's left without Florida? You can sit back all day and say you don't like my delivery but I don't candy coat it like all the officials do. That's why I'm usually succesful in my ventures where these folks aren't. They're blinded by mediocrity and apathy in seeking only personal satisfaction and pleasing of their friends. They have no accountability and when I justifiably ask for it, guys like you start bitching and moaning about how they're volunteers and I'm an asshole and completely eclipse the real issues while the officials continue on their disaster course. When the money runs out, they'll find some other support group for their jollies where they don't need to use any of their own money to "be involved" but as long as you suppot them and keep their money and esteem flowing they'll stick around. Looks to me like Florida ain't sticking around. Best of luck to you but from what I've read, Braselton is right on the edge of legal precedent. I wouldn't depend on the Supreme Court upholding any rights to preserve a race track. Next upswing in the RE market will see a "three bedroom with a view" at turn 11. :P