TATER TOWN RACEWAY-
GLEASON DRAGSTRIP
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Owner:
Bill Cummings
615 -
631-1450
Come race with us!
Or be a spec"tater"!
Bring all your little
"tater-tots" too!
12 and under
FREE
HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE!
Bill Cummings
(615) 631-1450
Regular Bracket Race Saturday Nights
NOTE: NEW GATE OPENING TIME- 2 P.M.
Spectators: $10 12 & under FREE Uniformed Police: FREE
RACING FUEL
Alcohol & 113 octane gas available
You will not find more exciting or inexpensive entertainment !!! GREAT family fun!!!
COME CHECK OUT OUR
CONCESSION STAND!
Come one and
come all!
ATTENTION RACERS
(an open letter from the owner of Tater Town Dragstrip)
If you don't realize it, bracket racing is dwindling down to nothing! All tracks everywhere are having trouble with low car counts and very few spectators. All of these tracks, including mine have tried all kinds of pay schedules and nothing works! Lots of tracks have already gone out of business. Most racers think the track owners are making big bucks. If they were, they wouldn't be closing down! Most are extremely lucky if they break even!
I think there is going to have to be some major changes in the way tracks are run to try to turn this around, if this can be fixed. It's not the way it used to be (yes, I know I am old). The other day, a person said that this is the way tracks have been run as long as he can remember! The bottom line is: IT'S NOT WORKING! People used to plow their fields with mules too, but how many are still doing it that way? I believe a lot of racers need a small entry fee because they cannot afford a $40 - $50 entry fee. These racers cannot afford to buy back even once, let alone twice! They also don't have the money to double enter. What chance do they have against someone that brings 4 cars and double enters all of them, buying back whenever he wants to? THINK....If you were to beat him every time he runs, you will have to beat him 24 times to put him out! (Best of luck!)
I've had people tell me that if I don't have buy backs, they won't be back to my track. My question to them is: "What's the matter? Can't you win a race when the playing field is level and the little guy (with less money) has an equal chance?"
The bottom line is this: I think the best car and driver should win the money when the race is over, not the person who happens to have the most money to start with!
I know that if you come a long distance and then lose the first round, you would like to have a second chance. I agree! I am thinking about having 3 Foot Brake races every Saturday night. If you lose in the first race, you can enter the second one, and if again you lose, you can enter the third race. We will run 3 rounds of the first race before we start the next one and so on. After 3 rounds there will only be 2 rounds left. You can enter one or all races as long as they haven't started yet.
The first race would have a $25 entry fee with $500 to win, the second, a $50 entry fee with $1,000 to win, and the third race, a $75 entry fee with a winner's prize of $1,500!
So if you think the money sounds low for the entry fee, remember, NO buy backs! Once you beat a person, he is gone! You only have to beat 5 cars to get the money! It works out that I have to have 20 cars in each class to break even! THAT MEANS I HAVEN'T MADE A PENNY YET!
However, I will need 20 cars in each class to pay the full amount. That shouldn't be a problem in the Foot Brake Class.
I've been told that I will lose a LOT of money on "No double entry's" and "no buy backs." They could be right! But something has to be done or the track will go under. I cannot keep losing the amount of money that I have been losing!
Remember, this is $3,000 every Saturday night in Foot Brake! Doing what I am planning, I realize I may lose some drivers (the big spenders) but I hope to gain more of the average racers! So, I hope you dust off those cars and bring them out. Remember, everyone will now have an equal chance to win! Thank you!
Bill Cummings
Remember:
NO buy backs in Foot Brake
and NO double entry in ANY class!
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SCHEDULE FOR
PURE STREET
Cars First Second
1-5 $100 $25
6 125 25
7 150 25
8 150 50
9 175 50
10 200 50
11 200 75
12 225 75
13 235 90
14 260 90
15 280 95
16 300 100
17 325 100
18 350 100
19 375 100
20 400 100
21 400 125
22 425 125
23 450 125
24 475 125
25 500 125
26 500 150
27 525 150
28 550 150
29 575 150
30 600 150
ENTRY:
$25
BUYBACK:
$15
1st round
buy back
only!
NO DOUBLE
ENTRY!
Must have tags,
registration
&
treaded tires!
NO SLICKS
SCHEDULE FOR SUPER PRO
Cars First Second
1-5 $200 $50
6 250 50
7 300 50
8 300 100
9 350 100
10 400 100
11 450 100
12 500 100
13 550 100
14 600 100
15 650 100
16 700 100
17 750 100
18 800 100
19 800 150
20 850 150
21 900 150
22 950 150
23 1000 150
24 1000 200
25 1000 250
26 1050 250
27 1100 250
28 1150 250
29 1200 250
30 1250 250
ENTRY FEE:
$50
Buy Back:
$25
NO
DOUBLE
ENTRY!
Buyback
first round
only!
MUST RUN
6.99 or quicker
to run this class!
Motorcycles can run in Super Pro
Schedule for
MOTORCYCLES
Bikes First Second Bikes First Second
5 or less $100 $25 18 $350 $100
6 125 25 19 375 100
7 150 25 20 400 100
8 150 50 21 425 100
9 175 50 22 450 100
10 200 50 23 450 125
11 225 50 24 475 125
12 225 75 25 500 125
13 250 75 26 500 150
14 275 75 27 525 150
15 300 75 28 550 150
16 300 100 29 575 150
17 325 100 30 600 150
Continued List:
Jrs. First Second Schedule for
1-5 $100 $ 30 JR. DRAGSTERS
6 100 50
7 120 50
8 130 60 NO DOUBLE ENTRY
9 150 60
10 170 60
11 190 60 Buy Back
12 200 70 First round only!
13 220 70
14 230 80
15 250 80
ENTRY FEE: $20
Buy Back: $10
Check here for opening date
for 2014 season!
Hopefully, winter will leave us soon!
ENTRY FEE:
$25
Buy back:
(1st round only)
$15
No delay box
Hand clutch
No auto clutch
Motorcycles with
NO delay box
can also run
in the 3
No buy back
Foot Brake Classes
Motorcycles
with
a delay box
will have to run
in the
Super Pro
Class
Motorcycles with
NO delay box
have the option
of also running
in the
Super Pro
Class
