09/18/2024
Sometimes there's only so much you can do. With that said, I have taken the brunt of the first cancellation without saying a word on to the events leading up to that, so let's lay it all out for everyone.
June 21st on a Friday night at Dodge, the track was really good and had been getting better every week, which had given myself a ton of hope leading up to July 6th.
Friday, June 28th, the pits were packed with racers trying to test and prepare for July 6th, but the track was absolutely horrendous. Rocks everywhere, dry as a bone, just a disaster.
Sunday, June 30th, myself, my girlfriend, Mike Farina, and Max Bourdeau all went to assess the track conditions, in which we all agreed it needed a lot of work. I called Paul on speakerphone with everyone around, came up with a plan on what to do, how to do it, and what needed to be done by when. He was going Monday morning before his doctor's appointment to grade the track.
Monday, July 1st, I go there on lunch and the track is scraped, not graded, scraped, but was slightly better. We met later that night at the track to discuss more things, go over our thoughts, and continued forward with a plan on how much water it was going to take and when it needed to be completed.
Tuesday, July 2nd, I drove by the track at around 1:45 pm, and not one new thing had been done to the surface.
It was at this time I became a racer again, and I WAS NOT going to let the kart racers race on that track in the shape that it was in! I know I wouldn’t want my equipment on that track and I was not going to let people put their equipment on that track under my promotions.
The weather was looking bad at that time, so I used it as a scapegoat to try and not hurt any feelings. I have thick skin I can deal with all the backlash that was coming for me and I was okay with that.
We figured out a date that would work for both of us, figured it all out, and set it for October 12th.
Today, at 5:55 PM, I get this text from Paul with zero explanation.
With that said, the entire event is canceled. I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m disappointed but most of all I hate it for the racers.
