Date Posted:12:01:46 02/20/07 Tue Author:Lanny Harvey Author Host/IP: NoHost / 204.120.195.43 Subject: Are you applying for the job??? In reply to:
Billy
's message, "Survival" on 19:05:35 02/18/07 Sun
If you will read the posts and the rules we instituted, you will see that we are looking for a promoter for the NMMA. One that will lead us into the promised land. I want to know if any of you guys are applying for the job. In other words - SHOW ME!! And I ain't even from Missouri. If you are applying send your resume to Pat. I am not trying to be smart, just stating the facts.
>Wow, I have been out of the loop, and understand there
>is only one NMMA track? I thought things were bad a
>few years ago when there were 7 or 8, but now that
>would be a blessing!!!
>
>Someone down below said that there shouldn't be an
>open forum for disucssion, and allow non members to
>participate. My question is WHY????
>
>The people that are NOT with the NMMA right now hold
>the answers! Look at some of the best 600cc tracks in
>the country right now, and most of them 5 to 7 years
>ago were NMMA! What happened for them not to stay with
>a national organization? What happened to the 1500
>drivers that were members back in 1999 and 2000? Where
>did they all go? Where did the car counts go? They
>went to OUTLAW tracks, there has to be a reason, and
>for people to sit here blindly and think that they can
>fix their own problems, that's just flat out morbid.
>Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again
>while expecting the same results. That is exactly what
>is going on here it seems like. There are way to many
>smart people on this planet, especially in the racing
>world, so why can't this be fixed?
>
>My solution? The NMMA board needs to suck it up and
>head to the big races around the country. The $10,000
>to win shows, the Tulsa Shootout, the Outlaw
>Nationals, all those races, or as many as you can, and
>early in the day, have an open meeting in the
>grandstands, take notes, find out what in the world
>the reasons are that people aren't going with the NMMA
>right now. Is it the fact that the board is stuck in
>the past and won't change? Is it the fact that they
>don't like paying the membership fee? Who knows, all I
>know is when I first started racing these cars, almost
>every track had a standard set of rules like the NMMA
>has. There has to be a way to fix this, and there has
>to be a way to get car owners, and tracks to come back
>to the NMMA. This isn't a bash on the NMMA, this is
>suggestions about what needs to change in order for
>the NMMA to survive.
>
>I can think of plenty ideas for the NMMA to change
>ways, and succeed, its just a matter of anybody
>listening to them.