Rd Amer practice July4~5

[Garywc]

like he said it would be fine if they didn't make you join there club
some us will never ride with them after that date so it does kinda suck.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Well you get 2 rounds of practice friday and 1 round each sat and sun.

[r1owner]

Well you get 2 rounds of practice friday and 1 round each sat and sun.

Thanks to the tip the threadstarter gave me, I'm now doing the solo challenge for practice...

[tstruyk]

good thing you dont have yella plates anymore... 

[zeroice]

I should not have even started this thread...

Well, I can't afford $260, I got student loans to pay. Its hard enough to make it up there and spend money on fuel and tires. To spend an  $100 over the typical trackday cost or to just throw away $75 for a membership fee that I will hardly benefit from is just not worth it...

If thats how NESBA runs the business, I'll never ride or recommend riding with that organization and I'll make sure I tell that to everyone I talk to!

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I had a smile on my face and positive thoughts when this thread started, but now I'm starting to have negative emotions.. not cool, bad karma!

[251am]

Thanks to the tip the threadstarter gave me, I'm now doing the solo challenge for practice...

  Awesome idea....$175 extra, or is it less?

[Court Jester]

  Awesome idea....$175 extra, or is it less?

That's what i'm thinking as well.

[tstruyk]

I should not have even started this thread...

no kidding!!! 

I think you just boosted the field in the Solo Challange by 500% making it the "official CCS/ASRA dont wanna pay the nesba fee practice slot"... maybe CCS will give you a discount for "promotion"??

for the record lotsa folks agree that its no fun to pay nesba that much for practice... but c'mon

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BTW, quite frankly I don't like it when people go out in my race to practice and hot dog around... They don't keep a steady pace and get in my way slowing me down (especially those yellow plates)....

and this...

I think its quite unfair to charge a mandatory membership fee for a pre-race track day; thats monopoly and taking unfair advantage of those on tight budgets.

doesnt really equal this...

I had a smile on my face and positive thoughts when this thread started, but now I'm starting to have negative emotions.. not cool, bad karma!

[extrakt0r]

Well, I can't afford $260, I got student loans to pay.

If your racing budget hinges on a lousy $75.00 you need to re-evaulate your hobby...Scrapbooking maybe for you?

It sucks that they just "happen" to pick these days, but oh well, what are you going to do about it? Pay it and pratice, or don't pay it and don't pratice...

If you hate it that much, rent the track next year during those days and hold your own track day and charge what you think is fair...

Otherwise bend over like the rest of us and pay the $75.00 extra fee :)

[red900]

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I should not have even started this thread...

Well, I can't afford $260, I got student loans to pay. Its hard enough to make it up there and spend money on fuel and tires. To spend an  $100 over the typical trackday cost or to just throw away $75 for a membership fee that I will hardly benefit from is just not worth it...

If thats how NESBA runs the business, I'll never ride or recommend riding with that organization and I'll make sure I tell that to everyone I talk to!

You are quite confused.....  Nesba did not rent the track for Race Practice, they rented the track for trackday riders.   The fact that racers want to use that trackday for practice makes no difference to them, they have so many slots and when people fill them there is no more spots...  No matter whether you are there to have fun, or practice for your race. 

As for the cost, imagine what it costs to rent Road America for a day?  I am only guessing but I would say around 20k a day, now imagine you are nesba and you are offering full refunds in case of bad weather...  How much would you have to charge at an event to minimize your possible losses ( the track does not refund nesba, nesba just eats the 20K)?  Nesba is Non-profit business, meaning at the end of the year they claim no profits, all income must be reinvested in the business ( trailers, websites, blah blah).  So, in order to keep this business running, considering some events lose money and some make money, they must treat it as a business. 

CCS is running an event no matter what, rain or shine or hail even (HPT), so they can offer lower costs because they do not have to build in  these insurances.  Also, Nesba limits the track density, so they must account for that also....   

I wonder if CCS is not offering a practice day because the rental cost of the track is so high??

[tstruyk]

ugh nevermind... where's the dead horse smiley???

[backMARKr]

ugh nevermind... where's the dead horse smiley???

Yeah..enough already with the "NESBA sucks" vs. " No it doesn't" discussion.