Southern California - no place to drag race in the birthplace of drag racing

PROSTOCKTOM said

We still have lots of dragstrips around where I live in Indiana, but what's killing the tracks is lack of spectators. You go to a track and there might be a good crowd of cars, but no paying customers in the stands. The guys that raced 30-40 years ago weekly are either deceased, or far to old to race any longer. Track preparation is also now so costly that operators just have no prep races, and those suck in my opinion, and are far to dangerous to race a fast car at. I am not done with racing, but I am going to build a 1937 Nash for just cruising around town for when there are no racetracks left or I get to old to race any longer.

Tom

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@PROSTOCKTOM

Try: Open up no/little prep on weekday nights for 1/8 mile. Brings in 18-30 year olds with street cars. They are more likely to buy track food and drinks than older crowd too. Street cars don’t oil down strip and they are less picky than older guys with dedicated street cars. 1/8mi makes it safer for beginners. Friends come and hang out to watch (no family since younger). Only run it 4pm to like 8-9pm. So only 4-5 hours. And staff can come from their daytime jobs.

Works well if near larger cities.

Try: to rent the track and parking lot during week for non drag stuff. Maybe police training, fire training, etc. gotta make use of venue when not racing.

These events might not be your cup of tea. But track needs revenue so you can run the events you normally choose to run at.