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Greetings,
Just
wanted to give everyone a brief update.
Hope
everyone is enjoying the offseason so far.
On this end it seems as though there is no
offseason anymore, it's amazing to me how
this business is a year long deal now
days.
I
was really pleased to see so many of our
teams at the recent IMIS show in Indy.
Hopefully many of those who attended, and
those of you who I mailed cards to, have
taken a few minutes and said or sent thank
you cards to our sponsors. I truly believe
a simple thank you goes a long way. As a
reminder, many banquet certs have a Dec.
31, 2011 expiration date on them, so
please take the time to look those over
and take advantage of the savings provided
by them, lots of those certs were good
deals.
As
we look forward to 2012, I thought I'd
give all of you a early Christmas gift by
telling you the 2012 schedule at this
point will be the simplest I've ever done.
It has less travel and less Friday shows
than any prior, and of those Friday shows
Oshkosh & Dodge are relatively local
for most so possibly only a few hours of
work, if any, is an issue on some of
those.
I'm
pleased to announce that we will have 5
Saturday night races at Beaver Dam Raceway
this year, 1 each in April, May, June,
August, and September with July being
their WoO show. We'll still be running
Dodge too, however we will not schedule
the April back to backs as weather has
made those not a wise move on my end the
past few years. As of this writing I
believe we'll have about 20 shows between
BDR, Plymouth, Dodge, Wilmot, Oshkosh, and
141. What's really cool is that we've
worked these dates so that we've been able
to minimize conflict with our local tracks
which only enhances our relationship with
them. We will also be headlining both the
Kenosha & Sheboygan County Fair's
again this year. I'm really pleased with
the relationships we have at all these
fine local venues, it makes a schedule
like this possible. Overall, actual dates
are being penciled in and only a few dates
are yet to be finalized. Our schedule will
end up being somewhere between 27 & 30
dates.
In
regards to Knoxville, I am pleased to
announce that I have worked out an
incentive agreement with Knoxville that
gives our teams that truly enjoy running
there, and who may want to compete at the
Nationals, an opportunity to run there
once a month or possibly as many as 4-5
times before the Nationals, if they
choose, without conflicting with the IRA
schedule. I've worked this arrangement out
in place of having an actual IRA point
race at Knoxville this year. This will
benefit those who want to go, versus some
of those who felt they were being forced
to go. There is a financial incentive for
those who decide to take a trip out there,
even if it's only once, on one of those
designated non-conflicting dates.
Regarding these actual dates, IRA may run
at Oshkosh or Dodge the Friday before, but
Saturday will be an IRA off night,
allowing our teams the option of going to
Knoxville, Wilmot for a non-IRA show, or
simply taking a Saturday off. There a 3
midseason pre-Nationals Saturday's like
this, plus it's "possible"
Knoxville may open the week before us this
year, and that they are running the Sunday
before the Nationals instead of Saturday
this year, again with no conflict so that
is how a team could get out there as many
as 5 times before the Nationals
potentially, without missing an IRA point
show.
The
overwhelming majority of our schedule will
be in Wisconsin, and we do have 3
(possibly 4) trips to the NW part of the
state planned, one still has to have the
following touches finalized. 2 shows at
Cedar Lake plus a Eagle Valley, Ashland,
and Superior are in place, though we're
working on possibly 2 other stops in that
region too as we have had correspondence
with Rice Lake and Menomonie too.
When
all said and done this schedule will
absolutely have less travel, less hotel
stays, and less effected work days than
any we've had in many, many a year. I
truly believe you (and your families) will
all be pleased.
We're
still in need of a truck deal, anyone who
has contacts that can get a foot in the
door for us on a used or new 3/4 ton or
dually would be tremendously appreciated.
Please
feel free to contact with any questions,
concerns, truck & sponsor leads,
etc....
Steve
Sinclair
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