ORIGINAL: JohnBuckner
ORIGINAL: nhulsey
Johnbuckner, we're not talking about RC car races, we are talking about the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), AmericanRace CarAssociation (ARCA), American Motorcycle Association (the ''Other'' AMA). If you are a member of these organizations you can go to any track in the nation and use it whenever you want for a daily/hourly fee. .
I am not without any experiance with the American Motorcycle Association (see picture below) albeit long ago I feel your assertion is patently absurd. Somehow I don,t think showing up at Daytona Speedways doorstep with my 'other' ama card and expert competition lisense unanounced and expecting practice laps for a token fee is going to work. Nope fat chance.
Now the major problem with this mandate from AMA everyone is daydreaming about is simply who is going to administer it at the local level. Who is going to go to the field everyday on a schedule and make sure the gates are open for travelers (or we must just throw them open and suffer vandelism consequences that are certain to follow) and who pray tell is going to collect the feees? Do we need to hire a gate collector? Well certainly not me and I am not about to bring up something like that when I am busy offering the bgest hospitality I can. Even though We have some daily fee set up in eighteen years I have been a member of this club I have never seen it collected and never seen any visiting flyer turned away, period.
We are a simple club of friends and will not be turned into a commercial business requireing fee collectors or gatekeepers we are not hotel clerks that one posted seemed to imply with a riduculous comparison.
John
Well then I guess clubs are going to continue to die along with AMA membership. I would be willing to do whatever it takes, if I was a truly dedicated club member, to keep this sport/hobby alive........even if it means commercializing just a little bit. A little bit of sacrifice by clubs coud go a long long long way in helping this organization grow.....or do you really want it to grow? I would sure hope so.