Motorsport activities

Well i just got back from a great night of oval track racing of open wheel cars like lotus super seven, super stock, stock, and super 100 car racing and i must say not only was the racing actually enjoyable to watch so was the atmosphere of american hicks all getting loaded.

Best part of the night was the announcer inducting people into the hall of fame, and he is loaded as FUCK!! hiccuping burping slurring, hell one moment he stopped threw up a little and then kept talking. Ahhhh only in america do you get that kinda entertainment.

Anyways i was wondering does regina/saskatchewan still offer these types of races? or has it all died out

DRifting the wave of the future!

1eightySX wrote:

DRifting the wave of the future!

ya ya i love drifting but lets be honest reginas motorsport scene sucks. the only people watching teh races are other racers more or less.

thats pathetic.

this hometown race tonite had over 300 viewers

Well we didn't race but we watched Jesse even won a prize.

Everything needs to start somewhere... Be apart of the solution my good man.

Moneypits wrote:

thats pathetic.

no

you're pathetic

Moneypits wrote:

1eightySX wrote:

DRifting the wave of the future!

ya ya i love drifting but lets be honest reginas motorsport scene sucks. the only people watching teh races are other racers more or less.

thats pathetic.

this hometown race tonite had over 300 viewers

you don't even participate in it lol how do you know it sucks?

there is lots of racing in regina.
circle track(quite polular spectator sport)
3 flags(autoX.drifting.sport bikes.corvette club/BMW club.karts)

All of which have quite a few spectators. AutoX and circle track usually get the most

Jhall wrote:

Moneypits wrote:

1eightySX wrote:

DRifting the wave of the future!

ya ya i love drifting but lets be honest reginas motorsport scene sucks. the only people watching teh races are other racers more or less.

thats pathetic.

this hometown race tonite had over 300 viewers

you don't even participate in it lol how do you know it sucks?

i didnt say the event sucked, without participating i cant say it sucks or not. I said the scene as in spectator sucks.

so i do know it sucks

and yes marshal that was my intial question do we have circle track racing? I never hear any sort of advertisement for any tho

you said the scene sucks, the scene is awesome here, we just don't have the quality of events that others do

Jhall wrote:

you said the scene sucks, the scene is awesome here, we just don't have the quality of events that others do

my apologies the spectating scene sucks.

as in what i said earlier if you read the people who watch the events are other racers mostly types like that.

you dont get people coming out to watch as a fun activity etc. Its not advertised etc. etc.

Even last year many will agree the spectating was i thought quite good for the drift events i went to there was three seperate bleachers all pretty full.

this year... nada

but still not what my question was i was asking if we had circle track racing cause i know we have that track but havent heard much about it since like two years ago

there is advertising all the time for Kings Park Speedway.

ITs not that there isn't advertising, becasue there is. When big events are on, its on most radio stations, CTV has advertisments most time, and there are flyers everywhere.

That problem around here, is people don't give a fuck. Most of the time, if you're not into the scene, you're not going ot want to go anyways.
I hear advertisments for pats games and rider games all the times, but I could care less, so chances are, I'm still not going to go.

It doesn't help that the race tracks are located out of town, is out-of-view locations, so chances are, people don't just stumble upon it

why do you care if there is spectators or not? Is that the reason you would go? So people can watch you?

so people can watch you watch. Its trendy.

Supra wrote:

why do you care if there is spectators or not? Is that the reason you would go? So people can watch you?

Yes actually my ego is SOOO huge i need to show off my awsome cars and driving skills cause there so much better than everyone else. If i dont have my own cheering squad its not worth my precious time to demonstrate how awesome i am.

No

i was only asking because i had a great time last night, with packed stands talking to people having some drinks it was as much a social event as it was a racing event. This is what i was trying to get at, in regina its not so much an entertainment venue as i would like.

It had nothing to do with competing at all so stfu

The riders and the pats are too big... Everyone likes them.

It is Regina, it is what it is, like what Marshal said. We don't have the population or a venue support something like that. Same thing goes for concerts we get big special events but not so many intermediate events. Why do so many bands skip over Regina, or even Sask as a whole? Well part of the reason is that is is not worth it, because out of a population only a certain percentage will lbe interested in seeing that band. Now in bigger centers a small percent of a huge number can still mean a big number but not in sask as the population number is low. Mix that with promoters who don't want to take risks and Regina ends up with Paul Brandt at the Center of the Arts and no Bloc Party.

I think this is applicable to the motorsports in sask. Low percentage of interest with such a low population equals little to no interest. Add this together with the fact that nobody is going to plan a big event if they can't recoup their costs.

I think smaller towns can get away with certain events because well.... they have nothing better to do. Melville Mills hockey sells out all the time but what else are you going to do in Melville? In the end maybe Regina has too many options with too low of population to support such big events.


However, I am big believer in the fact that if you want something to be good then be apart of it. Don't wait for things to change but maybe be apart of the change? If you want more people to be at motorsports events I think it is fair to say that it starts with you. If you are really passionate about it then maybe join an organization to help help change it. This isn't just directed at Cam but maybe serves as a reminder to everyone.

As a side note, Cam I know you have some friends in the music scene in Regina and think about how that works. It is probably pretty close to the motorsports scene but it is slowly improving. It just takes work and support from everyone.

Personally, myself, coming from Calgary I have really enjoyed the car/drift/racing/tuner scene here. I was talking to Jesse about this yesterday as well. Without a doubt in my mind the car/drift/racing/tuner scene in Calgary is CRAZY and way bigger but you would never know. The city has so many cars and so many people that you could live there your entire life and never see some people's wicked cars. The thing I like about all of us and our scene here in Regina is that we pretty much know everyone who is apart of the scene and whats been done to their cars. Ya it would be cool to have some more spectators out to watch and what not but what can you do? On a negative note you might have some people come who would just beak you for not knowing how to drift. Or on a positive note introduce the sport to some people who are interested in this kind of stuff and now have an "in" to getting involved in it who didn't realize that this was happening. I agree that maybe "advertising" more could draw more people to the events. I also think that something has to been done by the owners of 3 flags if thats what needs to happen. More people = more money and help, possibly, for the track too.

Thats just my thoughts...