FEEDBACK ARTICLE - TORONTO MOTORSPORTS PARK = TOO MANY BROKEN PROMISES
Granted, there could stand to be some maintenance done to TMP, but
I think your article was a little over the top. I've traveled to many
tracks, seen NHRA and IHRA national events, and Saturday, at TMP was the
absolute best racing I've seen in many years - bar none. The track is in
great shape. The pit area may have been in rough shape, but crews were
able to get in and out, even with the rain. To then imply that if someone
as "low" as Bobby Lagana Jr. can have the audacity to complain it
must be bad ... is really an insult to racers and fans. Bobby Lagana is a
great racer, has equal right to be at the same track as any high dollar race
team, and complain about it if he so chooses. No wonder racers like
myself have become less impressed with NHRA. And, after being in Houston for three days,
nice, clean bathrooms are pretty important. I agree there is work to be
done at TMP, but does NHRA really need to be telling IHRA what to do? And
comparatively speaking, NHRA could use some work done at some of the tracks
they visit. If IHRA is unhappy with it, let them deal with it. I'm
sure there are measures that they can take on their own. - Teresa Williams,
Port Hope, Ontario
We’re not
going to say that NHRA has all perfect tracks. There are some dives on that
side and while we hear promises from certain ones they’ll fix the place,
nothing happens and the NHRA declines to intervene.
Our
statement is each year the event comes to town, it’s as if this event is a
complete surprise and all repairs and upgrades are made in the days prior and
not the months as it should be.
We did not
imply Bobby Lagana, Jr. was low. We implied when a good natured racer that
never complains such as Lagana does so then you have a problem. You read one
thing and took it another.
By your own
admission you say if the IHRA is unhappy about it, let them say something
about. With all due respect, does that mean that we cannot have an opinion? If
so, who do you speak for? – Editor
