Post by David M Baker on Oct 19, 2014 22:30:40 GMT -5
I can't say what reasons others haven't been participating in league races but I'll share why I won't.
I'm not bashing this league but sharing my experience. The premise and rules of this league are excellent and I was impressed at different times when league admins put a few drivers in check.
I joined this league early this year and ran a full season of the superspeedway series on Friday nights but with plans of running part time in truck and nationwide series. My time that I could spend working on sets changed and I've only had time to run some practice sessions and some hosted races on the weekends. I rarely jump into official races. Anyways, I was asked by a friend to help him at Talladega as a favor. Same friend sure tried to help me win the championship early this year. I was really looking forward to running with the revvedup guys. I was kind of expecting a little bit warmer welcome back and I guess that is my fault. I got a few hellos. No "where ya been?" or "Are you gonna race more". Was it because of who I was helping? I don't expect much but if this is just friendly racing and you want to improve participation, you may want to look at things a bit deeper because I really have no intention of returning. I've been in a lot of hosted races that were warmer. I don't know, seems you'd be happy to see someone return to fill out a 10 car field at the easiest track to drive. Oh well. I'm sorry for showing up.
Post by Kent Connolly on Oct 20, 2014 12:02:01 GMT -5
I for one appreciate you coming out and running with us. Im sorry if we didnt make you feel welcome im just not a big talker at least not till i know you. It had absolutely nothing to do with who you were helping that is not my style or what i am about. I usually dont dip into folks business about where they been maybe I should. I for one appreciate your honesty and I welcome it. David feel free to race with us anytime and thank you .
Post by Dennis W. Wright on Oct 20, 2014 14:04:17 GMT -5
David,
As Kent said we appreciate you coming out. We appreciate everyone that shows up, but we know family and work and many other things get in the way. We arent the type that will beg anyone to race with us nor pry any information about where they've been. I dont treat anyone any different just because who they are friends with. For whatever reason the person that invited you to help him has a different way of looking at things and thats fine. But I still say hi to everyone when I get in the server and thats it. I talk to my teammates on Teamspeak, just as you were talking to yours last night. During the race I prefer the open chat to be silent except for something to do with the race. On ts I may talk about other things but weve known each other for a while. Like Ive been told the road goes both ways. Never once heard you say anything last night about sorry guys I havent been able to make it Ive been busy. I dont expect anyone to explain why they havent been around. Now if they havent been around due to something they dont like in the league and they want to talk to us about it and see if we can resolve something thats different. Sorry that you may feel different than us. You werent being ignored or brushed of by any means because of who you raced with. Come give us another chance if you change your mind.