Paul submitted the following suggestions on December 18, 2011 to Jason Fiorito, President of Pacific Raceways. We hope our fellow local racers will join in and submit constructive suggestions for the racing facility.
Hi Jason,
A few months ago I made a recommendation that it would be good for your website to have some type of suggestion inbox/feedback capabilities so you are kept up to date as to what the racers/fans feel about Pacific Raceways. We as a racing family have quite a few ideas that we feel would go a long ways in getting you better support toward your efforts in getting the grand facility that you’d love to have.
1) Improve the lighting situation both in the pits on the track itself, especially on the return roads as it is pretty dangerous at night times due to lack of visibility
2) Improve the entry roads to/from the facilities as some of the pot holes are pretty bad that can potentially blow out tires/bend rims/break front suspensions of cars/trucks
3) Improve return road as some areas are pretty treacherous due to bumps/dips that can retain water when it rains plus can cause for hazardous driving conditions at night.
We love racing at Pacific Raceways as a family we have been doing this for over 40 years and look forward to many, many more whether it is on the old or new track. That said, these types of improvements will not only make some of the negative publicity that is being put out there by major reporting agencies along with NHRA subside somewhat it will have a positive reaction from your local racers/fans that patronize your facilities. I would also like to add that we had a wonderful year last year at Pacific Raceways, especially representing PR at the Team Finals and look forward to bringing the Track Championship back to where it belongs. You have a wonderful crew working there and hope to see them all return for 2012! Go Team Pacific!
Happy Holidays To You & Your Family!
Paul/Roger/Chris Young & Family – Edwards & Young Racing
Response from Jason on December 18, 2011:
“Thank you Paul, and Happy Holidays to you and your family as well. I will share this with the team and see what we can come up with! Jason“
For the record, I also posted Paul’s comments on Pacific Raceway’s Facebook page. Not one single comment from our fellow racers…
Racers are like the apathetic voters with their heads up their ass. I swear if I hear one complaint from a fellow racer next season, I’m going to knock him/her upside the head. We made an attempt to suggest constructive improvements to the facility, many of which are long overdue.
But the improvements won’t be done if our fellow racers won’t join in a discussion and only desire to complain when standing in the staging lanes…
Happy friggin’ New Year!
I noticed today that Pacific’s FB page has vanished ! Perhaps they don’t desire input from the racers and fans?
Roger, we do want comment from racers and fans and we are working to improve both our facebook site and our website. — John Ramsey
Thanks John for posting and I look forward to improved communications with Pacific Raceways.
[John Ramsey is the Director of Marketing at Pacific Raceways]