Stop Gouging Race Fans
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Says Hotels Gouging Fans and Tracks not Doing
Enough
Do you think race track owners are doing enough for NASCAR fans these
days? Apparently Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn't think they are.

Earnhardt is tired of race fans getting soaked by high ticket prices,
high hotel prices and minimum stays at hotels on race weekends. Bruce
Martin at SI.com reported that Junior voiced his displeasure with
track operators during a break in a recent TV commercial shoot.

Junior is not happy that drivers are getting the blame for a lack of
ticket sales. "The race track owners want drivers to do more? Yeah,
right. They need to go back to work," said Earnhardt.

Track operators have ridden the NASCAR Gravy Train for the past few
years with NASCAR's popularity at an all time high. "They forgot what
it's like to sell tickets. That's their problem. They ain't had to
sell tickets for a long time and none of them remember how or knew
how or ever learned how."

"They need to get back to working hard and doing their promotions and
putting packages together for race fans. They don't want to cut the
ticket price but they probably should and get these hotels to quit
gouging these people," said Dale Jr. "Hotels near race tracks often
jack their prices up 3 to 4 time the normal rate on race weekends -
and many require 3 night minimum stays turning fans away who only
want to spend one night and see the race.

"they probably should and get these hotels to quit gouging these
people" — Dale Earnhardt JrAn $80 hotel room can easily go for $300
when NASCAR is in town. Add a 3 night minimum and that comes to $900
for the weekend. If all you can afford is $80 for one night the hotel
operators have 2 words for you: "Tough Luck."

The track promoters need to get together with the hotel operators and
come up with some affordable packages that include lodging and race
tickets if they want to put race fans in the grandstands on Sunday
afternoon.

"They can dump that responsibility on drivers all they want but the
responsibility really lies in their hands to sell race tickets and
they have to get creative in doing it," said Dale Jr. "We already do
a lot. We do [blanking] plenty and they are full of [bleep]."

So are you guys at the race track listening to this? What are you
going to do to sell more tickets?

Race fans, what do you want to see?