HIGHWAY FREAKING ROBBERY!!!

[THE_D.O.C.]

my girlfriend and i were charged 50.00$ to enter the treack at VIR this weekend!!! the track officials said that was CCS'S fee. has CCS seen a ticket for an AMA national lately? we are BOTH pissed off. it is bad enough that entry fees are more expensive, but that was insulting!!!

[schpreck]

50.00?!  What the?!  And CCS wonders why they don't get a better spectator turnout!  That's amazing.

[RickyRacer]

Can you be more specific? What you get for $50.00? Was it two 2-day passes + camping or what?

FL region pays $20 for one 2-day pass.  Or $10 for a Saturday pass and $15 for a Sunday pass.

[slclark65]

I just spoke with track management here at VIR and just wanted to let everyone know that the gate fee to VIR is NOT $50.  A two day pass was available to everyone at $25 a person.  Sunday's gate pass is $15.  If anyone wanted to camp for the weekend, it was $25 extra. I just wanted to clear up this matter and make sure our riders know that we are not committing highway robbery.   :)

[David Hawks]

Yes it's true that CCS takes a part of the gate. But, CCS also has better purses, better advertisement and nicer trophys than a lot of clubs. The money has to come from somewhere. In the end I think the extra five or ten dollars you pay at the gate is worth it.

[THE_D.O.C.]

you can see ana AMA national for 30.00$ a person. i was charged 25.00$ a piece for my girlfriend and i. what with all the hoopla about record growth, higher entry fees and now higher gate passes, CCS is becoming highly profitable. sorry guys, but it was a load of CRAP!!!

[Bill Wiley]

I think that their would be a much better attendance if the races were advertised! I heard a radio spot for VIR on my way to the track this morning and the radio spot said that VIR'S FIRST spectator event was next weekend april 20th! I guess that CCS is considered a club event and VIR does not count it for spectators. If the public is not aware then they will not come! I paid 15.00 for Sunday admission!

[Roach]

you can see ana AMA national for 30.00$ a person. i was charged 25.00$ a piece for my girlfriend and i. what with all the hoopla about record growth, higher entry fees and now higher gate passes, CCS is becoming highly profitable. sorry guys, but it was a load of CRAP!!!

A multi-day pass for the AMA national at VIR is $50 in advance, $55 at the gate.  Camping is an additional $20 per night (per vehicle), bringing your total to... $150 for  two people for the weekend.

For the CCS weekend, it's $60 for the same 2 people.

For just Sat, the AMA admission is $35... there is no "Sat only" price for CCS (or WERA). They do not have the staff to patrol for people trying to rip them off and stay through sunday. However... for that Sat admission you get to see 9 races vs. 2 at the AMA weekend.

Sun at the AMA is $40, while CCS charges $15.

- Roach

[ecumike]

Speaking of entry fees....  
We pay to enter the races, yet still have to pay a 'gate' entry fee?.. just thought it was kinda odd... after all... isn't the reason the event happens,  b/c WE enter the races... if no one entered the races, there wouldn't be much of an event... just a thought.

[THE_D.O.C.]

that's easy ecumike. MONEY. if they nickel and dime you to death, it looks better than gouge you up front. like i said. CCS boasts of record enrollment, yet raises their prices. kevin elliot, where are you?

oh yeah, roach...... CCS club racing is hardly AMA pro racing. FORMULA USA is not worth that price. IMHO

[Jupiter8racing]

Dude, All the clubs in the US charge about the same. Some a little better, some a little worse. If racing is too expensive for you perhaps you should stick to trackdays.

[THE_D.O.C.]

stick this!! i won't be taken advantage of and not voice my opinion. i guarantee that if i pay my entry fees as i have for the last four years. and i see the trend of higher gate prices, as well as entry fees. while hearing simultaneously of CCS's "growth. either {A} ccs is not growing as it says. or {B} people are being ripped off. now you run along to your track days silly.