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Ok, I spoke with Gary and we have some things in the works.. The Traffic Light adult entertainment club(sponsor) will have a couple of there girls tow the boat down for us. Gary and I will fly in Friday.
problem.. the girls will arrive Thursday and we will need some OPA member to volunteer to look after them and show them a good time.. you know, make them feel welcome. |
Originally Posted by Wazzup Racing
(Post 3402286)
So let me ask a simple question. How stupid do you think we look, when Optima calls wanting to ship batteries, and I have to say, I only have four registered teams. Here is an 80 thousand dollar deal, and you guys cant even register. Allan spent two weeks getting all your paperwork mailed to you, Ron and I spent four months putting that deal together, Total lack of respect. If you want the sport to grow, do more than expect.
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Finally, someone that gets it. Well said Mark
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Originally Posted by Wazzup Racing
(Post 3402286)
So let me ask a simple question. How stupid do you think we look, when Optima calls wanting to ship batteries, and I have to say, I only have four registered teams. Here is an 80 thousand dollar deal, and you guys cant even register. Allan spent two weeks getting all your paperwork mailed to you, Ron and I spent four months putting that deal together, Total lack of respect. If you want the sport to grow, do more than expect.
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i would be , if i would get an answer from smitty on what where when !! just sayn !:party-smiley-004:
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Originally Posted by 2 Trick Rick
(Post 3402899)
Ok, I spoke with Gary and we have some things in the works.. The Traffic Light adult entertainment club(sponsor) will have a couple of there girls tow the boat down for us. Gary and I will fly in Friday.
problem.. the girls will arrive Thursday and we will need some OPA member to volunteer to look after them and show them a good time.. you know, make them feel welcome. |
Crossing my fingers
Originally Posted by 2 Trick Rick
(Post 3402899)
Ok, I spoke with Gary and we have some things in the works.. The Traffic Light adult entertainment club(sponsor) will have a couple of there girls tow the boat down for us. Gary and I will fly in Friday.
problem.. the girls will arrive Thursday and we will need some OPA member to volunteer to look after them and show them a good time.. you know, make them feel welcome. |
Originally Posted by waterboy1
(Post 3402756)
Prize money or tow money,Sunny Isles is a great event, and defintately worth the trip.We are also very fortunate to only have to pay annual registration fees and not additional fees for each and every race.Despite difficult economic times,there are many positives for OPA .OPA has a staff of VOLUNTEERS that give up thier time and money so that we can race!Each race producer also has a staff of VOLUNTEERS that do the same.Remember to take time to thank these people at each and every race.OPA has a great schedule planned for us that offers varying water conditions to help level the playing field.There are also a number of new teams planning on racing the OPA circut this year.Lets do whatever we can to help make thier racing experience as enjoyable as posibble so that they keep coming back.It is also great to see sponsors like Teague and Optima supporting the OPA.Lets make sure that we all do whatever we can to help them maximize exposure and increase sales.
We all need to work together to continue to improve OPA.I know that I am willing to help in any way that I can. |
My personal opinion here, but if any teams have questions about anything official regarding OPA they should contact Smitty directly through e mail/phone/PM etc...
All this forum stuff is great, but we should keep the official stuff (such as payout complaints) private. It does nothing to further our sport by bickering in public. Every team at one point has had an issue with something OPA has done, we are all indviduals with different opinions, but the bottom line is OPA is here for all of us. It is our organization. Taking Smitty or anyone else in OPA to task for a decision or action and then posting it on the internet is not constructive criticism. In the professional motorsport organizations I have been involved in (Grand-AM, IMSA) the teams know the organizations are there to promote the series. The better the series, the better it is for all the teams. They may not like all the decisions, but they accept that the organizations motives are for the betterment of everyone. Rich |
Originally Posted by sbracing
(Post 3403447)
My personal opinion here, but if any teams have questions about anything official regarding OPA they should contact Smitty directly through e mail/phone/PM etc...
All this forum stuff is great, but we should keep the official stuff (such as payout complaints) private. It does nothing to further our sport by bickering in public. Every team at one point has had an issue with something OPA has done, we are all indviduals with different opinions, but the bottom line is OPA is here for all of us. It is our organization. Taking Smitty or anyone else in OPA to task for a decision or action and then posting it on the internet is not constructive criticism. In the professional motorsport organizations I have been involved in (Grand-AM, IMSA) the teams know the organizations are there to promote the series. The better the series, the better it is for all the teams. They may not like all the decisions, but they accept that the organizations motives are for the betterment of everyone. Rich I can debate this topic with you and others all day. But I wont do it on the public forum. The gallery is not silent. Just holding its tongue |
Bruce,are you turning over a new leaf? holding your tongue?lol
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Guys,
Whats to debate???? When was there ever a "payout complaint"? Holy cow, I just wasted 10 minutes of my life re-reading this thread to make sure there wasnt something I missed. I apologize and maybe I need to crawl back into my bilge, but I never would have thought that being asked for a choice, me asking for complete info to make an informed decision, originally getting a smoke and mirrors answer, then finally getting a concise one was debating or complaining. wow I am officially stupider now..... As I said in a previous post, I'm just glad that the purse isnt a million and the travel money isnt just 10 bucks, but then again Smitty would end up being the bad guy no matter what from the guys that answered "tow money" and it was their fault for not asking for complete information.. Thanks guys, sorry for trying to look out for you and your teams, go ahead and get your pom poms back out, I'll head back to the bilge. :asskiss: |
Tow money is great...thank you OPA.... great job!
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My intention is not to debate, but to make a comment that
I make it a point to contact Mr. Smith directly when I have a question about OPA operational stuff. |
Im not debating either just making my statement like a few others. We didnt register right away due to our boat isnt even done from the builder yet and we dont know if we will even be in the points race after getting the boat done. We are hoping like hell to be in SI. Second the sponsors we have talked with want more for their buck than just a name on everything we own. Last but not least, the money would help us get to a race site beings we race because we love it!!! Not because we're well off and can afford it! So any help in getting us to a race sight is VERY VERY much appreciated!!!!!!
Also we appreciate EVERYONE for all there hard work on helping get these races up and running!! Thanks!! |
Originally Posted by Wazzup Racing
(Post 3401474)
Trent, let me help you out here.
Last year Sunny Isles pd 35K, I added 10k to the purse, because the SVL's and the SS wanted to come. Paid purse 45k This year Sunny Isles has 35k , and I will add the money for the SS class. Ryan Beckley got in touch, and we told him we would pay the class. Havn't heard a word from the SVL's so the rest goes to the 7 OPA classes. 35 divided by 7 is 5k a class. Not all classes have to take the purse the same way. Some can do purse some can do travel. Money will be pd in Sunny Isles. Smitty Were they paid at the site? |
Class 6 took Tow. The rest was paid 1st 2nd 3rd Place.
Purse was collected at the site and paid out on Monday. |
Bruce, coming to St Clair?
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Originally Posted by Wazzup Racing
(Post 3438373)
Bruce, coming to St Clair?
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Originally Posted by Wazzup Racing
(Post 3438371)
Class 6 took Tow. The rest was paid 1st 2nd 3rd Place.
Purse was collected at the site and paid out on Monday. |
Yep
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