Can i get some honest opinions...........

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I know i should post this in the "track" section but i really want everyone's thoughts on this. I ran a track day at Mid-Ohio last Monday and the track was crap IMO, SCCA cars had ran the day before and left A LOT of rubber dust on the track. Here's a link to the STT (sportbiketracktime) forum who ran the event, I'm "FasDuc" and started a thread to try and rectify what i perceived as a problem.

For reference "brian.healeastaff" and "kiggy74" are control riders that work for STT and "STT Guy" is Monte, the owner. I think Monte was on the ball as usual but the other guys are coming off as pedantic and condescending. My description of the track conditions are not embellished nor am i denying the weather and temperature factors that others brought up, but......

Am i wrong in my thinking that we are paying customers out there on the track and should be taken seriously? Or are we track "students" that should follow blindly the opinions and observations of the event staff and control riders who theoretically are experts with more knowledge and experience?

Like i stated, the problem is being looked into with both Mid-Ohio and STT starting a standardized, post auto race/trackday, track inspection and FOD check.
 
I run advanced also, I'm pushing the 1:30's at Mid-Ohio and i know they "DON'T WANT ME TO CRASH", that wasn't the question. You seem to have to same selective reading problems they do.
 
if the track is crap, you need to talk to them while youre there. Theres nothing they can do about it the next day. Almost every NESBA event ive been to, they flat out say,'if youre not happy, come see us immediately. dont keep quiet and post it on the board the next day.' In my opinion, rubber on the track is something you have to learn to deal with. Its part of riding the track and as long as its not on the line, dont worry about it. Any time youre at the track and you go off the line, youre going to pick up extra rubber
 
I did go straight to them, i didn't even finish the first lap. Did you even read the link i posted? Debris on the track is not acceptable, why would you think it should be? If oil, rain, dirt etc. gets on the track during the day I'm there then fine, I'll deal with it but debris from an auto track day the day before is unacceptable to me.... and it should be for you too.
 
I breezed through the thread. Honestly, its nothing new. If you want your money back, you need to get a whole lot more people together to collectively complain. Either STT will stop running Mid-Ohio or they will require a full cleaning before their event. Then again, what happens if Mid-Ohio doesnt clean it to your specs? Does STT eat that cost?
In the end, if it was that dangerous you should have pitted in or demanded they cleaned it. Youll get the same thing on rain days. If the org doesnt call the day due to rain, you have to make the decision whether or not to continue to ride.
 
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