DMP banquet

[kartmom]

Last night, my family and I spent over $400 to attend the DMP banquet. After a long season, we were proud to see my son receive a top 5 points finish in his kart class. The flyer that was handed out at the races stated that it was "a celebration for all Friday night divisions and dmp kart divisions." As the night went on, it was clear that it was a celebration for all Friday night divisions and not dmp kart divisions. The original flyer that we received stated that there would be trophies and "contingencies to be announced" for 2nd through 5th places in each kart division and trophies and cash for 2nd through 5th place in each of the Friday night oval divisions. When the trophies were given to the karters there were no contingency prizes, or if there were we are all still waiting for them to be announced. It also stated that there would be a cash award for each division champion and I didn't see any of them walk away with an envelope. My son only received a trophy and yes we were very pleased with him and pleased with it. I feel that if there were no contingencies, DMP should not have put the words in black and white when they were promoting their $50 per person banquet. I figure that my family and I spent $2000+ this past season, between the cost of admission and the fee to race. This was above and beyond the $400+ we spent to attend the banquet. I am sure that we weren't the only ones. It was a slap in the face to watch the Friday night oval divisions walk away with their cash prizes, while the karters didn't even walk away with as much as a wheel or a bottle of tire prep. We enjoyed racing at the track this past summer and were quite pleased with the family atmosphere and gave the track rave reviews. This was very hard to swallow though, because it felt that the money we contributed to the track all season and the money paid for banquet tickets was not to benefit our karters. It seemed like it all benefited the friday night oval divisions. I feel that if you are going to promise something, you should make good on that promise. I am sure that I am probably not the only one that feels this way.

[kartmom]

I agree that Walt, Buck and the staff worked together all season to make it a success and I will not deny that. I understand that DMP is a business and must have adequate cash flow in order to operate. What I do not understand is why it was stated on the flyer that there would be trophies and contincencies awarded to those that placed 2nd - 5th in their division and a cash prize for the champion in each division, yet there were no contingencies or cash. I really feel that if they had promised that, they should have made good on that promise, that is part of running and operating a business. I had the original flyer and had reread it several times to make sure that I was reading it right, before posting the original post. I feel that Walt and Buck and everyone worked hard last season to make sure everything went smooth. I was also pleased to hear about their efforts to make the track better for this season. Even though I was unhappy over the outcome of the banquet, we have every intention on being there this season.

[brentyjames]

how did you spend 400 bucks did you bring 8 people im not trying to bash you or anything im just curious? karters are lucky that they have such a nice place to race because theres a lot of backyard junk out there it seems now adays and the friday night oval cars are more prestigous then the karting racesm and if you were in there shoes you would probally want a little bit more time to shine in the spotlight considering just the cars themselves are at least 4 times the amount of karts used. So I understand that your concern but as far as the spotlight goes I feel that if your son raced in a division like one of those you would feel that you deserve more time also. Also my opinon is not biased because my brother ran karts jr2 and we spent a lot of money for what it was I thought to run karts and all he got is a trophy, but it is a kart and for most it is a learning class/stepping stone to bigger and better things.