Channeling Pat Vidan at the dirt tracks

[KevMcNJ]

It started out as a joke. Someone sent me a pic of Mr. Vidan @ Indy and said I should wear a white jacket and tie too.

I thought about it and said yeah I should.

I get some odd stares at some tracks. At other tracks fans say they were hoping I showed up in a jacket and tie again.

This was last Saturday at Laurens County Speedway in SC.

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[doitagain]

Total class

[goner]

A signature look, nice.

[KevMcNJ]

A signature look, nice.

Some of the short tracks down here are appalling.

We go to some tracks and the flagman looks like hes wearing the same clothes he cut the grass in before he came to the track.

Gotta have some pride in your job.

Only so many people get to do what we do.

The flagman is part of the show. Act like you give a damn about it.

[goner]

Well said, have fun.

[KevMcNJ]

Well said, have fun.

Some nights are more fun than others.

I had fun on Saturday.

[Belanger99]

Well said, have fun.

Very nice and professional-have you mastered the twirl and the drop to one knee????

I find the same thing about track announcers as well. So many of them dress like [email protected]#$bums it's not even funny. I can deal with shorts and a race t-shirt for the weekly stuff though it needs to be neat and clean, and not all are.

But I've seen guys do a traveling series or big events and look like bums as well. I don't think the PA guy needs a coat and tie, but are dockers and a golf shirt/polo too much to ask?

[KevMcNJ]

Very nice and professional-have you mastered the twirl and the drop to one knee????

I find the same thing about track announcers as well. So many of them dress like [email protected]#$bums it's not even funny. I can deal with shorts and a race t-shirt for the weekly stuff though it needs to be neat and clean, and not all are.

But I've seen guys do a traveling series or big events and look like bums as well. I don't think the PA guy needs a coat and tie, but are dockers and a golf shirt/polo too much to ask?

I have a couple different twirls I employ in a race and a few other moves to enhance the show.
No dropping to one knee. I may not get back up.

I'm 55 years old now and started in tje flagstand in 1999. I recently told our race director I'm not ready to stop flagging yet, but I will know when I'm ready to stop.

I've never announced but that's my next mission. We were at a race a few weeks back and someone handed the race director our lineup for the night before we headed over for hotlaps. Just the drivers names and numbers. He was told to give that to the announcer.

I was there and told our race director that's why I want to be the series announcer because the track announcer should have been in our pit our area 90 minutes earlier talking to all of our drivers and getting information from them so he had something to talk about.

Short track racing in the south is for the most part a disgrace.

The announcer will show up right before hot laps, flip the mic on and just read names and numbers all night long. And often when there's down time he will just turn on the local country station and let music run for 10 or 15 minutes.

Lazy and unprofessional.

[Belanger99]

I have a couple different twirls I employ in a race and a few other moves to enhance the show.
No dropping to one knee. I may not get back up.

I'm 55 years old now and started in tje flagstand in 1999. I recently told our race director I'm not ready to stop flagging yet, but I will know when I'm ready to stop.

I've never announced but that's my next mission. We were at a race a few weeks back and someone handed the race director our lineup for the night before we headed over for hotlaps. Just the drivers names and numbers. He was told to give that to the announcer.

I was there and told our race director that's why I want to be the series announcer because the track announcer should have been in our pit our area 90 minutes earlier talking to all of our drivers and getting information from them so he had something to talk about.

Short track racing in the south is for the most part a disgrace.

The announcer will show up right before hot laps, flip the mic on and just read names and numbers all night long. And often when there's down time he will just turn on the local country station and let music run for 10 or 15 minutes.

Lazy and unprofessional.

Your description would be appropriate at some of the midwestern tracks as well. When I've done any announcing I am usually in the pits at least 90 minutes to 2 hours prior to practice, just to check off cars, get sponsors, visit with drivers or teams.

Many of these guys simply read names and hometowns, don't call any action and then do victory lane interviews. Promoters aren't getting a lot of bang for the buck.

[KevMcNJ]

Horrible victory lane interviews at that.