Collie Trakdayz cancelled

[mr_mike]

The Trakdayz rider training group has been forced to cancel any further track days held at the Collie motorplex, this means us riders miss out on what is a great track and a fun weekend away. The reason being fronted is that the track commitee keep changing the booking details and prices for Trakdayz and it has now gotten to a stage they have jacked the price so much its not viable to run the day.

Below is a copy of a letter than has been getting emailed to the Collie chamber of commerce and the track commitee, any one who could take 5 min to cop into and email and send to the two addresses would be greatly appreciated and hopefully we can make enough noise that they will change there decision.



admin @ colliechamber.asn.au

manager @ motoringsouthwest.org.au

I'm very disappointed to discover Trakdayz have had to cancel their planned track days due to an impasse over the track hire fee. I have no insight into what the new board is up to but perhaps they are not fully considering the bigger picture.

When we go to Collie we bring money into the town. In my case I usually stay at the Ridge with my wife, have a meal at the Federal, Crown or the Chinese. I often buy fuel at the Caltex and have breakfast at McDonalds and sometimes have to go into Coles.

TD are usually fully booked so probably about 100 to 150 people come into town when you include helpers, partners, family and friends. Thousands of dollars are spent at local businesses in Collie.

From my experience over the last five years or so attending TD at Collie we're a good responsible crowd and cause no trouble to the Motorplex or the town.

In the name of commonsense I urge the Board to negotiate a fair rate with Trakdayz so we can continue to visit the town and use the facility. It's a great little race track. However the Board need to understand it's no world class Grand Prix circuit and the facilities are very basic compared to Barbagallo Raceway in Perth and other tracks I have ridden in Victoria like Broadford and Phillip Island. We appreciate the effort the management have made over the years in continually developing the venue and making us feel welcome. We all enjoy the weekend away and the atmosphere at the circuit and in the town.

Please pass this onto the Management Board.

Kind Regards,

[JME]

Get someone with more more experience in writing a letter. Unfortunate that a legal and safe avenue has been lost. Best of luck.

[mr_mike]

i agree the letter is a bit poorly written and wasnt done by me but the content of the letter isnt that important really, they will read the first one then realise its ageneric letter being sent. Hopefully the fact lots of people are sending it will be a wake up call.

[skidkid]

Lovely touch that you got a child to write the letter.

[mr_mike]

Lovely touch that you got a child to write the letter.

cosidering u have nothing useful to say why dont u fuck off

[yeahlow34]

Actually disagree. Personally think writing a more formal written letter/e-mail would be pointless.

The above shows the person who wrote the letter is genuinely voicing his opinion, and not some half-wit copying and pasting a letter prepared by an armchair lawyer.

[mr_mike]

Actually disagree. Personally think writing a more formal written letter/e-mail would be pointless.

The above shows the person who wrote the letter is genuinely voicing his opinion, and not some half-wit copying and pasting a letter prepared by an armchair lawyer.

what you see here is a diffrent letter to what JME is refering to, the previous one was pretty poor. Hence why i changed it.

[mys1]

The Current letter isn't much better

Perhaps asking people to voice their own concern in their own writing would help instead of just copying and pasting.

[DISTRBD]

Price of the club days has doubled , people still go so I don't see why the fuss over price increase . Do you stop riding because Shell charge stupids amount of money for a litre of shit fuel ..

[Rich]

when you say they keep changing the booking details and increasing the price is that since the last event that was held or is it since the booking for the next event to be held was made. Pretty shit if they take a booking then make changes to the agreement and up the price. If its simply a matter of price increase over last year or since the last event then there probably isnt too much that can be done about it unfortunately.

[DanWA]

remember the track manager changed for a reason, simon was running the joint into the ground

shit is now getting done properly now

i am definately in the know on the track pricing as is brockas... so if there is an issue, just book in somewhere else like barbs

all the shit people whinge about out there is never going to improve while the venue continues to lose money (due to tight pingpingpingpings who want the track for nothing)

your last paragraph literally confirms this, how is it going to get better when everyone wants shit for free

i will happily rather watch the drifting and burnouts which actually brings in money over a bunch of bat shit boring track cars and bikes

p.s if you got 100-150 people coming to town, that means an easy 50 entrants, if 50 people cant split a few grand between themselves, you need to take a good look at yourselves and whether you actually want a nice venue to get loose at, if not... sort something out with Barbs

[mys1]

i will happily rather watch the drifting and burnouts which actually brings in money over a bunch of bat shit boring track cars and bikes

Says the guy who was selling a hyundai excel track car

Fuck your parents must have been scraping the bottom of the gene pool when they created you!

[DanWA]

and your point is? as usual you post something pointless

the price can't have been that bad either, the dates got filled pretty much straight away and antilag is booked in also

i still cant believe it got to the stage an illiterate letter needed to be written

[mys1]

and your point is? as usual you post something pointless

the price can't have been that bad either, the dates got filled pretty much straight away and antilag is booked in also

i still cant believe it got to the stage an illiterate letter needed to be written

As usual I post something useless? That's a little rich coming from you...

[DanWA]

ahhhh bringing up the anti-eagles afl thread again, thats a new one

good luck with barbs

[Sensible]

What is/was the entry fee for trackdayz?
Entry fees for all Motorsport has gone up quite a bit in the last year or 2 and I have found the events hosted by MSW to still be around the same kind of money

[mys1]

ahhhh bringing up the anti-eagles afl thread again, thats a new one

good luck with barbs

Why do I need luck? Who said anything about AFL?

[mr_mike]

remember the track manager changed for a reason, simon was running the joint into the ground

shit is now getting done properly now

i am definately in the know on the track pricing as is brockas... so if there is an issue, just book in somewhere else like barbs

all the shit people whinge about out there is never going to improve while the venue continues to lose money (due to tight pingpingpingpings who want the track for nothing)

your last paragraph literally confirms this, how is it going to get better when everyone wants shit for free

i will happily rather watch the drifting and burnouts which actually brings in money over a bunch of bat shit boring track cars and bikes

p.s if you got 100-150 people coming to town, that means an easy 50 entrants, if 50 people cant split a few grand between themselves, you need to take a good look at yourselves and whether you actually want a nice venue to get loose at, if not... sort something out with Barbs

No one said they want the track for free, atm collie trakdayz costs $180 for the day, plus fuel, tyres, brakes, overnight accommodation. Last time I went down cost me over $600 and I didn't care I had awesome fun and a great weekend. People are happy to pay this for the time on the track.
If the trakdays group can hire wanneroo a currently more expensive track with the same number of riders then Collie must of really jacked the prices for a less well equipped track to make them turn round and say they cant afford it.

U don't like track cars or bikes that's fair enough but guess what? a fuckload of people do!! IMO watching a burnout gets boring yeah the first couple are entertaining but after the 20th meat head has come out disappeared in a cloud of smoke it does get boring. But Trakdayz isn't a spectator sport its rider training and for the rider.

[mr_mike]

What is/was the entry fee for trackdayz?
Entry fees for all Motorsport has gone up quite a bit in the last year or 2 and I have found the events hosted by MSW to still be around the same kind of money

$190 at Barbs and $180 at Collie. Its my understanding the issue Is also the committee changing what the orginal agreement was.

[escaught]

Assuming your track hire is the same price that I pay, and I know it will be. You are paying $2614+GST for a 1-day weekend track hire. Plus $1150+GST for 2 paramedics. This is a total of $3764 for an event. Now assuming that you have 50 riders enter, you need only charge $75 per entrant to break even. I must also say that looking at the TrakDayz website, courses vary from $180-$210. So my question is, who is actually profiting?... And who is missing out on the fun?

So grab yourself a group of 50 people, each chuck in $75 and book the track independenty. I think TrackDayz is having a lend of you. Be quick, the first date they cancelled has already been rebooked.

[mr_mike]

i still cant believe it got to the stage an illiterate letter needed to be written

So what part of the above letter is illiterate to you? you seem to off picked up on what other people have mentioned early in this thread that relates to a different letter.

[DanWA]

$180 each? what is there 20-ish entrants amongst the 100-150 that supposedly come to town?

if you're into your sport you will pay the money, bike people all seem to have bulk $$$ when it comes to fancy clothing and mods

the venue cannot continue to lose money, people need to realise this

sounds to me like trackdayz is ripping their members off, never seen $180 track fee for a club day

totally agree everyone is into different types of motorsport, sadly drifting and burnouts are the top 2

[DanWA]

$190 at Barbs and $180 at Collie. Its my understanding the issue Is also the committee changing what the orginal agreement was.

Collie does not set the $180 price that Trackdayz charges their members, if Barbs is only $10 more wouldn't that be a no-brainer to save a 400km~ round trip?

[mr_mike]

Assuming your track hire is the same price that I pay, and I know it will be. You are paying $2614+GST for a 1-day weekend track hire. Plus $1150+GST for 2 paramedics. This is a total of $3764 for an event. Now assuming that you have 50 riders enter, you need only charge $75 per entrant to break even. I must also say that looking at the TrakDayz website, courses vary from $180-$210. So my question is, who is actually profiting?... And who is missing out on the fun?

So grab yourself a group of 50 people, each chuck in $75 and book the track independenty. I think TrackDayz is having a lend of you. Be quick, the first date they cancelled has already been rebooked.

Trakdayz isn't just time on the track its instructed time on the track, each of the 4 groups has 4 or 5 instructors. I'm assuming the extra coin goes to cover there time as well.

[DanWA]

Trakdayz isn't just time on the track its instructed time on the track, each of the 4 groups has 4 or 5 instructors. I'm assuming the extra coin goes to cover there time as well.

and that is the venue's problem?