Hello Everyone!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day and a good Black Friday. Today we wanted to give a few updates as our list of new followers continue to grow.
The WARPA Conference last weekend gave us a chance to sit down with track promoters, touring groups, fuel and tire reps and many friends. Out of the meetings came some positive feedback concerning rules, scheduling of events, and a general consensus that our sport needs to create a new level of communication and cooperation with its tracks and teams. Focusing on cost containment, developing youth programs, streamlining cross promotional rules programs, growing fan base, and generally educating the market on the value and benefits of racing in their communities. This not only helps the tracks, it also makes it easier for drivers and teams to acquire sponsors.
The upcoming promoters conferences in Reno, plus the NASCAR banquet and networking in Charlotte will keep us busy early in the month. Out of these meetings, we will finalize our rules, schedules and marketing programs for the 2011 season.
The upcoming former employees meeting on Tuesday will give an outline of how High Road Promotions will plan, organize and implement its upcoming operations. Delays in replacing the roof, removing the water, and a complete remodel of the race office will postpone move-in until late December. Continued amendments to our contract agreement with the County have delayed events scheduling. An expanded role, in addition to our racing program, has created more legalese and areas of responsibilities. We All look forward to the day the ink is completely dry!!
Rules: This is an area we Really appreciate all of the input, emails, phone calls and meeting attendance.
After literally hundreds of notes and suggestions, we are getting close on the rules. On that note, with so many teams and individuals volunteering to be on a rules committee, we are probably not going to publish the final rules by committee. There has been enough controversy and hear say in the past, we do not want to alienate anyone.
Whether you made a meeting or gave us your suggestions through email, they have all count!
Our goal is to have all of the rules posted before Christmas.
Save the date: January 22nd / Awards Banquet / Program details to follow
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope each and everyone has a wonderful day with friends and family. At this time of year, especially with the weather being so cold, please consider a few minutes of time to give of yourself. Every mission and food bank has and will continue to be stretched thin this Holiday period. Anything from the extra coats that haven't been worn in years to a few cans of soup can really make a difference. Few things in life are as rewarding and meaningful as giving back to our communities.
On behalf of High Road Promotions and the all new Evergreen Speedway, best wishes to each and everyone!
Doug, Steve and Traci
On behalf of High Road Promotions and the all new Evergreen Speedway, best wishes to each and everyone!
Doug, Steve and Traci
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
November 30th / Rescheduled Meeting / 7:00pm
The employee and volunteer meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 30th at 7:00pm. The 510-4H Building at the fairgrounds will be the location. Please RVSP to doug@highroadgroup.com!
Thank you.
Thank you.
Meeting Canceled Tonight!
The Employee and Volunteer Meeting for tonight is canceled.
Safety first! We will try to reschedule the meeting for next week.
contact info: doug@highroadgroup.com or cell 425.268.9994
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!
Thank you!
Safety first! We will try to reschedule the meeting for next week.
contact info: doug@highroadgroup.com or cell 425.268.9994
BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!
Thank you!
Monday, November 22, 2010
November 23rd Meeting / 7:00pm / Employees-Volunteers
The meeting will be held in the 510-4H Building on the fairgrounds.
Due to a last minute scheduling conflict we were not able to find another room for this meeting.
A general outline of High Road Promotions operating plan and visions for the upcoming season will be covered. Please limit this meeting to former employees and volunteers who have previously worked at the track.
Beverages and light snacks
Due to a last minute scheduling conflict we were not able to find another room for this meeting.
A general outline of High Road Promotions operating plan and visions for the upcoming season will be covered. Please limit this meeting to former employees and volunteers who have previously worked at the track.
Beverages and light snacks
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Former Evergreen Speedway Employees Meeting
Tuesday November 23rd 7:00 PM
We will finalize today the meeting location for the Tuesday night meeting. A scheduling conflict has delayed the location.
We will finalize today the meeting location for the Tuesday night meeting. A scheduling conflict has delayed the location.
WARPA
Hello Race Fans!
Just a quick note to say what a GREAT Western Auto Racing Promoters Association conference this past Friday and Saturday at the EMBASSY SUITES in Lynnwood!
Over 20 tracks throughout the West were represented, as well as many of the traveling tours, Hoosier, Goodyear, Trick and VP fuels, K&K Insurance and many more vendors and media partners.
Two separate Promoters Only meetings brought great dialog and cooperation for future growth and cross promotions for our sport. Everyone can help the racing community, no matter if its Monroe, Yakima, Tenino, Wenatchee or Spokane, with an off season push from our fans, teams, promoters and sponsors to renew and energize racing in the Northwest. Now is the time to reach out to new sponsors, schools, clubs, civic groups, churches and local business leaders to educate them how fun, entertaining and important racing is and can be for every city.
Just a quick note to say what a GREAT Western Auto Racing Promoters Association conference this past Friday and Saturday at the EMBASSY SUITES in Lynnwood!
Over 20 tracks throughout the West were represented, as well as many of the traveling tours, Hoosier, Goodyear, Trick and VP fuels, K&K Insurance and many more vendors and media partners.
Two separate Promoters Only meetings brought great dialog and cooperation for future growth and cross promotions for our sport. Everyone can help the racing community, no matter if its Monroe, Yakima, Tenino, Wenatchee or Spokane, with an off season push from our fans, teams, promoters and sponsors to renew and energize racing in the Northwest. Now is the time to reach out to new sponsors, schools, clubs, civic groups, churches and local business leaders to educate them how fun, entertaining and important racing is and can be for every city.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Speedway Employees and Volunteer Staff
As previously stated last week, we will be having a former employees / volunteers meeting on Tuesday the 23rd. If you plan on attending, would you please respond by email?
Please send the email to doug@highroadgroup.com. Once we determine the number of people, we will announce the meeting location.
thank you!
Please send the email to doug@highroadgroup.com. Once we determine the number of people, we will announce the meeting location.
thank you!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Former Evergreen Speedway Employees
Please mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 23rd at 7:00pm for an informational meeting.
The site location within the city of Monroe will be announced in a few days.
This is an informational meeting to cover topics of current and future job openings, job descriptions, customer service training, job standards, and expectations of High Road Promotions.
Our goal is to create a first class entertainment facility through superior customer service for each and every customer of the Speedway.
Anyone who has been employed or volunteered in the past is encouraged to attend. Building the team one member at a time!
The site location within the city of Monroe will be announced in a few days.
This is an informational meeting to cover topics of current and future job openings, job descriptions, customer service training, job standards, and expectations of High Road Promotions.
Our goal is to create a first class entertainment facility through superior customer service for each and every customer of the Speedway.
Anyone who has been employed or volunteered in the past is encouraged to attend. Building the team one member at a time!
Rules Progress Meetings
Just a quick recap to the first round of rules meetings. We have met with the Hornets, Stinger 8's, Mini Stocks and Super Figure 8's so far this week. We would like to thank all of you who attended the meetings or who sent in emails with suggestions and ideas.
The rebuilding process and communication is going extremely well! Hundreds of emails, phone calls and live discussions are resulting into some concrete directions for the future. This interaction with the drivers, teams and promoters will result in more positive relationships for everyone.
As a reminder Tuesday, November 16th is the next meeting. Street Stocks / Late Models
Building 501 4-H Building. 7:00pm for the Street Stocks / 8:30pm for the Late Models
The rebuilding process and communication is going extremely well! Hundreds of emails, phone calls and live discussions are resulting into some concrete directions for the future. This interaction with the drivers, teams and promoters will result in more positive relationships for everyone.
As a reminder Tuesday, November 16th is the next meeting. Street Stocks / Late Models
Building 501 4-H Building. 7:00pm for the Street Stocks / 8:30pm for the Late Models
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Rules Meeting Room Change!
This weeks rules meetings will be moved from under the Grandstands to the #501 4-H Building located behind the Speedway Race office.
The Grandstands are still being cleaned by the operators of the Haunted House.
Hope to see many of the teams over the next few nights! Once again, if you are unable to attend and would to make suggestions for rules or other track ideas, please send us an email to: evergreenrules@hotmail.com
Just a quick reminder, we are NOT going to make major changes to any classes. Our goal is to be as clear and concise as possible for all of the rules. Focusing on refining classes that are economical, competitive, fun and entertaining will hopefully maintain the current car counts and encourage more of the parked teams to be able to run again.
The Grandstands are still being cleaned by the operators of the Haunted House.
Hope to see many of the teams over the next few nights! Once again, if you are unable to attend and would to make suggestions for rules or other track ideas, please send us an email to: evergreenrules@hotmail.com
Just a quick reminder, we are NOT going to make major changes to any classes. Our goal is to be as clear and concise as possible for all of the rules. Focusing on refining classes that are economical, competitive, fun and entertaining will hopefully maintain the current car counts and encourage more of the parked teams to be able to run again.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Updates: Rules / Web / Banquet
Hi Everyone.
We have been getting many calls and emails about the upcoming rules meetings, which is a good thing! A couple of items we want to make more clear. First, this is not going to be the only meeting we will be having about rules. If you would like to send an email, if you can't make it, we will present your ideas. Second, we are Not going to make wholesale changes to any class rules.
We want to concentrate on making them fair and economical without adding any new expenses. Our goal is to encourage more of the parked cars back, work with the current drivers and hopefully grow more new people to the track. The idea is to use what is in place now, and try to streamline some of the major expenses... like shocks...More on this at the meeting!
High Road Promotions will be acquiring Evergreen Speedways website from Johnson Production. This should be final in a few days. Until then, please continue to follow www.highroadpromotions.com for details. The ES site will be changed and updated in the near future.
Banquet update: We have been working with NASCAR this past three months on several topics including the 2010 Awards Banquet. We have received many inquiries about the status of NASCAR's involvement from trophies to point fund money. As of today's meeting with them, all of the drivers point fund money will be mailed out before Christmas and the awards and trophies will be shipped to High Road Promotions. With everything that is happening between now and the first of the year, we are choosing January 22nd as the tentative Kick Off / 2010 Awards Banquet.
Looking forward to a promising future!
Doug and Steve
We have been getting many calls and emails about the upcoming rules meetings, which is a good thing! A couple of items we want to make more clear. First, this is not going to be the only meeting we will be having about rules. If you would like to send an email, if you can't make it, we will present your ideas. Second, we are Not going to make wholesale changes to any class rules.
We want to concentrate on making them fair and economical without adding any new expenses. Our goal is to encourage more of the parked cars back, work with the current drivers and hopefully grow more new people to the track. The idea is to use what is in place now, and try to streamline some of the major expenses... like shocks...More on this at the meeting!
High Road Promotions will be acquiring Evergreen Speedways website from Johnson Production. This should be final in a few days. Until then, please continue to follow www.highroadpromotions.com for details. The ES site will be changed and updated in the near future.
Banquet update: We have been working with NASCAR this past three months on several topics including the 2010 Awards Banquet. We have received many inquiries about the status of NASCAR's involvement from trophies to point fund money. As of today's meeting with them, all of the drivers point fund money will be mailed out before Christmas and the awards and trophies will be shipped to High Road Promotions. With everything that is happening between now and the first of the year, we are choosing January 22nd as the tentative Kick Off / 2010 Awards Banquet.
Looking forward to a promising future!
Doug and Steve
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
****Drivers and Teams Rules Meeting****
Hello Race Teams!
Our first rule meetings will begin the week of November 8th.
We have received hundreds of suggestions on rules and changes.
NOTE: EVERYTHING WILL NOT BE DECIDED IN ONE MEETING
All of the meetings will take place under the Grandstands at this time:
Tuesday November 9th
HORNETS 7:00p - 8:15p
MINI STOCKS 8:30P - 9:45p
Wednesday November 10th
STINGER 8's 7:00p - 8:00p
FIGURE 8's 8:15p - 9:45p
RENEGADE V8
Tuesday November 16th
STREET STOCKS 7:00p - 8:15p
LATE MODELS 8:30p - 9:45p
Our first rule meetings will begin the week of November 8th.
We have received hundreds of suggestions on rules and changes.
NOTE: EVERYTHING WILL NOT BE DECIDED IN ONE MEETING
All of the meetings will take place under the Grandstands at this time:
Tuesday November 9th
HORNETS 7:00p - 8:15p
MINI STOCKS 8:30P - 9:45p
Wednesday November 10th
STINGER 8's 7:00p - 8:00p
FIGURE 8's 8:15p - 9:45p
RENEGADE V8
Tuesday November 16th
STREET STOCKS 7:00p - 8:15p
LATE MODELS 8:30p - 9:45p
Rebuilding Begins
Hello to Everyone. This week we are beginning a new phase for Evergreen Speedway. The transition and restructuring begins. With that comes many new and exciting plans, opportunities and goals for rebuilding Evergreen into the premiere track in the West. Now that this process is underway, we would like to make a few statements. First, thank you to Johnson Productions and ALL of the race teams for keeping racing alive this past couple of years, through the most difficult of times.
This is not only a time for remodeling, it is also a time for remolding. This is a time for helping, not for hindering. Trust like Respect, is earned. We hope to gain both through communication, hard work, fairness and dedication to creating the best racing experience possible for the drivers, fans, sponsors and the community. Change is constant. Without change there would be no progress. During this change of promoters we hope to capture the spirit and passion that drives your teams and capitalize in a positive way. Our staff training will be clearly noticed from day one. Our commitment to drivers satisfaction is as important as our front gate customer satisfaction. Changes are in place for improved food services. Many items with the County are in the works for track improvements. Until the below surface problems are repaired and drainage runoff controlled, doing any paving will be temporary fixes at best. Conditions, upgrades, cleanliness, and facility standards will be done. Everything takes time and money. Not everything will be done in the first year, but everything done will be done right.
Working together, there is so much to be gained, and nothing to lose.
The new roof trusses will be going up in the next few days as part of the remodeling at the Race Office. The flat roof repairs have been unsuccessful to date. We should be in the office before December 1st.
This is not only a time for remodeling, it is also a time for remolding. This is a time for helping, not for hindering. Trust like Respect, is earned. We hope to gain both through communication, hard work, fairness and dedication to creating the best racing experience possible for the drivers, fans, sponsors and the community. Change is constant. Without change there would be no progress. During this change of promoters we hope to capture the spirit and passion that drives your teams and capitalize in a positive way. Our staff training will be clearly noticed from day one. Our commitment to drivers satisfaction is as important as our front gate customer satisfaction. Changes are in place for improved food services. Many items with the County are in the works for track improvements. Until the below surface problems are repaired and drainage runoff controlled, doing any paving will be temporary fixes at best. Conditions, upgrades, cleanliness, and facility standards will be done. Everything takes time and money. Not everything will be done in the first year, but everything done will be done right.
Working together, there is so much to be gained, and nothing to lose.
The new roof trusses will be going up in the next few days as part of the remodeling at the Race Office. The flat roof repairs have been unsuccessful to date. We should be in the office before December 1st.
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