From someone that has been racing there weekly for the last 7 years, a couple things ive noticed that i really think could help trails be a big time player again are...
1. People. As of the staff from last year, i can think of only about 6-7 people i would keep employed there. Most of the tech area guys, as well as staging lane and track guys are a joke. They have a certain older guy that works down at tech that has had several complaints because he either takes 20 minutes to tech a car, has no respect for peoples property or is just out ass to people, and he had not been let go last i knew.
2. Great ideas, but no action. 2 years ago, our wednsday night crew started a kind of community council to get our ideas to the big guys. I heard alot of good ideas like another import vs domestic event like they used to have or even a gm vs ford vs chrysler event as well as others. And while these are more "long term" solutions, they have also had smaller things such as the first wednesday last season. We had a fellow racer in the hospitol so they did a buy back race if you went out early that you won half the earnings and the other half went towards the other guys hospitol bills. After that night, it was brought up that such a buy back race every wednesday so that the extra money could be used for better trophys and such. As lame as that might sound, we actually have lost several guys because we started paying more to race, but we started getting cheap ass looking plaques. But nothing ever happens when said ideas come up.
3. Last but no least, track prep. No explanation needed