[Spridgets] "50 Years of Midgets - A Spridget Event" UPDATE

[Larry Daniels]

Guys, guys, guys.  Everybody step back and take a breath.  NOBODY screwed us 
over.  In fact, it was the opposite.  The Victorian Village called me and 
told me about the NASCAR event before it was made public.  They gave us two 
weeks head start on reservations before they would take any from anybody 
else.  They easily could have opened them up to everybody and made a ton of 
money by selling those rooms at a rate MUCH higher than we negotiated with 
them.  They do not block off rooms, by the way.  They just let us at them 
first and, when we are done, they give the rest to whomever wants them.  We 
should easily take all of their single rooms as well as those at Siebkens 
across the street.  Road America has not backed out on their deal, either. 
Our problem is that NASCAR has come in and they and their fans have overrun 
every other room, restaurant, facility, etc. in town and the whole 
surrounding area.  The Osthoff is a stone's throw away.  Their only problem 
is they are not cheap.  That is why we didn't go there to begin with.

Peter C, Dave Woerpel and I met with an event planner yesterday.  In fact, 
the sponsor of the NASCAR race is one of her clients.  She knows exactly 
what will be happening during our previous dates and told us in no uncertain 
terms that we need to move our dates.  We can't compete with a NASCAR race 
for facilities and attention from businesses.  She is a long time MG owner 
and is advising us on our whole event w/o charge.

This should all be settled in about a week or so.  We will let you know just 
as soon as we know.  The new dates will not conflict with school or any 
large events at Road America.  The NASCAR race is the only reason we had to 
do this.  We could have left things as they were, but you wouldn't have 
liked the way it would have gone down.  When we are there, we won't be 
competing with anybody for anything.  We won't be paying jacked up prices 
for anything as happens when a big race is in town, either.  So please sit 
back and relax.  This will all get taken care of ASAP.  We will be much 
better off for changing our dates.

LAD