From what I've been told as of now, it is people from the existing WKA establishment who will be running things for Daytona. I think that is a decision that had to be made. Hopefully it goes well, and I think it will.
After Daytona, well then we get to the future, will it or won't it survive. Those that have read here for a long time know that I've beaten on WKA pretty hard. I have gone through a period of time where we had a lot of dealings with WKA and I've run our track up here for 30 years.I know first hand theres alot of people that will tell you how something should be done, but there are very few who will pick up the shovel and do the work.
This concept has been around since well back into Randy's time period, but after the last 10 years, its clear its time for a change.
The trustee system we have needs to be scrapped. Right now you elect trustees by geographic areas. Here iin W.i my area trustee has always been a 2 cy sprint, M Cup person. Makes since, because thats the largest racing in this area. However, I always have been a 4 cy person racing at different times oval, sprint and Road Race tracks. Never have I had a WKA area rep, who understands anything about how and what I race. Sorry talking from here to my rep has been useless, calling reps from other areas has not helped because, well I'm not from, their area. Its always gone no place.
What we need is rep's elected by us,the members, to a series. People that understand what we race and can answer specifically to that. Now days area or location has nothing to do with it, that comes from decades before free long distance calling, internet, forums and facebook.Those days are gone
If change is going to happen, and it will take change to save WKA, it has to be serious change, not just different names from the same old group. Fresh ideas, new ways of doing things. Let the racers in a given series have direct input into what they race.
