Well, idk what it is with Island, but after my car broke down (not one single pass down the track, broke in the staging lanes, with a nasty ATF/Coolant/Oil leak and blown hg/warped head) they refused to give me a refund. I understand no refund on the helmet, and the 5 bucks is, imo, not worth arguing over (it's just $5, even though I hardly wore it) but the no refund on the entry (just $20 difference between a $35 racer ticket and a $15 spectator) was downright dirty.
Yes, I was the one with the Maroon T/A who pulled himself outta the staging lanes (not the other car that broke, I believe it was a dark 4-door accord, that put fluids on the track). With no fewer than 3-dozen people who saw me pull myself out (the guy was waving me to pull out on the track, and I gave him the no go sign and pulled off to the side until we could get 'er pushed back around). Yes, I put a small puddle of fluids in the staging lanes, but h***, at least it isn't 2000' of fluids on the track. Other than Kathy and the other track owner, everyone, incl. the employees, felt I should have had a cash refund (after all, I am visiting on leave and break at work). What if I were to trailer a car out there, fire it up, break something on the trailer before I go down the 1320' ... what then? Would you still not give any refund?
I sure hope you all are happy with the $20 you saved by this highway robbery, b/c you bet your A that I'll be warning others about you all. And you'll probably never catch me out there again (after all, my parents live much closer to E-town than they do to Island ... I just liked the extra T&T runs at Island, especially given that I'm still getting the hang of the T/A).
- JR