A quick update.
Our race contract draft reflected our negotiation of 10 guest passes and was written in as 10 per driver. With 4 drivers, that gave us 40 passes. Along we marched.
In reviewing our final draft this week, we saw that diction now read 10 guest passes per car. That gave us 10 passes, less 30. Each pass costs $185.00.
Thursday night, Linda was reviewing the food for Colin & Emily’s allergies. Lori Beddell, hospitality queen, has been EXTREMELY accommodating, however, we learned that just to make things easy, there are THREE food levels to discern.
1. TRG Buffet table at hospitality. This is a ‘grazing’ station and has a dearth of meat & potatoes ‘fuel’.
2. The Sahlen participant tent - all drivers, crew, team owners eat here, it’s the inside track and, of course, Danica’s hang out. $95/pp for the weekend.
3. The Vantare Club - EXCLUSIVE VIP seating with china, white gloves, butler turn down service and grits.
TRG Buffet is included in the contract, all else……IS NOT.
We have 36 people on the guest list.
26 x 185 = $4,810.
26 x 95 = $2,470.
I’m not sure if it’s the last minute nature of it all or the fact that we had to have answers in by 5p.m. e.s.t. TODAY 1.16.09 or everyone would be destined to LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG lines at registration…but this is beginning to REALLY hurt.
As a result - we had to pass along the hot pit pass cost and could only shoulder the food bill. I’m HUGELY embarassed about it all, particularly after saying we could cover it, but we simply got caught with our pants down. Apologies.
8 Days to go.
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