With the first Southern Super Series season successfully completed,
championship runner-up Bubba Pollard would like to see the promotion
consider a variety of changes before next season.
Topping his list was the suggestion for the track promoters to elect
the singular head of the series as opposed to the committee of four that
currently lead the Southern Super Series. That current leadership group
includes Tim Bryant (Mobile/Pensacola), Tony Formosa (Nashville), Paul
Boswell (Montgomery) and a soon to be named promoter at Gresham
Motorsports Park.
“To me, it doesn’t matter if it’s someone already in the group or an
outsider but we really need one voice at the top to make this thing
grow,” Pollard said after the All-American 400. “Because as it stands
now, I don’t know who to go to whenever I have a question.
“We have Ricky [Brooks] when there are technical questions but who do
we go to when we have a question about the series? They haven’t made
that clear.”
This echoes a previous statement made by Mike Garvey in September when he also urged that the Series hire a singular voice to manage the day-to-day operation of the Southern Super Series.
“The one thing I would change is the leadership structure,” Garvey
said. “I wish there was one clear person to talk to when we had
questions or concerns — a lot like NASCAR teams have with France,
Helton and Pemberton.”
Pollard was also critical of the ARCA/CRA Tour’s involvement in the
All-American 400 this past weekend, saying that they weren’t needed to
draw cars to one of the country’s top four Super Late Model events.
The CRA (Champion Racing Association) was brought in to co-promote
the race as a non-points event and the track used the CRA’s head
official, Eddie Chew in addition to several scoring officials in the
tower.
Pollard says that wasn’t necessary.
“The prestige of the All-American 400 would have drawn just as many
cars to the track in my opinion,” Pollard said. “I like the CRA. I’ve
enjoyed going up and racing for them but having both the CRA and
Southern Super Series here this weekend created a lot of confusion.”
Pollard would also like to see the individual race purses grow but
conceded that the races needed greater viability to make that happen. In
an ideal world, Pollard said he would like to see the Southern Super
Series air races on online television to help attract sponsors.
Pollard plans to back next season to run the full schedule and is
likely set to join a roster that includes Garvey, Augie Grill, Hunter
Robbins and Donnie Wilson. The 2014 Southern Super Series schedule is
expected to be released prior to the Snowball Derby on December 8.
