Save the Speedway! And a cool Video

[jmlight]

jmlight - if the track is good enough for you that is cool. But OKC can do better, and should do better. A better track facility will bring in more people, which will bring in more sponsors, which will bring in larger winnings and more racers. I am serious about someone contacting one of the local Indian gaming facilites.

A nice road course and a half mile dirt track could bring in a lot of people, not just every Friday or Staurday night, but there would be a good chance of landing some quality racing events from some nationwide circuits. Getting a date on the World of Outlaws schedule would be cool.

How many people attend races at fairground speedway now?

The track is plenty good enough for me and thousands of others. But I've known it's been in the crosshairs for some time. I expected it to be gone in a matter of years. I don't like that it happened so suddenly, without a farewell season.

Sure, we can do better; I'm all for it. What I'm not all for is a lesser-than facility (see virtually every other track in the region that features the same kind of racing as SFS for examples of this; bleachers, restrooms where you pee on a wall, etc.) being built in its stead. Go look at the competing facilities, in Texas, in Kansas, in Oklahoma, in Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, and then you'll understand that SFS is not "past its prime". That's all I'm saying.

I'm not sure how many people go to the races. I don't look at attendance figures. Certainly fewer than used to, but there have been plenty of big crowds even recently.

[rcjunkie]

The track is plenty good enough for me and thousands of others. But I've known it's been in the crosshairs for some time. I expected it to be gone in a matter of years. I don't like that it happened so suddenly, without a farewell season.

Sure, we can do better; I'm all for it. What I'm not all for is a lesser-than facility (see virtually every other track in the region that features the same kind of racing as SFS for examples of this; bleachers, restrooms where you pee on a wall, etc.) being built in its stead. Go look at the competing facilities, in Texas, in Kansas, in Oklahoma, in Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, and then you'll understand that SFS is not "past its prime". That's all I'm saying.

I'm not sure how many people go to the races. I don't look at attendance figures. Certainly fewer than used to, but there have been plenty of big crowds even recently.

I read somewhere that the yearly, average attendance for the regular Friday night racing was just under 3,000, hard to justify spending money to renovate if not supported by more.

[jmlight]

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I read somewhere that the yearly, average attendance for the regular Friday night racing was just under 3,000, hard to justify spending money to renovate if not supported by more.

Like I said, junkie, I could see the handwriting on the wall, but the contract with the current promoter ran through 2012. I thought we'd at least have that long. To shut it down without a farewell season isn't cool, in my opinion.

But who am I?

My main point of contention is all who say the facilities aren't good enough anymore. They are. Period.

[fuzzytoad]

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I read somewhere that the yearly, average attendance for the regular Friday night racing was just under 3,000, hard to justify spending money to renovate if not supported by more.

yeah, spending money on a facility that routinely has big areas of completely empty seats during scheduled events is just plain silly..

hmmm, wait a sec...

[rcjunkie]

yeah, spending money on a facility that routinely has big areas of completely empty seats during scheduled events is just plain silly..

hmmm, wait a sec...

?????? did you have a brain fart