[jjones752]

Originally Posted by openwheelfan1 To a degree, what you state is true. Now, having said that, a track CAN “be a good neighbor” and run mufflers, have an “absolute” (NO racing, not a start the last race by) curfew, hand out passes, have “goodwill” events etc. Adversarial positions by track owners/operators will almost ALWAYS end up with the track losing, either in the short term or long term. Working with the locals has a lot higher probability of getting more people on your side. It is more work, but it at least has more possibilities.

Ventura was in extreme danger of being shut down several years ago and would have without the efforts of Jim Naylor and the "Save Ventura Raceway" action group. In addition to mandating specific mufflers, Jim removed the roof from the granstands to eliminate the "bandbox effect" of reflecting sound back to the hillside across the freeway, added a sound-absorbing wall along the backstretch and instituted a curfew and earlier start times. Without those extreme measures that racy little joint would have just been a memory. Here's hoping Circle City takes this seriously.