2 illinois tracks in danger
 

Kankakee needs a new promoter

Rumor is spoon river promoter is done unless he gets a good deal

Spoon river is best track in illinois in my opinion.. would be a shame to see it go. Think it'd be OK as a special events facility as late model drivers love it and said so this year. Local drivers haven't been supporting it

My guy’s 76 & 20 love Spoon, I’ve never been but watched it on the stream a couple times. When the prep is right it looks like a great place. Been to Kankakee a lot over the years. It’s always seemed to be in jeopardy from time to time. Hopefully someone can step in and save them both

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Just curious, why would local drivers not support Spoon? Is it pay? Track conditions? Treatment? No point funds? Are local drivers "obligated" to support local tracks? I agree, Spoon can offer great racing.

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All tracks are in danger.
Period.

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Pretty sure Haubstadt and Knoxville are safe. :D

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Knoxvile has lost money on almost every race but the nationals for decades now. Several tracks have that one or two big races that carries it. But I've seen them counts go from well over a hundred cars down to 50-60.

You think they lose money on the 360 Nationals, Late Model Nationals, Capitani Classic, or any WoO race?

I'd venture a guess that the 360 Nationals and Late Model Nationals are both larger monetarily than any non-wing event in the country.

Ken, you’re probably right. Obviously the LM Nationals doesn’t rely on ticket sales for survival. I’ve heard from people that have been there saying the LMN crowd is unimpressive but as you indicated it pays well

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At none of them do they open the back strait grandstand and at most of them the main grandstand looks less than half full.

I was told they lost money on most every show but the nationals and this was before the 360 got big. Ten or so years ago?

Main grandstand half full is 6000 people.