I'm glad I didn't make the trip. I had some friends that did & called me at 9:45 to tell me they still hadn't run anything yet.
I must say, when this group took over this track and listening to all their babble about the history & getting back to the good old tradition of the action track of the Terre Haute we all once knew and loved, I'll admit, I was greatly encouraged.
However, as someone joked earlier it appears we have gone back to the Allison days or worse
. There is nothing worse than having your customers feel as though they are being held hostage waiting for what they paid & came to see.
When I pay to see the average movie in the theater, they don't wait for everyone to get in there seats with their popcorn, nor do they stop it along the way to run promotions or etc. With the way the Hoosier 100 is going to be, makes me think these guys are involved in it.
So that being said I give these guys a 1/2 star & 2 thumbs down. You can have all of that stuff, when the Vigo County Fair is there in July.
There is not much finer racing, than to be at Terre Haute and witness the sprinters screaming down the 1/2 mile frontstretch kickin it sideways at the flagstand going into turn 1. To be watching a timely show moving right along with no gaps or promotion along the way.
No one seems to want the old traditional race fan and their kids at the track anymore. That being the case (even though it is the closest track to me) I will drive right by it, to go elsewhere. Oh! and guess what? So will some of the best sprintcar teams. Take a look at who was at the Burg & Putnamville last night.
So until, someone truly takes this track operations and surface back to the potential it really has, I will continue to spend my hard earned money at other tracks, still supporting this sport I love. I know that fine race track is still buried in there somewhere. It will take the right promoters to bring it out and return THAT to it's historic greatness.
Sorry for the ramblin, I'm off the soapbox now.