I believe Ascot Park and Manzanita was close because the land was worth more as industrial parks than race tracks. Sometimes negativity might hurt tracks but it can also help if the promoter takes it as being constructive. Perfect example would be Eldora first race this year and all the negative posts, but then Tony and his personnel came back and made the track a lot better for the next race. It is better to get it out in the open and hope the promoter fixes problems than for the fans not to return for different reasons and then the tracks begin losing revenue.

REH