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Atomic Speedway in Knoxville, Tennessee is another example of a track that had land that was more valuable as a commercial site than a race track.
Forums like Indiana Open Wheel are great places to get information, good and bad, about what is going on when fans cannot attend a show. Constructive criticism, when fair, can be very beneficial. It can act like an open suggestion box.
To add my 2 cents to what REH25 said, there had been rumblings about Eldora from fans for several years about the lack of effort in track prep. April’s USAC show was the crack in the levee that hopefully will make good track prep and efficient shows the norm rather than the exception.
A good example of the unfair criticism on public forums is the beating Dave Rudisell took on another forum about the DTWC last year. Hard work and a great feature was not enough to silence the nay-sayers who are still mad that the race left West Virginia. They were not at the track; most had probably never been to a race outside of West Virginia, if to a race at all.
It is unfortunate when tracks cease to exist, but they are businesses as are sanctioning bodies. If they cannot or will not produce a quality product then they should adjust or fail. Fans should not have to blindly support racing because of its past, there should be people in place at tracks and sanctioning bodies ensuring quality racing now and into the future.
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