I was invollved in the whole ordeal. The City of Okc did not want the track. The reasoning they have said is that track had electrical problems and did not meet ADA rules. Early in the year people of Okc passed a sales tax for a new expo center to be located on the grounds of the fairgrounds. The mayor of Okc has gone on record as saying that Okc needs a racetrack just not at that location. The grandstands were nearly 50 years old. The upkeep on the grandstands were poor to say the best. Renovation of the bathrooms and new exterior paint is all that have been done. The lead city inspector even said in court that they had not been out there to the grandstands in many years to inspect the area.

The suit was brought about by Lanny Edwards. Lanny had two years remaining on his contract when the city/fairboard decided to shut the grandstand down. He claimed breach of contract. However, in the contract it said that if problems arose where the grandstands were not able to function in the way they were suppose to then the contract becomes null and void. The city claimed that they told Lanny about the electrical problem and told him that it would cost 400 thousand to fix the problem. They wanted Lanny to fork over the money for repairs.

The local racing comunnity wanted to keep the track around. We felt as if we could win the fight in court it would keep the track around. Many of us feel like it is the big money borkers in the city that are ramrodding this entire deal. The judge felt for the racing community saying that in the end it was us that were the loosers in the deal. He said this entire court hearing was a comedy of errors on both sides. However, he had to side with the safety concerns to the general public by closing the grandstands.

There are so many things that I could list about the comedy of errors issue but I have kinda blocked them out of my mind. But, one thing I do remember is one of Lanny's lawer's legal assitant went to the fairboad to pay the lease for the 2010 season. The girl at the front deak took the check but it was returned. Later in the court hearings the President of the fairboard, Tim O'Toole, said that the girl was not authorized to recieve payment and that is the reason the check was returned.

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In the wheres there smoke theres fire department to. The American Le Mans series is think about bringing a race to Okc in the 2011 year as well.