Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - Advice for eldora speedway

Diggsy (Offline)
#68 4/13/11 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by gtownplowboy:
Just my opinion on this whole deal. Suprised Tony came on here at all, no win situation for him. I have been going to Eldora since 1973 and thru the years there were good track conditions and there were bad ones. That being said there has just been a string of bad ones in the past three years. Starting with that 4 crown from 3 years ago there just has not been a non wing show that has had good track conditions. From a business standpoint you have to realize something isn't right with the surface, you can't just miss the track prep that many times in a row. There has to be someone responsible, the buck has to stop somewhere. If the knowledge to prep the track isn't there, stop the bleeding and get some help. That way we can all get back to looking forward to making the trips to Eldora the special trips they used to be. As my man Tony Funk said change something and put 3 good ones in a row on and the fans will come back.

Not that staunch open wheel fans will necessarily care, but Eldora isn't missing the track set-up for just the USAC or sprint car shows. Our family used to go over routinely for USAC, WoO, and the late model shows and let me just say, they can frick up the track for a late model show just as badly as they can for a sprint car show. When it became clear to us that the priority was no longer a well-prepared track for the drivers to race on, we called it quits on the track we'd been going to for over 30 years. We haven't been back since the 2007 World 100. Truth be told, we haven't miss it. There are just too many other good tracks out there waiting for us to find them.

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