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Originally Posted by ASPHALT24
Glad you had a great time Patti. Things are sounding all positive at the Big O this year. I hear they have had some excellent crowds & most of the races have been barnburners. Great job Torrese family.
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Kevin, sorry you, your Mom and sister couldn't attend this years fun, you were missed. You will all be impressed the next time you are in Oswego, while it has seemed strange not having a lap counter or score board the past two weeks half of the new scoring system was sitting in the pits waiting to be installed. A section and a half of the back grandstands had been repaired and repainted as of last Friday, it is a continuig work in progress. The Torresse family didn't just buy the race track, they bought it knowing they they were going to have to spend allot of money to restore it to it's former gorly and they are doing it. I cann't tell you when the last time I remember seeing the Oswego Speedway sign lite over the pit entrance, they got that working this week and combine that with the new pit entrance door with the great big reflective letters spelling out "The Steel Placae", it's impressive.
Then we move on to the racing action, car counts have been great, the need to run a consi for the supers on a weekly basis for the first time in years and you described it barnburner racing. It doesn't get any better than that. The crowds have been great, fans are coming back that haven't been there in years. Heck our entire former race team gathered in the Soule pits after the races it was the first time one of the couples had been to the track in 15 years.
The Torresse's are not only pouring a ton of money into the facility they are advertising there product in Canada, Waterton, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo that I know of.
An for me personally having watched my second home track Manzy go away faster than a blink of ones eye I am on a high breathing in all of the positive energy surrounding Oswego Speedway right now. Because I really feard Oswego Speedway could have met Manzy's fate over the past two years, that fear is gone and we are all moving forward at the "Big O". Got to thank Eric over the weekend for all they are doing still need to see Johnny and thank him.
Patti