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Originally Posted by Mud Packer
I had tickets for the inaugural race at Kentucky Speedway. I believe the year was 2000 and it was a NASCAR truck race. This date was previously held by Louisville Motor Speedway and they took it away and that track closed.  Same story about NASCRAP that they paint this beautiful picture but the racing???? is poor at best.
We sat in traffic for over 4 hours within a mile of the exit to the speedway. I remember listening to the start of the race on radio and ole DW bragging that the place was full with no empty seats. I begged to differ with him since at least a third of them were empty and the fans were sitting on Interstate 71 waiting to get in.
A guy next to me pulled his bbq grill out of the back of his pick up truck and we all ate burgers and dogs. They said that traffic was backed up for over 25 miles and finally the Governor of Kentucky flew over in his helicopter and told the state police to shut down that exit (I thought it already was  ) and move the traffic on. About 200 fans used the median of I-71 as a restroom that afternoon.  Apparently the same old ****hole today.
A fiasco from day one and they still don't have it figured out. How many times will this happen before someone pulls the plug on this joint? I haven't been back since and don't ever plan on attending a race there. I also mark on my calendar when they do race at Kentucky Speedway so I avoid that area if I happen to be traveling. |
You've got your USAC colored glasses on again. Why would they pull the plug on it? They sold the place out. They made millions of dollars. The local businesses made huge dollars. I can guarantee you they want the race to stay. They have some issues that need to be corrected but to suggest they pull the plug is laughable. An earlier poster made the statement that the traffic issues made the USAC fiasco at Terre Haute look like a "minor misjudgement". That is even a more laughable. At least NASCAR ran their race. There is absolutely no excuse for what USAC pulled at Terre Haute.