I hope the best for them. Hopefully they will get their fan base back.

When Mark Hotovy reopened it in the mid-90s, by the time the end of the decade rolled around Hartford was packing them in weekly. They had nice weekly open sprint car counts every Friday when they did not have a touring series rolling through.

But then one thing lead to another, the track changed owners a few times over, gone were the sprints, gone was bringing in food, gone was bringing in beer, gone were high car counts, and what fans were left were subjected to watching multiple heats of kids on various types of quads on a little front stretch oval. As my one friend once told me, the number of cars in the pits will reflect the number of butts in the seat. 12 car A Mains for Late Models won't do it.

But I am keeping an open mind and hoping the best for Mr. Dibble. It will be an uphill battle, but it will be done one step at a time. Baby steps first.

One GOOD thing is they are still running Fridays. No conflicts with Butler or Kalamazoo.