Not my quote, it's from the mayor and stems from conversations with the track. There's no denying that they have a good crowd on any given night, but over the last decade there has been a huge shift in the demographic that frequents it. Kokomo is on the crux of being a crowl jewel in the dirt world, but that has left a lot of old patrons displaced. I'm not knocking it by any means, but being from just blocks away from the track I've seen first hand how many locals have turned away from the facility as it shifts to large events and a wider appeal. Probably stubbornness more than anything, but for example when they tore down the back stretch bleachers to put in new ones there were people who stopped going altogether because the back stretch was like its own little community, a completely different experience for them than on the other side.

Bunker Hill was always a diamond in the rough for the stock car guys. The facilities were ****, track management was never particularly on the ball, it paid like ****, but there is a large group of loyalists who still hold it dear because the way it was set up made most people feel like it was "their" track. There is room for both approaches I think. I absolutely would never see it as a track that could sustain sprint cars for more than a few special shows. But as an experimental stock car focused track that caters to a group of fans who don't want to travel incredibly far, but want a more down home feel, it certainly could fit with the right promoter and draw enough fans to easily survive.