Originally Posted by jjones752:
Ascot had a figure-8 track, and a TT/Offroad course, and a moto-cross track, and a Speedway oval on the north side next to the Slik-Trak; none of those took anything away from the half mile or the quarter mile. I never let an "X" in the middle of the infield distract me from watching a Sprint Car or Midget race on one of the ovals.
I wouldn't either. However the notion of a figure 8 being promoted conjurers up a feeling of "hillbillyism" to which inevitably bleeds over to the circle track side.