I understand everyone's concern about where the money is going, but we have to be real about this situation. Tracks were closing before Flo became such a big deal. It wasn't streaming that was hurting the business. It was the tracks themselves. I'm by no means a world traveler, but I love dirt racing and try and visit a new track every year. I've been to about 50 dirt tracks in 10 different states. I've walked out of several wondering how they stay open. Poor food, ****** bathrooms(pun intended), wasting time, etc. The tracks have been their own worst enemy forever, it's just easy to point a finger at streaming as the reason they are failing.

Charles I appreciate your passion and devotion to racing and the Burg, but you're arguing against yourself. If local racing is a money suck and the tracks need the big shows to survive(which are streamed), how is Flo killing them? That sounds like the tracks need to figure out how to make them profitable. FYI, I made my firt trip to the Burg this summer. Excellent race track.

As for as streaming helping racing, I'm one that thinks it does. I have visited several tracks because of the racing that has been streamed. Hell, we're planning a trip to Oshweken this year because of the streaming they do. They stream for free on YouTube and my buddy has been watching them. Now we are heading up there. I'm sure people thought that TV would kill pro sports back in the day as well. Now it's ingrained in our culture.

In my opinion if tracks want to make money they need to create an environment where people want to be. My family is a perfect example, they have no interest in sitting in a dust bowl and having to use porta pots.