nathans1012 (Offline)
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5/14/25 3:29 PM
Why do tracks close?
Boyds & Rome Speedway's in Georgia
Winchester & Cleveland Speedway's in Tennessee
Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, Virginia
Junction Motor Speedway in Nebraska
Twin Cities Raceway Park in Indiana
Legendary Hilltop Speedway in Ohio
and so many others like them. If you know of other tracks that have closed in the last number of years like these, list them in your reply.
Some of these tracks drew huge crowns & some didn't.
Yes, economics probably plays a part in some of them closing, but others may have had issues with way too many classes for weekly shows, dragging the show along, promoters thinking they feel the need to qualify every damn class they run, the price of keeping a race car going each week has increased tremendously over the last 10 years or so, Race track insurance prices going through the roof, tracks that are located on county / state fairgrounds not being so easy to deal with (Vermilion County Speedway comes to mind), Gate prices to high, other tracks that run the same night drawing cars away, & the big one in today's world there are other options to do for a family instead of paying to go watch races.
Also, I've said it for years running to many classes is a detriment to your facility until you learn how to move the show along. In no way shape or form shout you need to run 7, 8, 9, 10, 11+ class on a regular night when you already drag the show out 2-3 hours past when you could have already been done for the night.
2 tracks in my opinion that do a good job with of moving the show along is Brownstown Speedway in Indiana. Yes, most nights they only run 5 of their 6 weekly divisions and the other being Marshalltown Speedway in Iowa.
P.S. Tracks at the very minimum should have some sort of medical personal on site each race night!
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?
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