Live From Illiana Motor Speedway

IndyBound (Offline)
#21 5/28/09 3:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
Patti,

Illiana Motor Speedway is a real nice track that normally has good crowds for its racing events. I have enjoyed watching Silver Crown, Sprints, Midgets and yes even stock cars race there. I am sure that the weather would be a number one factor in a less than stellar crowd last night. As Pat pointed out, this USAC show is a different type of situation. I attend regularly at Anderson and Mount Lawn and find it to be a very entertaining evening of racing but the crowds at either of theses tracks is also sparse. The folks who stay at home are the losers. Normally a great evening of racing that is over around 9:30 PM or so.

I feel for you with the closing of Manzanita, but I am also afraid that we will see more of this in the very near future. If only we could pick the ones that we would like to see closed? I have a couple that come to mind that should be shuttered. They will probably hang in there forever though.

Mike, I probably shouldn't have commented about a track I have never been to. I was frustrated that the USAC feed kept freezing up, which it also did last Saturday while I was trying to watch the ORP race. I wasn't sure from the feed if the weather was bad but, that thought had crossed my mind. An as someone else pointed out a mid- week show doesn't always draw a large crowd.

As for Manzy, first and foremost I know more than anything greed played a major role in the closing of the track, not crowd size or car count. I agree there will be more race tracks close this year, too bad we cann't pick which ones. I guess seeing so few fans in the stands at Illiana Motor Speedway reminded me Manzy has closed.

I apologize to anyone that felt I was attacking Illiana Motor Speedway, I wasn't, I was just frustrated I know several N.Y. tracks have been drawing a few hundred people on race night in the stands and somehow still keep going.

Patti

psullivan
#22 5/28/09 7:18 PM

I didn't read like an attack at all

Mud Packer (Offline)
#23 5/28/09 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by psullivan:
I didn't read like an attack at all

I didn't either, but I thought Patti might like to hear something positive about Illiana and the Wednesday night USAC shows.

Mike

Be nice to people on the way up. You might need them on the way down. Jimmy Durante

IndyBound (Offline)
#24 5/29/09 3:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
I didn't either, but I thought Patti might like to hear something positive about Illiana and the Wednesday night USAC shows.

Thank you Mike, I did appreciate the positive about Illiana, I didn't know USAC was running the Wedneday night series until I went on line Wed.. I am always trying to learn about new tracks to visit and places to stop on my travels across country.

Patti

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