Rock Crest (Twin cities, North Vernon) CLOSED!!!

ronmil · 7/24/22, 7:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TQ29m

In all honesty, I never thought it was hard to access, and I was able to put my rig in off of 7, which moved it closer to my starting point, as we traveled through the state and out of state, to as far as Tennessee and Illinois on occasion, some places where a bit difficult, but I didn't let that stop me, so to me, it was the name change that put the kibosh on it, plus not frequenting IOW enough, I'd have been on here like sos, and not on Backfield, hindsight, ain't it just the best 😀.

You’re right! I think the name change killed it.

Dirtfan · 7/24/22, 10:45 PM

4m,a very reliable source🤔.When it was TCRP,Rockcrest,Vernon whatever its name was at the time,to me it appeared then it was on life support.
Wasn't too bad when they had ISW Races,after that,think I went there once.

B99 · 7/24/22, 10:55 PM

A racetrack closing in this day and age is never a good thing. Once they close they rarely re-open, and new ones aren't exactly popping up all over the place.

Charles Nungester · 7/24/22, 11:01 PM

Two or three years ago, I went down there for a sprint race, They had about fifteen or so and full fields of four other classes. A decent fan turnout.

What killed it is that Brownstown's promotor bought it and put a no compete clause in on the guys who tried to run it afterward.

ronmil · 7/24/22, 11:08 PM

I’ll always remember my first trip there on July 24, 2001 when the drunk fell over the edge of the property at the back which borders the Muscatatuck River and they had to stop the races to bring him back up.
On my next visit, July 22, 2002, the race was stopped for the accident between Dickie Gaines and Jack Hewitt, which seriously injured Hewitt.
Those were ISW races.

Stevensville Mike · 3/2/23, 11:15 AM

Are these guys out for 2023?

TQ29m · 3/2/23, 6:15 PM

Is that the bottom line? I guess so, I also agree with the post that the name change didn't help the issue, and also not posting on IOW. Sad

BrentTFunk · 3/2/23, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirtfan

4m,a very reliable source🤔.When it was TCRP,Rockcrest,Vernon whatever its name was at the time,to me it appeared then it was on life support.
Wasn't too bad when they had ISW Races,after that,think I went there once.

That is how it looked to me.

7/24/22, 10:55 PM	#13 Re: Rock Crest (Twin cities, North Vernon) CLOSED!!!
B99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 305	A racetrack closing in this day and age is never a good thing. Once they close they rarely re-open, and new ones aren't exactly popping up all over the place.