Good question Hoosier. I heard that the place can seat 8 thousand, I don't know if that's true but I'm sure 6 is possible. My observation on that premise would be that it was at the most 1/3 capacity. I hope they came close to braking even. The show was good, well run, and got out at a reasonable time. I hope that there is enough positive to keep up the program for next year.

Personally I don't think they did a good job advertising the show. When a hard core racer like Danny Smith posts on Twitter he didn't know about the show and missed out that says something. In today's social media world you need to have a persistent person getting the word out about events. Good examples being Attica and Fremont. While the sprint car count was light it was a high quality field.

As a first time visitor to the track very impressive facility and hope they can build it back to a regular facility. Would be great to see a USAC sprint and midget double header.

I agree that wider reaching promotion of events is critical, and as an auto racing business you are no longer trying to reach only those in your community. The days of local fans being enough to support a show are long gone. Now promoters have to reach out much farther to a dedicated but thinning group of customers. There is an obvious and desperate need to attract a new, younger audience, but with the economy growing as it has in recent years these tracks have to capitalize on their opportunity to make money while they can. I hope some of these tracks that have opened or re-opened in the last couple years as the economy has improved will be able to establish themselves well enough to survive if the economy stops growing.

Route 66 reminds me a lot of Mansfield. Both new dirt tracks (at least reconfigured/resurfaced/reopened) with excellent facilities and tons of potential. It's a matter of building a reputation and a support base to help both tracks be successful. We all want more shows and certain classes or events to take place at these tracks. I think both did it the right way this year hosting a small number of events to find out what they need to improve on. Hopefully next year they can expand and fill up those pits and grandstands for some exciting shows.