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Originally posted by prest911:

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Originally posted by DMoore:
Congrats to Tom Rossi on the track championship today and to Dan Underwood on the runner up.

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Originally posted by ddiinnoo:
Rumor has it that the track is closing and is up for sale. Does anybody know if this is for real? I hope all of the bashers are happy now. It's a shame that such a beautiful facility that has been an icon in our area is going to close. You idiots that have been complaining about Dan and Annie should be ashamed of yourselfs; you act like a bunch of grade school children. Especially you BOWTIEBOBBY; IF you have any BALLS maybe its time you came out of the closet.

Dan and Annie have been good to us and I'm truly sorry that its come to this.

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Originally posted by Foyt14:
Way to go, THOMAS!

You are DA MAN.

48 points...What a year. You deserved it.

Foyt

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Originally posted by Ray Wilkins:

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Originally posted by Bowtiebobby:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ddiinnoo:
Rumor has it that the track is closing and is up for sale. Does anybody know if this is for real? I hope all of the bashers are happy now. It's a shame that such a beautiful facility that has been an icon in our area is going to close. You idiots that have been complaining about Dan and Annie should be ashamed of yourselfs; you act like a bunch of grade school children. Especially you BOWTIEBOBBY; IF you have any BALLS maybe its time you came out of the closet.

Dan and Annie have been good to us and I'm truly sorry that its come to this.

"If they have been so good, why is the car count down and most of the racers gone? If you were to do some real homework you would find that many of the racers that race at other tracks and once raced there live within 25 miles of that track. Those racers must also feel that the ownership has really treated them well, just like you, right? "



I witnessed myself the night under fire. That's what did me in. No money to racers unless they came back to finish race. Then when some did they couldn't get there money until 2nd race was in 3rd round. That's just not right. I heard racers be told over and over if you don't like it dont come back. One friday night they would not turn the lights on until we actually took a stand to not go down track. And last they was very upsetting to me was the way employees were treated was in tower one night when girls were getting screamed at like they were dirt. Those girls bust there a$$ for what min wage? Also still upset about kenny and johnny 2 great employees who looked out for racers safety and got punished for it. c'mon tim you cant be serious about being treated great. I do respect your opinion as I do everyones but that place was a joke this year.
I'm just hopeing for new ownwership that will bring it back.

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Originally posted by Shawn Pinkerton:

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Originally posted by Ray Wilkins:

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Originally posted by Bowtiebobby:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ddiinnoo:
Rumor has it that the track is closing and is up for sale. Does anybody know if this is for real? I hope all of the bashers are happy now. It's a shame that such a beautiful facility that has been an icon in our area is going to close. You idiots that have been complaining about Dan and Annie should be ashamed of yourselfs; you act like a bunch of grade school children. Especially you BOWTIEBOBBY; IF you have any BALLS maybe its time you came out of the closet.

Dan and Annie have been good to us and I'm truly sorry that its come to this.

"If they have been so good, why is the car count down and most of the racers gone? If you were to do some real homework you would find that many of the racers that race at other tracks and once raced there live within 25 miles of that track. Those racers must also feel that the ownership has really treated them well, just like you, right? "



I witnessed myself the night under fire. That's what did me in. No money to racers unless they came back to finish race. Then when some did they couldn't get there money until 2nd race was in 3rd round. That's just not right. I heard racers be told over and over if you don't like it dont come back. One friday night they would not turn the lights on until we actually took a stand to not go down track. And last they was very upsetting to me was the way employees were treated was in tower one night when girls were getting screamed at like they were dirt. Those girls bust there a$$ for what min wage? Also still upset about kenny and johnny 2 great employees who looked out for racers safety and got punished for it. c'mon tim you cant be serious about being treated great. I do respect your opinion as I do everyones but that place was a joke this year.
I'm just hopeing for new ownwership that will bring it back.

Not knocking you at all Ray but you have always been Mr. Optimistic about the place so it takes me back a little to see you post this. When I see this I hope people really see that it is not internet trolls like Bowtie or observer that have caused problems for the track. Trolls like this have been around this place for the last decade. The majority of the racers have not read this thread or could give a damn if the talk here existed. They get a couple of you all worked up and laugh about it. Maybe if less time was spent trying to figure our user names or typing memos about internet use, then other problems could have been focused on.

The only people that should get any type of credit for keeping the doors open and payouts up are the racers, especially Jack for going out to recruit sponsors for Pro/Footbrake, John for handling the Nostalgia program and to Scott for the Q-16 and bonus pays. If you have old info laying around from 2004 to 2006 or so, take a long look at the sponsors that paid to advertise, all the banners that were hung up on the track with current paid advertisers, track equipment donated, contingency sponsors that paid for wins and sponsors that paid for bonus races. Where did all these guys go? FYI... it's not the economy considering the majority of them have banners and contingency programs now at other local tracks. It is also not the internet forums or racers that lost the sponsorships for the track.

It sucks period to see any track close!!! Every year for the last 3-4 years this rumor has started. Each year info on the track is provided later and later. The track doesn't address it at the end of the year and leaves it to float all winter. I would think the track would clear up the situation for 2011 so the racers plan to come back instead of waiting until March or April when they have lost more cars, which is exactly what happened this year. Maybe ownership is coming. Maybe we would all be on here all happy and talking about heading for a bracket final in the week to come if Mark's transaction was allowed to go thru.

I guess if you want to put on the blinders and drink the kool aid, it's all good. But when you look at the common denominator in all the situations at the track.......