Lucky14
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posted January 15, 2012 07:28 AM
OUCH! ANOTHER DRAGSTRIP CASUALTY ......
Went to look at Dallas Raceway's (Crandall) schedule and found this:
AS OF 1/12/12 DALLAS RACEWAY IS NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS PER KENNY BARNES due to hard economic times and financial reasons. I would like to personally
thank each and every racer and fan that supported me and Dallas Raceway. I
will truly miss my racing family. Looking forward to seeing you all in the
future.
Sammy
Our only 1/4 mile track is gone (Ennis doesn't count for several reasons).
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Bently
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posted January 15, 2012 07:29 AM
This is Bad and is happening all over.
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 07:35 AM
quote:
Went to look at Dallas Raceway's (Crandall) schedule and found this:
AS OF 1/12/12 DALLAS RACEWAY IS NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS PER KENNY BARNES due to hard economic times and financial reasons. I would like to personally
thank each and every racer and fan that supported me and Dallas Raceway. I
will truly miss my racing family. Looking forward to seeing you all in the
future.
Sammy
Our only 1/4 mile track is gone (Ennis doesn't count for several reasons).
that track never did well from the day it opened. How many times did I drive out there after looking at their website admission getting to the gate and paying more lol,
wee
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 07:41 AM
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This is Bad and is happening all over.
go obama
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 07:42 AM
but I did win King of the track, run 8.90's, and still have their t-shirt hehe, Sammy and his wife were always very nice to me, maybe it will get new owners, a few rumors about it, from Cindi Hielscher was looking at it, and Lenmar Racing as well.
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 07:44 AM
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This is Bad and is happening all over.
go obama
it wasn't the Obamanation, that track took 12 years to open,
wee
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 07:49 AM
 Edited By: 1badzx12r on 15 Jan 2012 15:50
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This is Bad and is happening all over.
go obama
it wasn't the Obamanation, that track took 12 years to open,
wee
how many years would it take you to pay to build a track ..
you build it they will come.. ain't that how it goes
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eklipse636
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posted January 15, 2012 07:49 AM
That's bad stuff. By the sounds of it, it wasn't properly ran. And in this economy, a business has to be on top of it's game to survive.
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posted January 15, 2012 07:57 AM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 15 Jan 2012 16:03
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That's bad stuff. By the sounds of it, it wasn't properly ran. And in this economy, a business has to be on top of it's game to survive.
license , permits, regulations , insurance, sur-charges electric bill, traction compound, have all sky rocketed..
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 08:06 AM
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That's bad stuff. By the sounds of it, it wasn't properly ran. And in this economy, a business has to be on top of it's game to survive.
license , permits, regulations , insurance, sur-charges electric bill, traction compound, have all sky rocketed..
and when your stands are almost empty and the staging lanes the same way it's just a matter of time till this.
wee
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kaw-rick
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posted January 15, 2012 08:10 AM
sorry to hear that. but our local dragstrip is reopening, let the games begin.
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 08:12 AM
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That's bad stuff. By the sounds of it, it wasn't properly ran. And in this economy, a business has to be on top of it's game to survive.
license , permits, regulations , insurance, sur-charges electric bill, traction compound, have all sky rocketed..
and when your stands are almost empty and the staging lanes the same way it's just a matter of time till this.
wee
bingo... and it don't matter who's running the track.. cause if they raise their prices to cover the cost then even less people will show ..
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 08:16 AM
stay small, get big !!
wee
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 08:25 AM
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stay small, get big !!
wee
yesterday..not today.. start-up cost put you to far into the red
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 08:33 AM
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stay small, get big !!
wee
yesterday..not today.. start-up cost put you to far into the red
1/8th mile, look how many 1/4 mile tracks fold.
wee
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 08:36 AM
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stay small, get big !!
wee
yesterday..not today.. start-up cost put you to far into the red
1/8th mile, look how many 1/4 mile tracks fold.
wee
look how shitty most them 1/8th mile tracks are
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 08:59 AM
Edited By: Wheelie on 15 Jan 2012 17:14
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stay small, get big !!
wee
yesterday..not today.. start-up cost put you to far into the red
1/8th mile, look how many 1/4 mile tracks fold.
wee
look how shitty most them 1/8th mile tracks are
but their still open.
wee
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joseph702
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posted January 15, 2012 09:27 AM
Every day joes go to 1/8 mile over 1/4 due to rules look how many guys ride in a hoody not leathers
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eklipse636
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posted January 15, 2012 10:29 AM
that track never did well from the day it opened. How many times did I drive out there after looking at their website admission getting to the gate and paying more lol,
I was referring to the comment from wee.
license , permits, regulations , insurance, sur-charges electric bill, traction compound, have all sky rocketed..
This is very true as well.
It would take a LONG time to pay for a track.
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joseph702
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posted January 15, 2012 10:34 AM
It's sad seeing are racing places close . Up here in Maine my track crowd is less and less every year
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posted January 15, 2012 10:42 AM
Well you still have Ennis , Seven points , kennedale ,Prairie Hill and the Yellow belly ..
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1badzx12r
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posted January 15, 2012 10:51 AM
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Well you still have Ennis , Seven points , kennedale ,Prairie Hill and the Yellow belly ..
Prairie hill is a parking lot with construction cones as a track .. but hey some guys like being big fish in little ponds
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Wheelie
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posted January 15, 2012 11:15 AM
Redline and Northstar
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zx14durham
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posted January 16, 2012 06:07 AM
I know I have been in the stands many times to hear spectators complaining about not seeing times. Everyone wants to run no time, The track gets an extra dollar or two from the racers, But the spectators have nothing to see. They don't know the racers personally but could relate to fast times, Without times they are just seeing cars & bikes making passes. I have seen people pack up and leave frustrated not understanding why the clocks are off. People raced in the street back in the day to keep their times secret, If you got on the track their was no such thing as turning off the clocks, Now it has become the norm.
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Lucky14
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posted January 16, 2012 07:52 AM
Edited By: Lucky14 on 16 Jan 2012 15:54
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I know I have been in the stands many times to hear spectators complaining about not seeing times. Everyone wants to run no time, The track gets an extra dollar or two from the racers, But the spectators have nothing to see. They don't know the racers personally but could relate to fast times, Without times they are just seeing cars & bikes making passes. I have seen people pack up and leave frustrated not understanding why the clocks are off. People raced in the street back in the day to keep their times secret, If you got on the track their was no such thing as turning off the clocks, Now it has become the norm.
+1000
I'm a racer and a spectator, and it really sucks not to see the times.
Racers claim that they don't want people to know how FAST they are.
The reality is that most don't want people to know how SLOW they are.
Give Wheelie, Smokin, and others credit for posting their times and having the haters show up.
They could have just posted "Wow, this thing is really fast!"
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