Unfortunately Ed I think you're right on target. Loss of the San Jose Mile
after Ascot disappeared hit me in the gut.
I hope the SCTA keeps there ears open. They should consider sound limits
BEFORE some developer hires the pros who can get anyone stirred up about
anything in a heartbeat.
As long as mining is still active at the salt flats and there is enough salt to
race on,
I think Bonneville will be safe.
Bryan
Ed Weldon wrote:
> Bryan--
> You've got it right there. The dirt oval is the heart and roots of American
> motor racing. It's where it started some 100 years ago. And I think it's
> good for another 100; as long as we don't let the county governments sell
> off the fairgrounds to build shopping centers and condos.
> But the big money entertainment racing.......I'm not so sure. I wouldn't
> buy stock in any part of it unless I was pretty sure I could make a fast
> buck and get out quick. There's a sea change happening in our culture.
> We're coming off a prosperity peak the like of which a lot of us oldsters
> may not see again in our lifetimes.
> Entertainment fads come and go. But I think the racer subculture won't go
> away. We'll just scale down the financial levels of our involvement if we
> have to and the shows simply won't be big enough to sell in the mass
> entertainment media.
> I think our biggest worry will not be the Nascarizing of our sport. It'll
> be preserving our racing venues against the forces of encroaching
> civilization; environmental and safety hysteria; and decreasing racer
> participation due to the costs of travel to the race courses, fuel, entry
> fees, insurance, etc.,etc.
> We're not seeing decreased participation quite yet. But it could come in
> the future and we need to be ready to deal with it.
> Meantime......'sbeen a while since I went to Watsonville; it's just a hour
> down the road from me..........
> Ed Weldon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
> Subject: Re: Nascar
>> I still love the Fairgrounds dirt oval. ........... I think NASCAR at the
> local level still has a lot of racing in it.
>> Bryan
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