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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel
I am all for Island re-opening....but not if it is going to be barely adequate as a racetrack.....
Maybe the test and tune crowd will be happy but I assure you the serious racers would not be....
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Exactly!
I read comments from those that want it to reopen, here, other boards and on facebook and 99.9% of them are NOT/have NOT been weekly racers, weekly supporters, weekly customers as I have for 2 decades and Rich who has raced there far longer than I. Some haven't been to island in decades.
I too have great memories racing there. I learned to race there as many in NJ have including my wife and son, some of which had gone onto being professional drag racers and some of my closest friends today I first met there.
But that was then and this is now and what has happen there has been a long time coming. It is the result of Kathy's and prior to 2011 her ex husband doings as RJDUDEK stated on facebook and IMO and many others who like me have raced there weekly for a long time, can't be fixed by leasing the track to an operator or Kathy's daughter Melissa.
That said, makes no difference to me, I won't be back, I've moved on after the conclusion of the 2010 season after racing there just about every weekend since 1991 as well being a member of their bracket finals team most years from 1997 through 2010 and neither will the numerous racers that have either left on their own, or been told over the years if you don't like it here, go somewhere else. They along with many of the remaining weekly island bracket racers are now racing at one or more of the far better four tracks in the area,most of which are run by owners and managers that understand business, understand that we are the customer and provide us with a safer, more friendly, race experience as well greater rewards for our efforts.