Atco is done

[Steve1118]

Look, and I do say this with all due respect. I'm 70 years old and have been involved in this game since 1964. My family bought new Hemi SS cars in 1964, I started in 1969 and, like an idiot is still messing with them now. I've been where you are at. This is not rocket science. You've got a leaf spring car or a coil car. Cal Tracs, maybe, a set of of Luneack's "Launcher" springs. Tweak the front end with alignment, a few other little tricks maybe. A lot of work goes into it, I know. But, I will never get the mindset where guys will buy a stacker, take a bunch of time off of work, drive 500 miles to make three passes, and not support the local guy and your friends and neighbors now and then. And then whine and complain when he finally locks the doors. Everyplace you guys race at keeps their bread buttered by doing something each week (except Pomona). Everyone needs to remermber that, or no one will have nowhere to race at.

[Doug Hoven]

I’m not sure a lack of attendance was entirely the issue with Atco. Every time I have been to atco, whether it be a Tuesday night T+T/Gamblers race, Friday T+T, or a Saturday/Sunday Summit ET program, the pits were almost always packed. About 75% of the test and tunes I attended, there were 4 or more full lanes of street cars, and sometimes 2 full lanes of race cars, and almost always a dozen bikes. After the run in with Atco and IAA a few years back, I figured it was a matter of time until the owner sold the track, regardless of car count. Being that I have a stocker that isn’t likely to have traction issue, I try my best to support the local tracks when there is no NHRA events on the schedule.