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Old 04-24-2013, 12:05 AM   #7
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Default Re: Speed World Arizona - Going, going gone...

Well, Mark, I fall into your category of retirees on a fixed income. The days of us traveling the country and racing are over. Even though we are really close to Speedworld, their is no way we would risk hurting our Dart at a local event there. We would race our roadrunner and show our street rod, however.... We live about 7 miles off Grand Ave and Patton Road, so we are close to Speedworld. I frequently would drive by Speedworld on a Friday or Saturday night to see what kind of crowds they were getting. It appeared to me that they had a great turn out....the staging lanes would be full on a "street" night. That doesn't mean that they were making any money.......it just means that I think they had a lot of street cars.

If you look at the successful racing venues around the country, you will see that they are diverse. Dirt tracks, NASCAR tracks, road courses at the same location.....And some of them are not doing well. So, other than the "large venues", I believe the only ones that make money are the 1/8 mile "outlaw" type tracks......Ozark Raceway in Springfield, Mo comes to mind where the 10.5 cars bounce off the walls. It is my belief that something similar would work in the Phoenix area.....too bad.......it is probably too late for Speedworld.
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