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bigshow2966 · 12-30-2009, 11:14 AM

I started racing in the '70's too. The stands used to be packed. However, they were packed because there were always some kind of feature show there. Before there were a bazillion national and divisionals to go to the Pro's used to match race to make money. It was not unusual to go to US 30 on Wednesday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday and see Don Garlits, 16 funny cars, or watch Bob Glidden match race Da Grump. Think all those people in the stands gave a crap about us bracket cars?

Fast forward to today. No match racing, no feature shows, empty stands.

I don't know about anywhere else, but in my area dirt track racing is dying. Boswell and Kankakee ran for years and years. Both shut down mid-season this year from money issues and are both hanging by a thread for next season.

12-30-2009, 11:14 AM	#27
bigshow2966 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: chicago Posts: 654 Likes: 675 Liked 180 Times in 55 Posts	Re: Thinking about this in depth....... I started racing in the '70's too. The stands used to be packed. However, they were packed because there were always some kind of feature show there. Before there were a bazillion national and divisionals to go to the Pro's used to match race to make money. It was not unusual to go to US 30 on Wednesday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday and see Don Garlits, 16 funny cars, or watch Bob Glidden match race Da Grump. Think all those people in the stands gave a crap about us bracket cars? Fast forward to today. No match racing, no feature shows, empty stands. I don't know about anywhere else, but in my area dirt track racing is dying. Boswell and Kankakee ran for years and years. Both shut down mid-season this year from money issues and are both hanging by a thread for next season.