Dallas Raceway sold ... here we go again

[kdanner]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

$4million cash. That could have been raised with a little time.
Was the Track profitable? Should have been near Dallas.
That is a huge metropolitan area.

Thought Texas was the hot bed of economic activity?

D

I count 9 other tracks within 100 miles of the DFW area, 2 of them in very close proximity to this track. This certainly has to be part of the problem.

[Rsmith38]

9 tracks within 100 miles!!!
WOW - here in New England I have 1 track 90 miles and 1 at 130 miles (plus SNOW from Nov 1 to April 1 - sometimes - tracks closed anyway)

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Originally Posted by kdanner

I count 9 other tracks within 100 miles of the DFW area, 2 of them in very close proximity to this track. This certainly has to be part of the problem.

Wish we had that problem!

[Chuck Garey]

I hope you are not counting Yellow Belly one of those nine!

[kdanner]

Originally Posted by Chuck Garey

I hope you are not counting Yellow Belly one of those nine!

Yes, I even counted "the gut". Don't think I could arm myself heavily enough to go there.

[Jim Cimarolli]

Somebody told me that they cleaned Yello Belly up quite a bit and that it is a safe place to go now. I haven't been there in many years, but I did hear that.

[T Pogue]

Yes Yello Belly has been cleaned up. Been going over there for the last 3 years to a nostolgia race with no problems. A lot of that crowd now goes th Kennendale on Sunday night but i hear this may be the last year for them. Denton was almost sold to the railroad when the guy who owns it now saved the place but who knows how long that could be for.

[Jim Cimarolli]

Like I said before, I haven't been there in decades. I have seen things that went on at that place that does not do to put into print. Lets just say that it was a dangerous place to go and that is why its been so long since my last visit. I'm glad to know that the place has been cleaned up and hopefully,,,,,,,,cleaned out!

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by kdanner

I count 9 other tracks within 100 miles of the DFW area, 2 of them in very close proximity to this track. This certainly has to be part of the problem.

OUCH !!
Are any xHRA worthy of a large meet?

d

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

OUCH !!
Are any xHRA worthy of a large meet?

d

No, Crandall is easily the nicest facility. IMHO I think it's much nicer than Ennis which holds an NHRA National Event but it doesn't have the luxury boxes or as much room in the pits or spectator side. I don't know why their car count is low but there is no way they can be making money. It's not uncommon on a bracket night to have less than 50 cars TOTAL on the grounds racing. We won street one night when there were THREE cars! You can't tell me there are only 3 cars in the DFW area that are street/strip vehicles that bracket race. I grew up in East Central Ohio and it wasn't uncommon for Quaker City to have 50 cars alone in the street class. Pro and Super Pro would have 100+. I've never seen Crandall full. Maybe it is because there are so many other tracks to choose from in the market but all of them together wouldn't be as nice as this one.

Scott