Cayuga County Fairgrounds Speedway Closes.

Christopher Krul
@christopher-krul
13 years ago
119 posts
http://blog.syracuse.com/motorsports/2011/07/new_cayuga_county_speedway_closes_its_gates.html I used to attend this track weekly and ever since WRG bought out DIRT Motorsports things have gone downhill. This is unfortunate. A promoter allowed for the Sportsman modified class to run cheaper tires to increase car counts at his track. He had only 11 cars and when he allowed them to run American Racer tires his car count increases. WRG tells him to go back to Hoosiers, drop the Sportsmans or close the track. He decided to close the track.This is what tracks are having to deal with. They want to do anything to increase car counts but a sanctioning body like WRG (which owns World of Outlaws Late Models, DIRT Modifieds and World of Outlaw Sprint cars) will not allow them to make certain cost cutting measures for those competing. This was a support class mind you too. I have been following this drama in my old area where I used to live. Dirt modified racing is split between DIRT sanctioned and Race of Champions. This is a sad day. Cayuga County Fairgrounds Speedway was the flagship of DIRT and to see it in this kind of state is upsetting.
updated by @christopher-krul: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Bobby Williamson
@bobby-williamson
13 years ago
907 posts
No Kidding! That's what's wrong with racing on all levels today. No doubt, Hoosier is a WRG sponsor.
Mike Sykes
@mike-sykes
13 years ago
308 posts
While I agree it's not fair that they can't run what tires they want, just think of all the money that Hoosier has stuffed in the pockets of WRG. Probably not on the books either. Does this sound familer it happens at tracks all over the country it's not ever in the competitors favor what happened to run what you brung as long as it's safe. Anybody remember seeing tires such as Sears, Atlas,Sinclair,Kelly, Herculesand a host of other tires running on the track at one time.