BY TODD HENRICHS / Lincoln Journal Star
Roger Hadan knew he had to take some chances.
Attendance at Eagle Raceway had waned in some eyes over recent seasons, and the track’s owner said he would close the facility unless someone stepped forward to operate the track.
Hadan, Eagle’s offseason savior, had plenty of ideas of how to get fans to the racetrack on Saturday nights. Only, some of those ideas didn’t set well with long-time fans, folks he couldn’t necessarily afford to chase away while trying to drum up new business.
“They were dead set that Eagle was not to become a circus,” Hadan said this week. “But I think we’ve got to do whatever it takes to put people in the seats.”
As Eagle’s season winds down — only two points nights remain — there is no big top over the familiar dirt oval east of Lincoln. There have been some great feature races in the perennial sprint and modified divisions.
Yet 2006 might be remembered locally as the year of the gimmick...(click for full article)
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