Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wavelink Raceway Park For Sale

Kind of old news, but it's a sign of the times.

Here's the listing on Home Real Estate's site:
http://tinyurl.com/yak3jvd

Guys, for $748,000 it isn't going to be bought to keep racing. Too much
money for too little return. This property is being sold for commercial use
with the advantages being near a high-traffic area and a junction of two
major routes.

The days of the track are numbered. The end is coming.

It's too bad, for years this track was a regular feeder to Eagle's sprint
series and a right entertaining show in itself.

The knee-jerk reaction would be to suggest an infield track at Eagle and run
on Saturdays. Fact is, one could run an entire show with the Mini/Kart
program alone. One more class isn't going to work on a full Saturday
schedule, and if the minis get to race under the bright lights of the big
house, why would they move up?

Given Eagle's stated concern about growing the sprint class, if you were in
their shoes, would you consider constructing an infield mini-sprint track,
to develop the series back into the feeder for your sprint cars - say on a
Friday or Sunday night? Despite the small cars, it would be a big task.
Something to consider...

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