Fairbury Speedway

[kidrock]

There are a lot of tracks that neeed some improvements but, when they are just barely able to stay open week to week because of the lack of fan support on the weekly show's it's kind of hard to have the extra dollars to make improvements to the facilities. Sometimes tracks make small improvements that nobody even hardly notices because they are so focused on the big things that do need to be fixed. I say give them some time and as long as they are trying and when they get the funds and are able to make improvements I'm sure they will but, back to Fairbury which is a prime example of what I'm talking about because they do get the fan support on a weekly basis so,kuddo's to them for making the improvements they have.

[turnleftandgasit]

It isn't like these issues just sprung up. I personally have been batching about the same things for years. As far as moving out of turns 1 and 2, we paid extra to sit there, they should make extra certain that everything is working in that area.

[thexfactor0210]

As I have said previously, you cannot host a big show when you have 2 working toilets (maybe). I just cant see trying to attract new fans or sponors and being able to bring them there. It is embarassing. I don't want to hear how much it costs and they are working on it. The bathrooms have been a dump for the last 15 years I have been going there. A few hundred bucks can go a long way

Fairbury has done a great job at running a quick show most of the time and improving constantly. I am not saying FC needs to pour the same amount of money into their facility. Just a little here and there would go a long way.

[Cardirt0]

On FarmerCity you try filling a 50 foot hole with 10 foot of dirt...Go ask Fairbury it was not a few 100 bucks but Thousands of bucks to do the new bath rooms.. You must do them by the law on how they are too be done...You cant fix 15 years of not fixing things to fix them all at once... I have been there be for I got to sick to go and know they had to do a lot to just keep the Insurance on the place that used up a lot of the money they had...I know they love to build new bath rooms just dont have the cash to do them yet...I hope I win the Lotto cause i would give them the money too do them and more...

[Krooser]

When Earl owned Eldora there were two urinals and one toilet for the men... two toilets for the women. No porta-potties. The best place to relieve yourself was in the cornfield in turn four. Fans self-policed the 'toilet rows' for men and women.

When we asked Earl why he didn't have better facilities he told us people come to see racing not take a cr*p... this after our track spent about 80k on a new restroom... this was 1983. Maybe 7-8,000 fans... go figure.

[calverton]

It isn't like these issues just sprung up. I personally have been batching about the same things for years. As far as moving out of turns 1 and 2, we paid extra to sit there, they should make extra certain that everything is working in that area.

sorry to say you can't fix stupid then

[cdustyr1]

I didnt say they had made improvements, I was saying their big race just announced in conjunction with FALS is the race they need to be successful because it is being run by the track. This needs to be their PDC type race that starts to put money back into the facilities. I will agree they need to do away with so many classes on a big show night. There were relatively few nights they ran out of food before features. As for the city hating that does seem to be changing but I dont live there.

[ptown]

Don't get the notion that everybody in Fairbury loves the the track, it sits right in the middle of town there are many residents that absolutely hate the noise and dirt that it generates every Saturday evening during the summer, sometimes until midnight or even later.

[calverton]

Always a few haters but they will get over it

[CIRF]

Don't get the notion that everybody in Fairbury loves the the track, it sits right in the middle of town there are many residents that absolutely hate the noise and dirt that it generates every Saturday evening during the summer, sometimes until midnight or even later.

You're correct ptown. I went to school with 2 guys that married girls from Fairbury and have met the wives families on several occasions and they are much less than joyous about Saturday nights in the Summertime.

Indeed, not everyone who calls Fairbury home is 100% behind the speedway. However, as entrenched as the speedway is in the local Fairbury culture the dissenting population is not vocal, but it's there.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

sorry to say you can't fix stupid then

We know Litey.

[bullring]

I suggest they move. The track wasn't built in the last couple years.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

When Earl owned Eldora there were two urinals and one toilet for the men... two toilets for the women. No porta-potties. The best place to relieve yourself was in the cornfield in turn four. Fans self-policed the 'toilet rows' for men and women.

When we asked Earl why he didn't have better facilities he told us people come to see racing not take a cr*p... this after our track spent about 80k on a new restroom... this was 1983. Maybe 7-8,000 fans... go figure.

While I agree with you, Eldora and Pennsboro are two places where most diehard racers would go anyway. Always relieve myself in turn one way over by the lake.

For taking wives and that it's gotten a lot better under Tony. But granted, not everyone is a multi-millionaire in the racing business as much for the love of it as to make money.

[CIRF]

I suggest they move. The track wasn't built in the last couple years.

I'm guessing they would have a suggestion for you, as well.

The people who I speak of were born and raised and have lived in Fairbury since before the auto racing track was originally opened in the mid to late 1940's. Their parents lived there when they were born. They are the parents of the friends I went to school with and are people in their mid-seventies. They aren't newbies by any stretch so I'd say they have a degree of authenticity. I don't believe they would want the track shut down but they at least don't look forward to Saturday nights in the summertime. The way they put it was the noise and dust is something they obviously know is coming in the summer but you never really get used to it especially if you have visitors or are hosting a special occasion. The way it was explained to me is that they take the racing into consideration and basically plan around it.

Bottom line is that they aren't hostile towards the track but there are certainly some Saturday nights in the summer that they would prefer peace and quiet and, depending on the wind direction, a bit less dust on their patio furniture.

[Bubstr]

I'm sure there are people that just don't like racing, but understand the revenue that is brought into this small town, because of the racing. It's darn hard to vote against your own pocketbook. Movement of money is the key to a robust economy. Out of town dollars are like hitting the jackpot in the economy game.