Fairbury Speedway

[WisWildManFan]

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.

Noise shouldn't be an issue if they are 70+

[CIRF]

Noise shouldn't be an issue if they are 70+

Really? Why would that be?

[bullring]

Turn down the Miracle Ear.

[Cardirt0]

Really? Why would that be?

They glad they still alive LOL

[bullring]

If somebody wants to live by a racetrack for 70 plus years and be annoyed every Saturday night every summer, I really cant feel much sympathy for them. After 40 or 50 years of misery, I would move.

[CIRF]

If somebody wants to live by a racetrack for 70 plus years and be annoyed every Saturday night every summer, I really cant feel much sympathy for them. After 40 or 50 years of misery, I would move.

Let me try one time to explain this so as to hopefully penetrate even your narrow mind. Smart ass remarks notwithstanding. It was said earlier that the whole town of Fairbury is supportive and joyous with the existence of the racetrack. It was further pointed out that there surely are people who don't particularly like it and another statement was made that if the track was there first then those that live within earshot have no gripe. And they don't. I simply pointed out an actual case or two where there are families that have been there since before the track was operating which renders the previous generalization as being inaccurate.

These good people are not annoyed per se, they merely have to be aware of periodic inconveniences due to noise and dust. These are homes that have been in the respective families for 2 generations, maybe more. They know what is coming every summer and they plan accordingly, seemingly without complaint. They are reasonable people.

Not everyone is as enamored with dirt track racing as those of us who post here. In fact there are a lot more of those that aren't overly enamored than are. The pure and simple facts are that we belong to a very small minority. That's why many tracks get shut down because of unhappy neighbors. Those are the facts and it isn't what any of us like, just the way it is.

These folks definitely don't need or want your sympathy. In fact they are relatively well to do and could raise plenty of hell and the right people would listen but they have no desire to do so and all indications are that they won't ever.

[calverton]

so what is your point lol

[bullring]

He has none. They're annoyed but they're not annoyed. Now he can write another novel about nothing

[ptown]

He has none. They're annoyed but they're not annoyed. Now he can write another novel about nothing

Maybe I can help, some really dislike the track but they deal with it.

[CIRF]

Maybe I can help, some really dislike the track but they deal with it.

Thanks ptown. The widespread affliction of not knowing what one is talking about and being too stupid to know it has claimed yet another victim. It's the disorder of a vicious circle of ignorance that is nearly impossible to curtail and there is no known cure. LOL!!

[JMill99m]

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.

I always say that racetrack was there way before you moved in that house. Don't like it then move. That track brings money to the town and isn't leaving.

[cdustyr1]

actually my best friends lives a block away from me and we have grown up together for 30 plus years and he hates the race track but he is fully aware of the revenue it generates. They just go out of town a lot on summer weekends.

[bullring]

^^^^ Now that makes sense.

[CIRF]

I always say that racetrack was there way before you moved in that house. Don't like it then move. That track brings money to the town and isn't leaving.

If you read on I explain that the track actually wasn't there before the houses and the people who live in them.

actually my best friends lives a block away from me and we have grown up together for 30 plus years and he hates the race track but he is fully aware of the revenue it generates. They just go out of town a lot on summer weekends.

Exactly the feelings of the people that I'm friends with. They don't hate the track, it's merely an inconvenience on some weekends. They too understand it's significance to the community and would never wish racing to cease to exist.

[calverton]

What ever you say chuck