List tracks that should be boycotted due to track prep / facilities...

[TS FAN]

Manure might make the track tacky. On to something?

[MI Dirt Fan]

LOL That would be the day.

Those lemmings would be there even if the track was solid manure!!! hahahahaha

lol....... I figured I'd just throw that out there.

[a25rjr]

I'm all in favor of boycotting things that hurt consumers or employees, but boycotting a racetrack on social media is kinda a cowardly way to handle things. Its really, really hard to build tracks these days with all the legal hurdles, EPA, Neighbors, and super high initial investment costs. So no I won't help you, "Eliminate" any racetracks. If you genuinely care then contact the track directly with either a call or an email. Something to remember is weather plays a big role in track conditions and can be tricky to predict. So if you went to GIS for a special show like the Superbowl deal, that may not represent what it's like on a weekly basis, so it would be hugely unfair to torpedo them on here for one event. I've been active in the sport for 30+ years, seen lots of tracks and surface conditions. Been to the same track multiple times and at times it was awesome and other times embarrassingly terrible. One of my local tracks tried an experiment to get the clay to hold more moisture by grinding up used dry wall and mixing it into the clay. It did NOT work and it was horribly dusty for a long time until they finally got new clay. It would have been unfair to blast them on social media for an expensive experiment that didn't go to plan.

My wife is a nurse and people use social media all the time to try and manipulate things to their own ends. Like how many people allowed in ICU(there is a limit) then going on FB and announcing the hospital is forbidding ANY visitation so that the facility looks bad. Not cool. Put your gun back in the holster and pick up the phone, send an email and be a mature adult.

GIS is and has always been a 1 lane train track, even when it was a super fast 5/8 mile oil based (just like asphalt).

Putting gypsum (calcium sulfate) on a race track was very popular in the 50's and 60's. The thinking was, the moisture would cling to the gypsum particles and keep the moisture in. But it did not seem to work and allowed the tracks to dry out too fast. Its very cheap and many farmers still use it for a calcium source.

[71PRPFan]

The DTWC at PRP has been a train race every year they've ran there. I live 30 min from PRP and it just kills me how bad the racing is during the DTWC.

Wait a second where did BShepp start last year?

[Scott Boesel]

I wouldn't boycott the track Iam going to mention but the 2013 topless 100 Saturday night portion after the rain went thru they were out there for like 3 hrs packing the track with 2 little Polaris atv witch did nothing then decided that after 3-4 hrs of worthless track packing with 2 atv's they would run the show Sunday afternoon just seem really embarrassing for a Lucas $40k to win show you would think they would have had the proper equipment for a event like that

[President Clinton]

Anyone that thinks constructive criticism is going to hurt and not help obviously has a veteran $$$$$ intrest in the deal. The only thing that gets any businesses attention is $$$$$ they will change if they can see more $$$$ and they will change if they start see $$$$ not show up!

[dirtlmfan]

I-79
St Augustine
Syracuse
Dorsey
Log Cabin
Morgantown
Silver Spring

A few more to add to this...

311, NC
Metrolina, NC
Taylorsville, NC
Thunder Valley, NC
Chester, SC
Sugar Creek, SC
Atomic, TN (Although, they have built a small 1/4 mile track on the same property.)
Cleveland, TN ???
Oak Level, VA

And the list goes on and on. If you are not happy with the racing or facilities at a given track, gripe, complain, raise Cain, or go somewhere else. With the emphasis being, go somewhere. If people start boycotting tracks, they soon will be added to the list.

[SFrancisFan15]

Wait a second where did BShepp start last year?

PRP fan I live near the track and the racing isnt good..

[pink floyd]

PRP fan I live near the track and the racing isnt good..

no, it's not good normally.

[Kwd1253]

Shouldn't Eldora be boycotted? Seems like all people do after the Dream, World or UMP nationals in complain how bad the track was.

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[fastford]

A few more to add to this...

311, NC
Metrolina, NC
Taylorsville, NC
Thunder Valley, NC
Chester, SC
Sugar Creek, SC
Atomic, TN (Although, they have built a small 1/4 mile track on the same property.)
Cleveland, TN ???
Oak Level, VA

And the list goes on and on. If you are not happy with the racing or facilities at a given track, gripe, complain, raise Cain, or go somewhere else. With the emphasis being, go somewhere. If people start boycotting tracks, they soon will be added to the list.

your right, green valley in alabama is gone now, i didnt go that much and surly didnt like the last management , but i do miss the ole girl.........

[LeafMaster41]

Do you really think a promoter gives a squat about a few emails or phone calls? Guess again, more likely they will just get pissed and ignore you. And yes even threaten you.

Fans being organized is the only way to get a point across.

Many promoters will do what they can get away with until they finally see an empty grandstand and not even really know why it has become empty.

Fans need to start boycotting to get a point across, so the promoters know what they need to start doing. if not a slow decline will continue in attendance. And so if you never voice your complaint about what exactly you didnt like, how do they know why you arent there?

@Presidentclinton, Not sure what veteran $$$ means, but I think there are more constructive ways to handle things than what was suggested by OP from one visit.

@Acjr25, I remember the 5/8 mile peanut oil based surface, "Home of the 172MPH back stretch!". Waycross was similar but smaller. I've seen good races at GIS, several on LORTV, but I agree this years surface was bad, not to mention the new tire rules effect on racing, but that gets overlooked rather quickly by the ones rushing to go nuclear on the track.

Could they have had a better surface? Sure.
I myself don't know the circumstances that led to this years surface, maybe it was to windy.

I can name tracks that are now closed just because they ignored the advice of fans. One being Bluegrass Speedway Ky. All they did was make excuses why they couldn't prep the track and finally the train racing put them out of business. The stands got emptier each season until they could no longer profit.

I agree in voting/sending a message with your dollar$ by NOT going, but rallying an uprising on social media after one visit is extreme. Once its on the web its out there somewhere forever, I'm just saying there are better ways than going nuclear after one bad trip.

[Barbecueboy]

I agree in voting/sending a message with your dollar$ by NOT going, but rallying an uprising on social media after one visit is extreme. Once its on the web its out there somewhere forever, I'm just saying there are better ways than going nuclear after one bad trip.

Patterns of bad value,bad shows and just bad product are what I normally go by when spending money........everybody has a bad night, but when they are regularly bad I close my wallet to them.( racetrack, restaurants,grocery store whatever).

[wfofan]

Bluegrass speedway's owner was a pure prick...
Awesome facility but owner was full of greed, promoters barely survived year to year... I lay all blame to sorry piece of $hit owner...

[a25rjr]

Patterns of bad value,bad shows and just bad product are what I normally go by when spending money........everybody has a bad night, but when they are regularly bad I close my wallet to them.( racetrack, restaurants,grocery store whatever).

Well....bbcb....that's just too much common sense for some of the 4mers!