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There's a lot of nostalgia with the Grandstands. They are important to the fair people (and the Fairbury Fair is a big part of the history there - 141st annual is this year), plus as mentioned the cost to replace them would be very high. So I believe long term plan for them is just maintenance at this point. But the board always looks at all options and will continue doing whatever they can to improve the grounds and make the events better.
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It was your loss this weekend. Awesome features Friday night.Originally posted by kidrock View PostComment
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I agree too many people now and it's time to get rid of the mortifieds and go to reserved seating in the grandstands. On the blanket run Saturday I seen people falling while running up stairs, elderly and handicapped people getting knocked aside all while Fairbury workers are standing back and laughing.Originally posted by golddirt View Post
Edit....And whoever bring those beach balls, those are for the beach not grandstands at a racetrack.Last edited by ptown; 07-31-2017, 08:43 AM.Comment
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I agree, my point was just do late models raise the purse to 50k then the PDC becomes a crown jewel.Originally posted by Pennsboro23 View PostComment
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I also hate 2 day shows but the new 4 25 laps Friday features format were a game changer for me.Originally posted by Black IComment
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Racing was great. They definitely need more seats. The one modified race I watched was the B main where Bob Pohlman in the Cody Williams sponsored ride, broke the driveshaft while running second with a lap to go. He was a wheel man battling for that position. We had 6 seats for the four of us in my family in the front row, and every time we left them, a group of guys were keeping them warm for us. It got a little old after the third or fourth time, they would move around and give us enough room and keep someone else's seat warm behind us. They need to check tickets at the stairway once in a while. They could build more seats in the pit area. For as packed as it is there, their is hardly any spectators in the pits. I'm not a big fan of the redraw, but it does make for more passing. I'm not a person who thinks more passing means better racing.Comment
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It will be hard to expand the race track as you have the houses on the north and east sides of the track, a school on the west side, and a golf course and our water works plant on the south/southeast sides. However, there's constant ideas for change. With the grandstands on the front stretch, those have been there for a VERY long time. They have been the same all my life and they continue to do maintenance on them, so I do not see them getting rid of them. With the bus...that bus has been there for MANY years. I would be surprised if they got rid of it.Comment
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The PDC can, and probably will, get bigger but at this point FALS has just about maxed out their facility capabilities. For this event to get substantially bigger the infrastructure will have to be expanded and that will cost BIG money. The question is whether they have access to the resources and the actual real estate to make the expansions feasible.
A couple of points previously made in this thread probably need to be considered. FALS maybe needs to include all seating as advance reserve. I went over to witness the chaotic nonsense of the blanket stampede. It's beyond ridiculous. The other point previously expressed was to check tickets at the grandstand entrances. There were way too many self centered louts made illiterate and inconsiderate by alcohol who were viewing in places they had no business viewing from.
Last point, which was also made earlier, this event will never become a dirt late model crown jewel event until it is a stand alone DLM show. Nothing against the mortified's but it is what it is.
Final thought, I've been going to Fairbury since I was 8 or 9 years old and I never thought I would see the day when FALS hosted an event the magnitude of the Classic! Hats off to them.Comment
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Honestly, I think some of the mod racing was top notch this weekend and at times were better races than a few of the late models. jmo thoughComment
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IMO, keep it this size so it stays a hot ticket. I feel like the intimacy + crazy good racing is what's made it so successful.Comment
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Rumor was they were attempting to purchase the school land across the track. There was supposed to be another school built in another part of townComment
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keep them beach balls out of the grandstand... that's about my only complaintComment
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I highly doubt any of the workers were laughing at people getting hurt. I was one of the workers over there and they asked me to help cause we were in shock with how many people were in line. We were not expecting that. I would assume changes will be made next year and improvements will be done. That's how we work. #FALSOriginally posted by ptown View PostComment
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