PDC peaked or can grow bigger?

[turnleftandgasit]

My take on the drunks is it was far worse this year than it has been in many years. One was sleeping along side the back stretch beer shack, another puking in the garbage can, and a 3rd required an ambulance because he was passed out in a toilet stall.

[golddirt]

I see your all against having any fun during down time.

[trux]

I agree they have done a good job of addressing issues to improve the weekend and it continues to improve each year. I am a fan of the new format. There was basically eight features on Friday night and still plenty of good racing on Saturday.

My only request....conduct all of the ceremonial stuff (except invocation and national anthem) prior to the regular starting time for the program. Love the racing, but anything to move the program along and get us out at a decent time is appreciated.

I have been to all 28 PDC's and am already looking forward to the 29th!

[CIRF]

CIRF.....Think again before you say a million trillion years...obviously not the entire track. As I said, think UP

Oh, I'm thinking again.........and up. I can visualize in my minds' eye stands built directly above the old front stretch grandstand complete with Luxury VIP suites and 3 or 4 escalators. Do I believe for a second that it will happen even in my kids' lifetime? Nope.

I don't think there is any doubt that ol' Fairbury is makin' a pile of money on the Classic, just not quite that big of a pile. When the Classic gets as big as the World, The Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals or The Chili Bowl we'll talk about 80' high grandstands fully equipped with VIP suites and escalators. Till then we'll just have to dream about it.

[Highside Hustler25]

My take on the drunks is it was far worse this year than it has been in many years. One was sleeping along side the back stretch beer shack, another puking in the garbage can, and a 3rd required an ambulance because he was passed out in a toilet stall.

Yes, the drunks are pathetic. Their was one passed out against the inside fence along 1st street @ 4:00. I've never seen the ambulance called in on the spectator end as many times as I did this weekend. Reminded me of the Indy 500 back in the 70's and 80's. Never did understand why someone would pay for admittance, then get drunk till they passed out and then miss the whole race. Total ignorance.

[#FALSuperman]

Oh, I'm thinking again.........and up. I can visualize in my minds' eye stands built directly above the old front stretch grandstand complete with Luxury VIP suites and 3 or 4 escalators. Do I believe for a second that it will happen even in my kids' lifetime? Nope.I don't think there is any doubt that ol' Fairbury is makin' a pile of money on the Classic, just not quite that big of a pile. When the Classic gets as big as the World, The Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals or The Chili Bowl we'll talk about 80' high grandstands fully equipped with VIP suites and escalators. Till then we'll just have to dream about it.

Lol, definitely not getting escalators. That we can agree on...backstretch suites? Hmmm catwalk area? We shall see

[kidrock]

Yes, the drunks are pathetic. Their was one passed out against the inside fence along 1st street @ 4:00. I've never seen the ambulance called in on the spectator end as many times as I did this weekend. Reminded me of the Indy 500 back in the 70's and 80's. Never did understand why someone would pay for admittance, then get drunk till they passed out and then miss the whole race. Total ignorance.

Drunks can ruin your night at the races. I'm with you I never understood those who buy a ticket get wasted and pass out before the race even starts.

[ptown]

Yes, the drunks are pathetic. Their was one passed out against the inside fence along 1st street @ 4:00. I've never seen the ambulance called in on the spectator end as many times as I did this weekend. Reminded me of the Indy 500 back in the 70's and 80's. Never did understand why someone would pay for admittance, then get drunk till they passed out and then miss the whole race. Total ignorance.

I also seen the passed out idiots plus a few urinating on the backstretch side, time for more police presence all I seen was two cops riding a golf cart, time for two on backstretch side two on front stretch and two in the pits. It's getting out of control.

[smoothoperator32]

-the parking issue could be solved by the farmer that has the huge hay field 1/4 south of the track.

i doubt the farmer wants his hay field ruined. i know i wouldn't

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

I also seen the passed out idiots plus a few urinating on the backstretch side, time for more police presence all I seen was two cops riding a golf cart, time for two on backstretch side two on front stretch and two in the pits. It's getting out of control.

That was blackie and litey

[CIRF]

Not all so called Crown Jewels are stand alone races. Florence has Mods and also Streets.

Fairbury is a Crown Jewel in my opinion. It beats most other "Jewels" to pieces on track prep and great racing.

Clay, Fairbury most definitely is one of the bright and shiny diamonds in that second tier of "Jewels" (whatever that means). I've never been there but I have no doubts that Florence is a "Jewel", but lets face it, Florence and Fairbury are not the Knoxville Sprint Nationals, the World or The Chili Bowl Nationals. Those three are by far the biggest dirt races in the country and they all three have a common theme. They are, and as far as I can remember always have been, all stand alone events. If the Classic is to enter into the top echelon of dirt events it will have to go to DLM stand alone status. Not sayin', just sayin'. Sheer numbers in the future may dictate that something has to give.

Lol, definitely not getting escalators. That we can agree on...backstretch suites? Hmmm catwalk area? We shall see

Absolutely. One would have to think that backstretch suites and a catwalk are a distinct possibility.

[turnleftandgasit]

A small suite/crowsnest is already on site. It came with the back stretch stands from Shepp Speedway. Get rid of the beer stand and move the stands together. This will accomplish 2 things, provide more room for more stands, and will provide stairs for the west stands. When they split the stands, the east ones got the stairs.

[TackyTracker]

get a much bigger school west of town and take over the land right there.. c'mon guys it's so simple right.. Even if they keep it exactly the same the atmosphere was still great and racing was as advertised

[turnleftandgasit]

I think building a new school in Fairbury is a hard sell, as it would mean the smaller towns in the district would lose another school, and that is a major blow to them.

[CIRF]

The way the ignoramus's who pretend to run the State of Illinois are going about things these days it's a bit shaky if schools will even open on time later this month. When the funding for primary education infrastructure is local real estate taxes, and with Illinois having one of, if not the highest real estate tax structures in the nation, one would have to be skeptical of any new school construction in the foreseeable future.

Finding the appropriations for a new and bigger school somewhere else in Fairbury and FALS purchasing the school and prober next door, razing the building and making a parking lot of it on the surface seems to be as big of a stretch as high dollar VIP Suites and 80' high grandstands with escalators!