XR $100,000 Volunteer

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Ed was a good promoter but his downfall was when his grandson(or son) Mitch started racing. Lots of things changed including Ed pulling a gun on a competitor in Mitch’s class. Kinda reminds me of Ashton/Gary Winger in todays world! Of course the IRS tax deal forced Turner into selling the track.
With current TAZ owner Gary Hall being an ex racer-it’s kinda disappointing that he doesn’t have the same energy/enthusiasm as John Thompson had. John had the passion to give the local fans/drivers an entertainment venue every Saturday night!

[Buford.Justice]

Well when Ed Turner owned the gap it was real good they worked the track put new clay on it when needed turned the track under at least once a week and sometimes twice the same thing happpen at the Taz when John Thompson owned it they worked the track and took care of it.Its all about who owns the track.

You are right Thompson did a great job the night I was there. He even helped shovel dry dirt on wet spots on the track that night, because it rained and they had to get the track back in shape to race.

With all the traction that night they could pass anywhere on the track.

[zyoung25]

I've always wanted to make the trip down to experience the place but over the latter years I've never heard the words Tazewell and great race mentioned in the same sentence.

Watching tazwell in person is always great IMO. It's the only race track that I've been too where it's hard to keep up with the leaders, especially if they are in lapped traffic. It reminded me of a higher banked Macon in person. The last race I went to there was in 2020.

We watched from the infield which made it even more intense. The track had a lot of rocks in it that night, which led to a lot of cut tires. It seems they have fixed that problem since then

[squaredup12]

Just gonna come out and say it…they could have raced this weekend. I know that’s easy to say now when you can see a pretty definite 24-hr forecast, but maybe this will serve as a lesson to tracks and race promoters to maybe not call a race a week in advance…I doubt it though.

[Big Daddy 37]

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Will you then help pay the $100,0000+ purse, when about 25% of the needed crowd shows up??

Doubt that too...