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Virginia Motor Speedway
Thank you for everyone for your kind comments. And you are correct we can not catch a break. We were expecting what we thought might be our largest car count for a super late model special since 2000. We discussed making this decision for a long time and did a lot of research. It was not one we took lightly. We have multiple weather services that we subscribe to and we also pay for a meteorologist service and consulted with him as well. The rain / snow chance has been consistent at 40% or higher but the forecast temperatures have kept creeping downward. We are looking at temps being in the 30's during race time with 20 - 30 mile an hour winds. We will lose the families and the causal fan to those factors. The best business decision for everyone (Fans, competitors and track) was to cancel the event. We even have to think about the track surface in those kinds of temps. Even with the cancellation we have lost a considerable amount in advertising costs.
We have worked with our sponsor Aaron's to increase the purse of the June 4 USA 100 to a $20,000 to win show. We are moving the purse for the canceled race over to that race. Being that is paired with 3 other shows for the 4-race Colonial Clash mini-series it should make for an interesting race.
Thank you to all the drivers and fans that have thanked us for this decision and / or understand why we made it. You have no idea how much we appreciate it. We hope to see everyone for the June 4 Aaron's USA 100 presented by Commonwealth Motorsports.
Thank you for everyone for your kind comments. And you are correct we can not catch a break. We were expecting what we thought might be our largest car count for a super late model special since 2000. We discussed making this decision for a long time and did a lot of research. It was not one we took lightly. We have multiple weather services that we subscribe to and we also pay for a meteorologist service and consulted with him as well. The rain / snow chance has been consistent at 40% or higher but the forecast temperatures have kept creeping downward. We are looking at temps being in the 30's during race time with 20 - 30 mile an hour winds. We will lose the families and the causal fan to those factors. The best business decision for everyone (Fans, competitors and track) was to cancel the event. We even have to think about the track surface in those kinds of temps. Even with the cancellation we have lost a considerable amount in advertising costs.
We have worked with our sponsor Aaron's to increase the purse of the June 4 USA 100 to a $20,000 to win show. We are moving the purse for the canceled race over to that race. Being that is paired with 3 other shows for the 4-race Colonial Clash mini-series it should make for an interesting race.
Thank you to all the drivers and fans that have thanked us for this decision and / or understand why we made it. You have no idea how much we appreciate it. We hope to see everyone for the June 4 Aaron's USA 100 presented by Commonwealth Motorsports.
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