Punta Gorda Speedway

[Osmosis Jones]

I have a BIG problem!...

You better never be talkin' smack about my Grandma's cookies!


Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa......


You know everything said on here is hearsay, Robert....and unless all of us either worked directly for Kevin Williams as his personal secretaries or we were sitting in the room and got to read it when he signed his lease agreement, none of us have the first clue as to what is going on between him, the CCAA or Pam Seay.

Nobody.

But has that ever stopped any of us.....you included.....from typing out what's on our minds or what we think should happen or who we think is screwing over who?.......

Nope.

And that's what makes it great. We're all internet racing experts and if everyone would just listen to all of we could solve all the problems in a paragraph or two.

Or in my case, 15.

All this will eventually shake out. Hopefully.
Until then we'll all keep runnin' our alligators about it and gettin' each other pissed off.

It's just what we do.

[flvideo]

HA! I'd say you've got a big problem HTC Jr! And its me! Whats up matt? I know its all speculation on most of their parts but it just ticks me to see them putting Kevin down and they have no earthly idea what they are talking about. I have worked with Kevin for the last 3 years and I know he's not perfect but he is as good as it gets as a promoter and I have worked with a bunch over the years. Our old track is going to be in her glory agin matt. Kevin and Mike have plans to restore her to her Glory. All the parts are there they just have to be assembled.

[TINYTIMDSS]

Don't let CCAA fool you letting track shut is what the wanted the old people of Charlotte County didn't like track. I have many Seniors say that track needs to close. I lived and worked in Charlotte County the 1st 7 1/2 years when I moved to FL and it is stuff like this that made me hate Charlotte County. I now have live in Lee County aka Dunk City for 5 years and change, and let me tell you far better. Lee County sees where there comes from and spend money to keep coming.

[gary laplant]

I have not heard of any new rule out on old catch fence that have to be replaced at tracks. Has any of the other Florida Tracks putting up new catch Fence this year???? I have been a Mover and a Rigger for over 40 years In the Tampa Bay Area the catch fence would have not have to come down to get the bleachers out if the had been disassembleed completely. Even if there is a new law on the Cartch fence that would hvae been the landlord problem not Kevins,

Is Kevin having to put up a new fence at the New Track?????

Just my thoughts
Gary Laplant

[steadysteve]

Punta Gorda Speedwat

He has no case he leased it as is! That is a known fact! People need to know what they are talking about before they post things on here. He can't sue for anything!

When he leased the track 4 years ago,Piper road was still two-lane road.AFTER Williams leased the track,The county,at the Airport's request,expanded Piper road to 4 lanes,making the entrance to the Airport more appealing.Doing so,they took half the parking lot from the speedway,ad turned it into a soup bowl.thus,without the draiage,the speedway cancelled numerous shows.So yeah,I think Williams could sue.

Look,I'm not fond of the guy.He wouldnt let me in early for a show about a year ago during the summer months,and I alnost had heat stroke.,and he acted like a prick.Yet,he still has a potential lawsuit against BOTH the county and the airport.

[Matt Albee]

When he leased the track 4 years ago,Piper road was still two-lane road.AFTER Williams leased the track,The county,at the Airport's request,expanded Piper road to 4 lanes,making the entrance to the Airport more appealing.Doing so,they took half the parking lot from the speedway,ad turned it into a soup bowl.thus,without the draiage,the speedway cancelled numerous shows.So yeah,I think Williams could sue.

Look,I'm not fond of the guy.He wouldnt let me in early for a show about a year ago during the summer months,and I alnost had heat stroke.,and he acted like a prick.Yet,he still has a potential lawsuit against BOTH the county and the airport.

And i'm sure the County and the Airport Authority have a whopper of a potential lawsuit against Kevin and Mike. Let's all sit back and wait to see what happens.
That's not the first time the word prick has been used to describe Kevin. I always had a great time at PGS, but I've heard plenty of stories about people who didn't.

[SSMotorsports14]

When he leased the track 4 years ago,Piper road was still two-lane road.AFTER Williams leased the track,The county,at the Airport's request,expanded Piper road to 4 lanes,making the entrance to the Airport more appealing.Doing so,they took half the parking lot from the speedway,ad turned it into a soup bowl.thus,without the draiage,the speedway cancelled numerous shows.So yeah,I think Williams could sue.

Look,I'm not fond of the guy.He wouldnt let me in early for a show about a year ago during the summer months,and I alnost had heat stroke.,and he acted like a prick.Yet,he still has a potential lawsuit against BOTH the county and the airport.

Again people need to know the whole story not just half of it. That road was in the plans for quite some time and was known that is was going in at the time of the lease signing. There were other options given to them that were not pursued because it was not convenient or cost effective to them. It was even said that it should not be a problem by closing down during the summer rainy months which turned out to be longer than they had originally thought. So no they really don't have a lawsuit for that. If he did it would have already been filed and underway. Some of those dates that were cancelled it never even rained or if it did the parking area was not wet. Cancelled on pure speculation of it raining and it did not. Who can you sue for that? I think people need to just let it take it's coarse and just see what happens in the end.

[zerofor]

I know what the end is

It's now I get to go to the races half as much.Unless I move up to the center of the state.Oh well, I'll be back up in central Ohio before long and I 'll be between three tracks instead of 100 miles away from the closest one.One even runs on Friday night.

[Bill Barstow]

[QUOTE=flvideo;124806]He leased it with good drainage in the parking lot! When Kevin left he only took what was his! To get the stands out the fence had to be taken down. I heard that the insurance people had said that there was a non renewal on the insurance because of the catch on the front straight so it had to come down. There was no speakers on the fence the only wiring there was the time clock witch somebody cut a few months ago and it was patched up. There are a bunch talking about what they know nothing about. You are looking at that video Wink shot and its is biased. I have been in the video business for 30 years and I can shoot pictures of your grandma baking cookie's in a negative light. You listened to PAM SEAY and she is biased as well she wants the CCAA to play the victim here but they are in fact the Villain's and all of you in Charlotte County should vote every one of those jerks out of office. I do hope someone opens a track there! I hate to see any track close. I have worked with promoters for 30 years and I will tell you Kevin Williams is the best I have ever worked with bar none. To those that don't know who Flvideo is I am Bob Culbertson, if you have a problem with what I have said we can meet face to face.[/QU

[gene davis]

how did he get them in without taking the fence down?

[Matt Albee]

how did he get them in without taking the fence down?

I guess we'll have to meet Bob Culbertson face to face to find out. Apparently everyone at the tv station, and everyone in local politics around there is biased against Kevin and Mike. I'm wondering why the tv station would be biased against Kevin. Or maybe it was just the camera man who was biased.

[gary laplant]

I was told yesterday 4/18/13 by Leroy Davidson the gentlemen that put them in when the hurricane Charley damaged the track. Leroy got these bleachers from the old Sunshine speedway when it closed, He says when he trucked them in and were placed at the track the truck drove up beside the cement slab that the bleaacher were to be placed and unloaded them it was done from the back side(where the bleacher sat) in front of the offices building where there is no fencing in the way. Which if you have every been to the track it make very good since it was done this way the cement slab would have been just about the height of the flat bed trailer or a box truck to unload them.

I Have been in the moving and rigging business for over 40 year and this would have been the way I would have taken them out also.


Gary Laplant

[petermmg]

Update on future lease of PGS

Spoke to a lady with the Charlotte County Airport Authority today (Friday, April 19th). She said that the they will have a date in mid May when potential lessees can inspect the track. I would think that the next step after this inspection would be for the interested lessees to submit their bids. This will probably take about 60 days. That would bring us to mid July.

[chevyj31]

Any new news....?

[zerofor]

The last thing I saw or heard

Was early last week on the local NBC station.An airport official stated there was a little snafu with the bidding process and they expected it all to be ironed out by August.I don't recall the mans name but it wasn't the blonde that ripped on Kevin Williams.It was a very short segment maybe not even 30 seconds inlength.