Ellisville going dirt

[kendo]

http://deepdixieracing.blogspot.com/...ck-coming.html

[Phil Jacques]

Very interesting. Sucks I never got to see a race there, drove by quite a few times going up to Pensacola to see friends in my early 20s as I always enjoy stopping in to see tracks. I guess it's better to see it revived and changed than completely removed from the racing world. How will this affect North Florida Speedway though right up the street?

[scottgarrity07]

Crap news. One of my favorite tracks in FL. One that actually had character. Should be real succesful as a dirt track with North Florida Speedway right next door. LMAO

[kendo]

Should be real succesful as a dirt track with North Florida Speedway right next door. LMAO

10.7 miles away,was thinking the same thing,,,with Ocala also not too far south.

[Scott Prentice]

going dirt is a great idea cause there are no dirt tracks around there....

except for the one 10 miles up the road that runs on Saturdays and the one 60 miles south that runs on Fridays

but other than that there are no dirt tracks around south Georgia/north Florida

[Matt Albee]

Last thing we heard was that they were taking bids on re-paving. I'm guessing the price of dirt was a lot better than the price of re-paving.

[Phil Jacques]

Last thing we heard was that they were taking bids on re-paving. I'm guessing the price of dirt was a lot better than the price of re-paving.

Gonna cost quite a bit to tear up the old asphalt too though I would assume...

[Scott Prentice]

I guess they figured all the pavement guys were committed to Bronson- just look at their car count from last week- no sense in competing against that.

so they decided to try dirt as the other dirt tracks are not doing too well in that area and having another dirt track around can only improve car counts for everyone, right?

[egspeedway]

Very risky move although a paved track in Lake City has little to draw from except south of there. An earlier person said the only competition was North Florida. That is wrong Putnam Co. has reopened and runs Fridays as does Bubbas. Albany Ga. and Needmore Speedway in Moultrie run alternate Sat. nights. The Columbia Co. fan base is not large enough to support 2 tracks with a meaningful number of fans. Phil and Liz have worked very hard the last several years to improve North Fla. and have built a loyal following in all classes. Competitors can be lured away with money but it would take very deep pockets to change the track and be able to guarantee a much higher purse. If Columbia Co. has a chance I would think it might be running pavement specials but the overall facility is self limiting for even that.

[kendo]

. An earlier person said the only competition was North Florida. That is wrong Putnam Co. has reopened and runs Fridays as does Bubbas..

Putnam runs saturday nite.

[shorttrackcar1]

it will never make it we don't need any more tracks in FL dirt or asphalt need to fix what they have .

[OldSchool+]

Volusia county, aka barberville, was initially dirt, then paved, and is now dirt again.

Man I miss those supermodifieds in Feb...

[kendo]

it will never make .

Never been over that way but from what I hear,the track is 1/2 mile,has banking,and the facility is nice,,,If that is all true,once dirt,the track to the north of it and the track to the south of it will have to step it up.

[shorttrackcar1]

well if I remember right the stands are concrete square poles laid on there side to sit on and the walls around the track and the concrete traffic barrier walls that you would use in on high way construction .

[JMITCH]

The grandstands there are great, IMO. You can bring a chair and it's much more comfortable than bleachers. I remember Bert renting plastic chairs for a buck or two and made a killing!
I probably have a million laps on that track and it was about my favorite in the state! Until they put up the concrete barriers around it. I wonder how many cars( and HOBBIES) those walls destroyed.. dumbest move ever.
Hate to see it die.