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December 06, 2009 at
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I stumbled across this. Thought a few of you might be interested in seeing it too... http://www.abandonedok.com/tulsa-speedway/
Bobby Springer #25
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December 06, 2009 at
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Posted By: bobby_springer on December 06 2009 at 08:04:40 PM
I stumbled across this. Thought a few of you might be interested in seeing it too... http://www.abandonedok.com/tulsa-speedway/
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http://www.abandonedok.com/tulsa-speedway/
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December 06, 2009 at
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Now thats sad. Man I can't believe how tall the weeds are in the stands.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
Yesterday
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tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That is
why they call it the present.
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December 06, 2009 at
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thats sad to see....
I cant believe that some rich man hasnt built a new track at tulsa...
seems like if it was ran correctly, you would have more than enough fan base and a heck of a car count. As for it shutting its doors when longpine was done, thats not surprising to me, he basically turned his back on all the enid people(fans, drivers, and owners).
Hopefully, the tulsa track can be revived
Jayson Ellis
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December 06, 2009 at
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Here's the video.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
Yesterday
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tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That is
why they call it the present.
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December 06, 2009 at
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Man that is so sad. I can still see Donnie Crawford lapping Roger Eckert (sp?) for the 3rd time in a heat race. Dirt track racing in OK is looking pretty bleak right about now...
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December 07, 2009 at
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Posted By: cheese21 on December 06 2009 at 11:32:11 PM
Man that is so sad. I can still see Donnie Crawford lapping Roger Eckert (sp?) for the 3rd time in a heat race. Dirt track racing in OK is looking pretty bleak right about now...
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But the future may be looking brighter. Check out the Creek County Speedway website. New ownership is sinking a ton of money into the place and have additional plans for it's future. Forget about the old Tulsa Speedway ever being revived or any new track to be built. There's this thing called zonning that will prevent that. The only single thing the old track has going for it is that it is zoned for racing. But after looking at the video, who would want it? Creek is close enough to Tulsa and easy to get to. In addition to what the new owners are doing at the present time, the future success of the track depends on leasing adjacent property for parking and additional seating capacity. If all former loyal Tulsa Speedway fans will support Creek, it could bring dirt track prominance back to Tulsa. They run a number of ASCS races a year and the OCRS car count has been growing.
I went to one race there last year, a Sooner Regional which Danny Wood won and it was a good show. With the new ownership, it will get better. I for one will be there opening night next spring to show support. I challenge all former Tulsa Speedway fans to be there to. Without fan support, this new beginning will also fail.
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December 07, 2009 at
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Sad!!! Though both are depressing, I think abandonment is worse than tearing down and putting something else up.
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December 07, 2009 at
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I nearly was reduced to tears watching that. Thanks Bobby.
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December 08, 2009 at
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I won't watch that youtube video, I remember the great racing there instead.
Made plenty of trips up there from the city area & sure miss it.
Is this what OKC race fans are in for ??
Do your part to affirm this doesn't happen & VOTE NO Tuesday.
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December 08, 2009 at
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It's a shame that a city the size of Tulsa doesn't have a dirt track any longer. I would vote for tearing down the horse track and moving them back to the fairgrounds.
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December 08, 2009 at
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that would be great but the neighborhood doesnt want it there,,,,the track was ran very poorly by those idiots from enid. they were too busy sayin "look at me" and not runnin a track....there have been several potential buyers but the family will not sell the land nor will they give a lease for very long. it would take 500,000.00 just to get it race ready now.....
"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside
down" -Paul Newman
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December 08, 2009 at
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Who had that track last? I thought it was Shaw
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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December 08, 2009 at
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Posted By: dirtrack234 on December 08 2009 at 02:29:57 PM
Who had that track last? I thought it was Shaw
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i thought it was longpine....
Jayson Ellis
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December 08, 2009 at
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Posted By: jaydad37 on December 08 2009 at 05:46:16 PM
i thought it was longpine....
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I think it was Bush...
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December 08, 2009 at
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I know Shaw had it and Enid at the same time. That was the last one I new of.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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December 09, 2009 at
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Longpine had it very briefly in the end unofficially and was going to do a lot of work on the track. But due to back taxes the track had and other problems the deal fell through. I don't about what happened at Enid but in no way was Longpine the cause of Tulsa's demise. It was several people before him with Bush being about the worst. That track was only built in 1985 and was very run down looking in the early 2000's.
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Posted By: DLee on December 09 2009 at 01:09:09 AM
Longpine had it very briefly in the end unofficially and was going to do a lot of work on the track. But due to back taxes the track had and other problems the deal fell through. I don't about what happened at Enid but in no way was Longpine the cause of Tulsa's demise. It was several people before him with Bush being about the worst. That track was only built in 1985 and was very run down looking in the early 2000's.
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longpine woulda helped it....bush and shaw were the clowns from enid that killed it...
"its useless to put on the brakes when you are upside
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Posted By: DLee on December 09 2009 at 01:09:09 AM
Longpine had it very briefly in the end unofficially and was going to do a lot of work on the track. But due to back taxes the track had and other problems the deal fell through. I don't about what happened at Enid but in no way was Longpine the cause of Tulsa's demise. It was several people before him with Bush being about the worst. That track was only built in 1985 and was very run down looking in the early 2000's.
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he and colville were the cause of the downfall at enid
talking to the participants the way they did or allowing their staff to do it
announcing big money shows with a 2 or 3 week notice and expecting a 100 cars
changing pay scale down then up
just never quite got it right
dont wish either of them any bad, promoting race track just wasnt their thing
Jayson Ellis
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December 09, 2009 at
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December 09, 2009 at
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Posted By: bsman63 on December 09 2009 at 07:16:34 AM
longpine woulda helped it....bush and shaw were the clowns from enid that killed it...
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Shaw is not from Enid, and what is Bush first name? George?
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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