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Topic: MAPS3 Passes, guess SFS is over now.
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December 09, 2009 at
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Voter turnout was about 31 percent. That is sad to see a city of the size of OKC have such a small turn out for such a important vote. I guess with maps3 passing and the courts it's a done deal. Very sad.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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December 09, 2009 at
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It was over for SFS before the voting ever started. It sucks but the days of inter city race tracks are just about done with the EPA , ADA , politics and want to be politicians wanting to fill their pockets trying to write their own page in history. I voted NO but what the hell it is what it is....
Randy
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December 09, 2009 at
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Sad to say but it looks like the drivers and the fans just are not there like they were ten years ago. I rember when I was a kid at what ever track I went to the pits were full and it was hard to find a place to sit in the stands. Now it's the oppisite. Love to see things the way they were back then again.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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December 09, 2009 at
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I voted no.....
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December 09, 2009 at
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Posted By: dirtrack234 on December 09 2009 at 08:57:31 AM
Voter turnout was about 31 percent. That is sad to see a city of the size of OKC have such a small turn out for such a important vote. I guess with maps3 passing and the courts it's a done deal. Very sad.
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With maps 3 being about building more variety of activities in okc I can't seem them closing it down. I went to a meeting with the mayor at OCCC and was assured that it wasn't about closing the race track at all but finish the remodeling of the "old" buildings at the fair grounds. Now take that for what its worth as will I, but hopefully its true and they just give the fairgrounds a face lift.
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December 09, 2009 at
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State Fair Speedway is done, folks. The cost to bring the grandstand to ADA compliance is prohibitive. And unless somebody brought a suit to the Supreme Court to argue that the ADA is unconstitutional (which it is), it didn't matter what the goals of MAPS was.
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December 09, 2009 at
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Posted By: Sprintcar77 on December 09 2009 at 05:04:57 PM
State Fair Speedway is done, folks. The cost to bring the grandstand to ADA compliance is prohibitive. And unless somebody brought a suit to the Supreme Court to argue that the ADA is unconstitutional (which it is), it didn't matter what the goals of MAPS was.
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Yeah,
The EPA is the biggest reason we didn't get to keep the family store. The tanks were new enough, no leaks, BUT big bidness wanted that share of the market too.
Sometimes, most times actually, big business tends to hide behind 'politically correctness' to get what it wants.
Political correctness is formed by public opinion, which in turn is guided by big business.
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December 09, 2009 at
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What don't make any sense to me is that there is tracks out there that are allot worse then SFS and the track in the biggest city is the one getting pushed around. It's a bunch of bull.
JIMMY MINTER 'AKA'dirtrack234
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December 09, 2009 at
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lets not throw in the towel just yet racers and fans. the city is so busy with project 180 downtown and keeping devon happy that speedway is way down on the list of projects. i think it will probably be five years before anything happens with maps because their plates are already full. and all over the country the goverment is starting to ease up on the ADA issues a little bit. there are always alternatives to consider. so try to keep a positive outlook.
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December 09, 2009 at
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When I win the lottery i will buy the track lol. I wish some big time racaer such as stewart or such would come in and make an offer the city could not refuse.
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in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
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December 10, 2009 at
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How long has the state fair speedway been there? my question is why isnt it a land maark? look at how much history the speedway has. World of Outlaws racing there. drivers like Slammin Sammy Swindell raced on that track. its going to be sad to see it leave. The fairgrounds is the track where i wanted to get my first start at? : [ this sucks
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December 10, 2009 at
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at least okc got the chance to vote....tulsa was closed without us ever having a say....money has really screwed racing up
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