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Jim Naylor should also be declared hardest worker of the year and Im sure will one day recieve Great accolades for his life time of achievements and his outsatnding dedication to racing.
Jim runs a local sign shop, embroidery shop, silk screening shop, mantains all of the track equip. ie tow trucks, tractors, water trucks, quads, bleachers, and sound system. not to mention endless meetings with other promoters, other sanctioning bodies, insurance companeis and doing his best to keep up our good neighbor image with the community.
Preping the track for tune and test days, and during race season,... track prep for Saturdays race begins on Wednesday. On Sat he opens the track,.. ussually around 7 or 8 am, parkinglot prep, meetings with the staff, keeping brother bret intertained, more track prep, then he on the mich. "Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the home of the 2007 Ventura County Fair and the best little dirt track in America, at this time we'd like to ask every to please stand for the playing of our national anthum,....... gentlemen please remove your hat". after that hes on the mich most of the night, locating the parents of lost children, doing interviews, listening to drivers complain about the race track, announcing birthdays, back on the grader, then the water truck, reading off line ups, announcing Main events, post race interviews, now back on the grader to get the track ready for Cory's school on Sunday.
We here in the Southern California area are fair more fortunaite then we know
On behlaf of the fans, drivers and owners,..... Thank you Mr Naylor for All you do
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Congrats Mr. Naylor on a very well deserved (and maybe late in coming) award!!
I've been going to Ventura since the late 70's to watch TQ's, and I even ran a few kart race's on both the small and big track in the 80's. There certainly have been some great drivers there in all divisions and some barn burners there in TQ's, midgets and Sprints!
When I first heard they were going to run midgets at my little track at the beach, i was excited, when I heard they were going to run sprint cars, I thought Jim was crazy! Sure glad they did, as Ventura raceway just might of saved 410 racing in So Cal forever!
Back in the 70's, or even 80's, who would of ever thought Ventura would have their own Sprint Car Division, let alone two if you count their Senior Division. Ventura Raceway and Jim are what everything is good about open wheel dirt racing and if you have a free Saturday Night, there is nothing better than a night "At the Best Little Dirt Track In America"
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