The first public statement from a Florida speedway ownership in the wake of Monday’s owners meeting came today in the form of a press release from Punta Gorda Speedway.
The speedway issued the following press release:
Punta Gorda Speedway will continue to stride to be the premiere short track in the state with fair purses, entry fees and tire costs for the racers, fair ticket prices and a friendly clean environment for the fans.
We are going to stay with our current tire company (Goodyear) thru the 2011 season. We as businessmen have made a commitment to them and in return they have made a fair commitment to us and our racers.
We will make an attempt not to create schedule conflicts with the other tracks. We will not participate in an across the board purse schedule for all tracks as this may create undo hardship for our racers and ultimately our fans.
We will do what we feel is right by the racers and run our business accordingly.
We have already achieved many of our short term goals and we feel by running our business by our standards we will achieve long term success.
We look forward to seeing you at our racing facility.
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Can you say Monopoly. Congrats Punta Gorda Speedway for standing on the racers side.
I just wished alltracks could run same rules and tires if for no other reason to give the racers a financial break. If racers cant afford to race what are the fans going to watch.