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[suhoney18]

Seen where they moved the August super cup show to jennerstown...So is that it for the year, 2 shows???

[deadpush]

Did you go and support the 2 races that were held?

[suhoney18]

Did you go and support the 2 races that were held?

one show was all you had to support...the first show of the year was free...but yeah I was at both

[dirtstudent2]

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Edited by dirtstudent2, 29 July 2015 - 12:21 AM.

[TOPGUNRACER]

Put a fork in it.

[Barracuda]

It's a shame asphalt tracks are so weak in this area.

[CHEVY1A]

So are the asphalt days offically over then?

[714d]

It's a shame, but.............

I'll bring my shovel. Let's start digging.

[T-440]

Hard to tell what the plan is for the place.  Stability has never been a strong point of either track in Clearfield. Giving a show away to another track is not a good sign of confidence in my opinion.  I appreciate what they have tried to do, and I wish things could have worked out, but with no fan or team support in the area it is a 90 degree uphill battle.  Returning to dirt for a few specials a year could be the only hope the place has of being viable. 

[BaconBits]

Hard to tell what the plan is for the place.  Stability has never been a strong point of either track in Clearfield. Giving a show away to another track is not a good sign of confidence in my opinion.  I appreciate what they have tried to do, and I wish things could have worked out, but with no fan or team support in the area it is a 90 degree uphill battle.  Returning to dirt for a few specials a year could be the only hope the place has of being viable. 

I don't even know if a return to specials only dirt is even really going to be viable. The sheer inconsistency of the place for basically the last decade could make some racers and fans feel a little sketched out about coming back.

[T-440]

Uncertainty and change have most definitely been a staple of the racing and tracks in Clearfield in the new millennium.  It is sad that an area that has so much history in racing has fallen on hard times like it has.  Two tracks within 2 miles of each other, and neither has been capable of stringing together more than 2 consecutive seasons in a row. 

[ohsofast]

Poor management....

[Express Man]

It was over before it started!  Place has never been profitable.....dirt or asphalt!  You seem to forget!  It was the first track in this area to go pavement!  Why????  because it was never successful as a dirt track!  Wrong area,,,,Wrong Location!

[D1RT]

It was over before it started!  Place has never been profitable.....dirt or asphalt!  You seem to forget!  It was the first track in this area to go pavement!  Why????  because it was never successful as a dirt track!  Wrong area,,,,Wrong Location!

Back in the day Clearfield Speedway was very successful. I frequented that track quite often in my younger days and the place was packed for regular shows and you better got there early in the afternoon if you wanted a good seat or a spot on the hillside for the Yankee Doodle. Heck some of the best racing I ever seen was at Clearfield Speedway back in the day. Even in the early days of the asphalt it was successful. 

[The Legend]

Just because a track has cars and fans doesn't mean it's making a killing .... Lots of business have been busy and lost money

[Wing_Nut]

The track. At different points throughout its history has been successful. Just not since about 2002. Saying that when the Baines ran as a dirt track specials only there was a fair amountil of success there.

[lmfan71]

The track has had it's success in the past.  The track it's self is in a good area right off the interstate, but it's the mentality of the people in the area that cause the tracks problems. The majority of the people on here, and around dirt or asphalt short tracks B@#$h and complain and think they can do better at promoting the track.  Just ask Jeff Taylor why he shut down, the people just made it not fun for him. Its the people not the track.

[DRTLMFN]

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Clearfield Speedway was very successful in the 80's and early 90's when they initially paved it. I remember going as a kid and the grandstands were more than half full and the hill side was always jammed. There has been too many changes over the past 20 plus years there, from the racing surface to ownership to track management in my opinion. This is dirt track country. It's going to take a respected name to get involved and make a commitment long term. I don't understand why these local tracks don't work together and create incentives for running all the tracks (point funds, bonuses for winning at all 3 in one weekend, admission discounts, etc.)They'd all have to run the same classes but that is an easy fix. You've 3 tracks within 15 miles of each other and all 3 are within 5 or 6 miles of I-80. I just don't understand the reluctance to work together. I remember Kenny Schrader saying once that Clearfield speedway was the fastest dirt track he'd ever been on.

Let's say if I were in the market for a race track, that is the one I'd buy. The ceiling there is higher than any track in the area, by far. Marion center, hummingbird, thunder Mountain, dog hollow, tri-city, eriez, state line, mercer, ppm, Sharon don't even come close to what that track could be. .

Edited by DRTLMFN, 03 August 2015 - 01:40 PM.

[CHEVY1A]

In 91- 94 when it was asphalt they ran Sunday nights and had decent car counts in late models, pure stocks and street stocks. They also had nascar type mods there once a year in  that time frame when it wasnt Nascar sanctioned. Guys like Glenn Gault, Tom Erickson, Bob Sibila, Tony Raines, even Ron Davies and Bob Close tried asphalt for a while in those years.

[BaconBits]

Let's say if I were in the market for a race track, that is the one I'd buy. The ceiling there is higher than any track in the area, by far. Marion center, hummingbird, thunder Mountain, dog hollow, tri-city, eriez, state line, mercer, ppm, Sharon don't even come close to what that track could be. .

The ceiling at CNB isn't that high. If it was, the place would be able to stay open for more than a year or two at a time. The location is awful.