I know I'd sure be happy to travel down 2 hours and watch the racing again at Cayuga.  Love watching the racing there.

organize a big thunder car weekend there doug and the cars will come!!!

bottom line on cayuga or any track is racing is gradually dying. economics, municipal bylaws, more venues for people to spend there money at, and the state of racing itself are killing racing. there are a lots of things i seen back in early 70`s when racing in my opinion was great here in ontario and by late 70`s the downturn started. i can well remember going to westgate speedway ( now peterborough) on a regular saturday night of racing and the stands where packed. wednesday night specials where quite common and again a great mid week crowd as well as full car counts. lots of tracks over the years have had problems with lack of fans and car counts but seems now that is the norm at several tracks. racing here has gotten away from the fun, there are more drivers out there who run on a budget than those with deep pockets but it seems most tracks cater more to the guy who wants to out dollar the little guy. i also think technology has played a big part in racings downturn. 20 years ago if you went to any major car show during the winter you would see countless numbers of tracks with cars on display and lots of fans dropping by to pick up the new season schedule, now people just wait until it comes online. i feel that plays a huge part in lack of fans, i mean why spend money driving to track, paying admission, maybe buying some food when all you have to do is wait until sunday and find out who won, or who wrecked who. again whether it is cayuga or any track for that matter, racing is dying!

You make a good point Don . In my personal situation, I now work weekends and as my employer races regularly , I look forward to the video every Sunday posted on this website to follow his season. I have been able to attend two events this year and saw alot of familiar faces. There just not might be the influx of new racing fans as there was  in previous years. The availability of Nascar on tv also could be keeping people at home more but I beleive it is a generational thing. Most of the young people are into the tuner cars and stock car racing does not have the appeal that it did , even with the 4 cyl class becoming the most of the roster for car counts.  ???

duken, i totally agree with the generation thing. my two sons go to the races but their friends all think it is a waste of time, rather drink and fight, play video games or rip around town in their tuners. the times, they are a changing!