Never BITE the hand that feeds you! (For MANAGEMENT only) If you bought the track just to funnel money back and forth between two companies in order to hide profits from the I.R.S thats your business but keep racing out of it. Please see Gordon Allen for all information on Car Count, Paid Attendance, Pit Passes, and Food Sales. then match them up with the same things mention for today (I BET THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE). Failures can be blamed on several different things For Example Painesville Speedway would like to blame their FAILURES on the struggling economy. Anyone who owns a t.v. will tell you the economy is in a slump, but the economy has nothing to do with LOW CAR COUNT or LOW FAN SUPPORT. 99% of the people who were a part of PAINESVILLE SPEEDWAY Lived within a 15 mile radius of that track. FAILURES are created by a Person and or People who decide that they can and will take over something they have no clue about, bringing in a former driver is not the answer either. THE ANSWER IS THE FANS, THE DRIVERS, THE CREW MEMBERS. We (My team and I) went to Painesville Speedway every Saturday Night to put on a show for the FANS talk to and hang out with friends Help other teams FOR THE FANS. It was a great feeling watching all the teams get ready for the night FOR THE FANS. Not one time did we EVER think we were better than anyone else, several times we were the fastest but it NEVER crossed our minds that we were better then everyone else. When you believe that you are better than everyone else then no matter what advice your given or suggestions are made then you feel that you should not listen to it (EXAMPLE IS PAINESVILLE SPEEDWAY) Do the FANS DRIVERS AND CREW MEMBERS A FAVOR AND LET SOMEONE WHO HAS A CLUE RUN THE RACING PART OF THAT HISTORIC TRACK AND SIT BACK A COUNT YOU MONEY. NO FANS NO CARS EQUALS NO MONEY

Maybe Painesville ought to think about doing a fan appreciation night...everything 1 doillar...that seems like a good idea.  www.sanduskyspeedway.com  for all the local racing fans..they have one tomorow night. 

First things first--- I just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS to T.J.!! Fantastic driving young man. It was great to observe this fine driver go out and kick some butt with the big dogs!!! This goes to show you what happens when you put the desire, heart, and drive back into the track. This young man is a great example of what a lot of the drivers are missing.

Painesville Speedway is a small local track that we have all come to love in some way or another. I love to see the look in my sons eyes when the anthem is played and the engines fire up. I brought my brother to the track (his first time) Saturday for the camper pull. It was nice to see the excitement of a first time observer. We need to see some more of that. It seems to me that we are all, including myself, loosing sight of why we come here in the first place.  Why did we all start coming here? Tradition, love of racing, cheering on our husbands, counsins, uncles, etc... I don't know about the rest of you, but I like to know that my husband is safe and having a great time out there on that track. I used to be able to watch the races and cheer him on laughing and having a great time. Now I am watching out for certain cars to be near him, wondering what they may be out there to do. I have seen the intentional hits, spin outs, and excessive rubbing. This is getting to be a bit much don't you all think?

I just want to say what a great nite Saturday was. It made staying up till 5am Saturday morning with the team working on our cars worth it. Thanks to Jason and Nelson and Grandpa for helping me, dad & mom get the new car going. It's sad to see Grandma (I mean Grand Am) go but I love the Cav! Can't wait till next week. Hey Luke- don't throw a rod out in the field. btw nice job out there TJ. GO OG!

  Bobby Fatica showed my wife my latest blog ten minutes after posting it, while they were on break at work.   Bobby thinks I can't let go of the past, and my wife thinks I'm better off to keep my opinions to myself.   "Get over it", she said.   However, I would like to voice my opinions.   I've waited a long time to see improvements, giving the powers to be ample time to get back on track.  The future is always dependent on the past.

I thought of a good analogy...remember Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol?  You know Tiny Tim, Ebenezer Scrooge, and those three scary ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.   Well, if 'ol Ebenezer (Jason and Jimmy) don't listen to the ghosts of the PAST (myself), PRESENT (you all), and FUTURE (depends on them)....... Tiny Tim (the track) and Bob Cratchit (us)...well, no one is going to like the outcome of the story.

Note to the Web Administrator.  Show everyone you care about Painesville Speedway.  Updating data on the website should be your first priority every morning.  The internet is a great tool to promote your track!  Here it is Tuesday PM, and you're still advertising last week's event.  If you are too busy to be bothered with the work, hand over the responsibility to someone who cares.

I love coming to the races and have been coming to them devotedly for a couple of years. But it really makes me angry when some of the drivers go after others because they dont like each other. Why ruin urs or anothers car why cant you just prove ur better by beating thm. When i see this on the track i just think the drivers hitting another is threatened by that driver. Like in street stock last sat. 33 and 17 sure were ganging up on 68. Whats the point? Sure it gets some crowds hurrays but it also gets ALOT of angry fans. I find it sad when a 13 year old shows more maturity on the race track. I'm not saying all the drivers are like this, there are many i enjoy watching. This wont stop me from coming to the races i just had to get my opinion out.

I will be the first to admit that I have had a couple complaints that I have posted. But it has been awhile and I have really thought about them. I might hae been right or wrong on them but it was my opinion. Now the way I see it is that the owners will do what they want even if we like it or not. They are the bosses we are not. They will run the track how they want and there is nothing we can do about it. Well there is you can just not go to any of the races there anymore. They will find a way to keep the track up and running I am sure of that. We all might think some drier get what they want and some don't but how do we really know unless we are rght there or know the owners and how they are running things from first hand. To all the drivers don't let any discourage you and make you feel down. You are there cause you love what you do! If it weren't for you there would be no Painesville Speedway and my son and I thank you that there is!

ok then i got two words for ya.

weed whack.

ridiculous. weeds five feet high, vines ten feet up the fence.

what a shame.

no pride, no cars, no fans.

no balls.

 

Been keeping an eye on the weather all morning,

there are storms waaaayyyyy off to the west, but going north east,,,

it looks like they are gonna miss us. (its been in western ohio, southern michigan all day)

We just might get to have a full show tonight.

 

Soooooooo,,

getting the kids outta the pool and through the showers,

and were gonna go for it. 

They are excited.

waiting for friends to show up so we can fill the van and ride out together. 

 

Has it been 5 weeks?

 

If yall see us in the stands,,,say hi.

 

 

 

there's too much whining. there's only one group that has the power to change.

will they?