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Our commissioners seem to have forgotten why the race track was built. The season is about to start and the schedule is set. It is too late to add any meaningful events because most venues are scheduled already. This year we only have one race that will bring people to Dodge to stay in our hotels and eat at our restaurants. That is the World Of Outlaws. Ed’s original contract gave him 250,000 for the year and called for him to put on the WOO show. After getting the contract he goes to the commiss’s and gets anther 100,000 to put on the WOO show. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not saying we shouldn’t have the WOO show, actually we need more shows like that. Shows like the nrca late model shoot out, the open wheel mania and the 360 sprints bring people from the surrounding states to Dodge City where they spend money. That’s what we built a six million dollar track for. We got those races for only 100,000 more under the previous promoter. If we are going to spend 350,000 a year to run the track lets spend a little more and bring some races to Dodge that will attract visitors to the area. The first year the track was dirt we spent 500,000 and brought in 5.4 million dollars of business. That’s a pretty good return on our money.  |