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SCRA RACES AT BARONA CANCELLED |
| LAKEWOOD, CA, JULY 10, 2004 - Sprint Car Racing Association
President Ron Shuman confirmed earlier this week that the remaining four SCRA races scheduled for Barona Speedway Park (Ramona, CA) have been cancelled. "I want to thank the Salazar Family for all of their hard work and support," Shuman said. "Unfortunately, the bottom line is that Barona Speedway hasn't had an opportunity to build a weekly fan base that is strong enough to support our group at this time. After all, it had been 22 years since there was non-wing spring car racing in the San Diego area. Hopefully, we can figure out a way to make this a mutually beneficial situation for everyone and we can bring the SCRA back to Barona because our races there have really been exciting." The original plan for Barona Speedway was to have two or three dates on the 2004 schedule, with a probable car count of around 40 cars. With a healthy car count, and a well-established traveling fan base, Barona would have been able to introduce their weekly fans to sprint car racing, while having enough time to attracting new fans. Unfortunately, the West Coast split that took place in mid-December forced the SCRA and Barona Speedway to schedule more races than perhaps they should have. "We took a shot at making this work," Shuman said. "We had tracks that had already verbally committed to specific dates with us back out late last year, so Todd Salazar wanted to step up and show his support for the SCRA. I just feel so bad for everyone that has worked so hard to make this thing a success. I'm very disappointed for the track personnel, the car owners, the drivers, the officials and most of all the fans that supported us. This is just another example of how this split has been bad for sprint car racing. If we would have had our usual car count, we could have easily made this thing work. Now, sprint car racing is the San Diego area is gone again. Hopefully, we can all regroup, and with the support of our teams, sponsors and fans, we can figure out a way to return to Barona." The remaining Barona Speedway Park dates on the SCRA schedule were July 24th, September 18th, October 16th and November 13th. Shuman said he is currently trying to fill those dates with other venues. In other news, Shuman and Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA) promoter Steve Faria announced today that the July 31st event has been postponed to allow teams more time to prepare for the 6th Annual Non-Wing World Championship (NWWC) tour. The first event on the tour is a two-day show on August 6th and 7th at Hollywood Hills Speedway in San Felipe, New Mexico. ### |
