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Old 02-05-2007, 12:45 PM
jpops757 jpops757 is offline
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Originally Posted by cakes44
One question about Fairgrounds that might involve safety of the track. Was the timer moved or has the track changed that much because of Katrina? They are running some wicked splits in sprints compared to years past.
you did bring up an intresting aspect. Did tge flooding affect the track ? Is there another track that runs some of the top races around and also has very low dollar stock running.. Is this a positive or a negative when some of the top outfits consider sending a string to FG?
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Old 02-05-2007, 03:05 PM
todko todko is offline
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You'll never hear any artificial track proponents recognize that certain dirt tracks show very good safety statistics. It's like they are stuck on some mantra that only artificial tracks can be safe.

And right now the artificial tracks are producing some very questionnable statistics.

I have a feeling in the long run this will end up as "The Great Poly Hoax" a lot like baseball had it's Astroturf fiasco.
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