Post by jkelly57 on Apr 28, 2007 8:26:11 GMT -6
I found this as I was browsing the REAL racetrack websites today. The following in an exerpt from the Stockton 99 Speedway website's guest book. It really hits close to home.
=Jr
The final checkered flag flies
The voice and sounds of Stockton 99 Speedway fall silent tonight
Published Saturday, Sep 16, 2006
They’ll be racing for the final time at Stockton 99 Speedway tonight.
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Credit: Victor J Blue/ The Record
In the distance, I hear the roar of engines on the racetrack, wondering what the guys and gals will do on a Saturday night in the summer from now on.
After tonight, there'll be no more stock-car racing at Stockton 99 Speedway.
It's been the thing to do on a Saturday night for so very long. My father raced there. My brother-in-law raced there - and was, and is, the dude behind the microphone calling the races as they go.
Home-grown in east Stockton, Wayne Pierce is a legend in his own mind and others. He has a heart of gold and the charm to prove it all.
He's devoted a lot of time and energy to the speedway, making all who go there feel at home and laugh.
Calling the races as they go isn't easy, and there's no money in the world that could get most people to put up with all that.
He's done one heck of a job. With the help of his wife, Debbie (my sister), he gathers all information and gives it to us, blow by blow.
His little girl, Jessie, takes plenty of pictures and has captured the good and the scary of it all.
The fun for young and old will be missed - more than anyone could know if they didn't grow up here.
What's gonna happen when it's no longer there? The movies? Whoopee.
Doesn't anyone know any-thing about Stockton? The good things to do on a Saturday night are gone.
People like Pierce, the racers and fans will have to live in the pictures and memories of yesterday.
The racetrack closing down is a mistake.
Cynthia Ann Kelley
Stockton
» NOTE: Stockton 99 Speedway, which opened in 1947, will close permanently after tonight's races. The Wilson Way property has been sold and will become a housing development
=Jr
The final checkered flag flies
The voice and sounds of Stockton 99 Speedway fall silent tonight
Published Saturday, Sep 16, 2006
They’ll be racing for the final time at Stockton 99 Speedway tonight.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit: Victor J Blue/ The Record
In the distance, I hear the roar of engines on the racetrack, wondering what the guys and gals will do on a Saturday night in the summer from now on.
After tonight, there'll be no more stock-car racing at Stockton 99 Speedway.
It's been the thing to do on a Saturday night for so very long. My father raced there. My brother-in-law raced there - and was, and is, the dude behind the microphone calling the races as they go.
Home-grown in east Stockton, Wayne Pierce is a legend in his own mind and others. He has a heart of gold and the charm to prove it all.
He's devoted a lot of time and energy to the speedway, making all who go there feel at home and laugh.
Calling the races as they go isn't easy, and there's no money in the world that could get most people to put up with all that.
He's done one heck of a job. With the help of his wife, Debbie (my sister), he gathers all information and gives it to us, blow by blow.
His little girl, Jessie, takes plenty of pictures and has captured the good and the scary of it all.
The fun for young and old will be missed - more than anyone could know if they didn't grow up here.
What's gonna happen when it's no longer there? The movies? Whoopee.
Doesn't anyone know any-thing about Stockton? The good things to do on a Saturday night are gone.
People like Pierce, the racers and fans will have to live in the pictures and memories of yesterday.
The racetrack closing down is a mistake.
Cynthia Ann Kelley
Stockton
» NOTE: Stockton 99 Speedway, which opened in 1947, will close permanently after tonight's races. The Wilson Way property has been sold and will become a housing development