The Milwaukee Mile closing its doors?

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Milwaukee Mile may have hosted final race

The Milwaukee Mile office is closed, and all 12 staff members have been laid off at least temporarily. Whether the oldest auto racing facility in the country lives to see its 107th birthday is in grave doubt even among its biggest boosters, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.


"It depends totally if I'm able to get some investors," promoter Claude Napier said Thursday in a telephone interview from Texas.


"I knew I was going to be short of money."
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So where do NASCAR and IRL go now?
 
Milwaukee Mile: Is track facing its final red flag?

It is "very uncommon" for NASCAR to stage a race without being paid in advance by the promoter, said Ramsey Poston, a NASCAR spokesman.

The races were already scheduled and television contracts in place when Napier took over. Given its dealings this year, NASCAR is not expected to grant credit to the track - no matter who operates it - to return for 2010.

The Indy Racing League ran on May 31, one week after the Indianapolis 500. It intends to announce its IndyCar Series schedule this month. The series was left in an uncomfortable position last year when it was forced to cancel for economic reasons a race scheduled in Detroit, and an insider said it would not run the same risk with Milwaukee this year.
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Robin Miller says IRL is unlikely to return to Milwaukee.
 
IRL looking at racing at either New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS is supposedly installing lights) or Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland.

NASCAR's been tight-lipped, but speculation is Iowa will get the Milwaukee dates (maybe some schedule shuffling) and leave the deal with 2 races.

(There's plenty of markets that don't have ANY NASCAR races that would love that Milwaukee date:rolleyes: -Andy)
 
Looking for state to go extra mile; Racetrack's debt the central focus

The Doyle administration signaled on Tuesday that it was interested in finding a way to keep the troubled Milwaukee Mile alive.

What's not clear is if that support could involve public funding to the level prospective promoters insist is necessary.

A statement from the Department of Administration, released Tuesday, said:
"The administration understands the importance of racing in Milwaukee to both the city and the state and will continue to work with the State Fair Park Board in their efforts to preserve the rich racing tradition at Milwaukee Mile in a way that is fair to both state taxpayers and racing enthusiasts."
 
Sorry Bucky, but I'm 100% against this. Our county has paid off the skating rink's debts off three times and took it over -- now look what they're doing to us all because they're losing money on it.:mad:
 
AndyMarquisLIVE said:
Sorry Bucky, but I'm 100% against this. Our county has paid off the skating rink's debts off three times and took it over -- now look what they're doing to us all because they're losing money on it.:mad:
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I'm against it too. I love going to the mile, but we have more important things we have to pay for.
 
toledo47 said:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/autoracing/50309672.html

"In an e-mailed statement announcing the decision, Wisconsin Motorsports encouraged fans to hold onto their tickets with the intention of the tickets having value toward a future event."

No refunds for a cancelled race? What a bunch of BS.
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I read this on here...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/50249832.html#comments

RK Race Promotions is run by Roy Kenseth, Matt Kenseth's father, who said last week he needed a payment of $88,000 this week or he would pull out. The phone number listed for RK Race Promotions on mattkenseth.com is (608) 423-7829. Roy Kenseth said at the time he would rather refund fan's money sooner than keep them waiting for a decision and did not rule out the possibility of moving the event to another track.
 
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