Funny, I grew up in Mansfield, went to pretty much every open wheel and bike race out there for years, havent been since 03ish due to $$ being spent on my car instead of owning a bike. Instead I would go out to Park Ave and cruise with everyone and watch the stunters etc, this being before it was downtown and really publicized. Now it seems that the bike stuff downtown gets twice the notarity that the track gets. I ve met the owners a few times and even worked for Pepsi when it was a major sponsor out there(still is), and spent many days of the week out there for publicity etc. Actually bike week was crazy in 02, all over the paper, TV, etc. But ever since all that stuff went down a few years ago, the track has truly started to cater more to the mid ohio driving schools, riding schools, and private track rental weekends for like miatas, porches, etc. Thats where they are making their money. The reason for that is because in general people aren't going to races, no matter what they are. Nascar is even down, Indy and F1 is basically a dieing sport which sucks, but it's true. Dirt is down, hell even horse racing is. Publicity costs $$ and when your $$ is down, you cut what you have to... Either way, good article and sad to see. I hope the AMA sticks around and next year is better.