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[Response to a
letter from Pat (Patricia) Freese] To the editor:
I am writing this letter to correct Mr. Pat Freese on his bashing
of Mr. Don Hammer and the Lincoln Speedway. As a weekly competitor
at the Lincoln Speedway, one of many who reside in this town that
race out there, I would just like to point something out to Mr.
Freese. His letter makes him sound like he is speaking for the whole
town and everybody shares his opinion. As a Lincoln resident and
homeowner who lives just a few blocks from the track, I am not
against this track. I would suggest when Pat Freese writes a letter
against the speedway, or for anything at all, he remember that there
are people who disagree.
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 Furthermore, I think the city of Lincoln looks at the speedway as
some kind of festival that comes up every weekend. The Lincoln
Speedway is a business, and the city council should never try to run
anybody's business. We should not have to get a schedule approved
before the season starts. We need rainout dates and more flexibility
for special events. After all, they don't tell Wal-Mart what time to
close or what days they can be open.
The Lincoln Speedway is here to stay, so everybody may as well
come out and check out some of the best racing in central Illinois.
We deserve a flexible schedule. We are the only track in the area
that is limited in the ways that we are. I ask that the city council
approves this measure and stays out of the business of running the
track, as we are now in capable hands and our racetrack could, one
day, be the best in the state.
Dustin Ingram
(Posted Sept. 29, 2006)
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