Rebuild Whip City and Riverside? "Racin' with Jason" is all over it ... as long as the numbers turn up right.
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Dirt racing like that at the old Whip City Speedway - here, Rob Wallendy crashes in a 2010 heat race - would make a return to the area if Jason Remillard strikes it rich in the Powerball drawing.
I know a lot of you still yearn for the days of Riverside Park Speedway. Some of you who prefer your racing dirtier, you may still miss Whip City Speedway.
If your friendly neighborhood racing writer strikes it rich in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, you will dream no more. Half a billion is plenty of money for me to try to rebuild both somewhere in Western Massachusetts - maybe even on the same grounds, like Charlotte Motor Speedway has its adjacent Dirt Track.
Yes, I'm fully aware that Ted Hebert of Teddy Bear Pools tried and was unsuccessful in replacing Riverside. That doesn't mean I wouldn't fight like heck to do it. It's been 13 years since asphalt racing left this area and two since Whip City left us dirt-less.
My Facebook friends with ties to racing in this area - especially the Whip - are all over this idea and have given their full support. I'd love to give them something to support.
I can hear a voice whispering: If you build it, they will come. I can see the ghosts of Bugsy Stevens, Jocko Maggiacamo, Steady Eddie Flemke, Wild Bill Slater, Richie Evans ... strapping in for one final ride.
I'd love for one of my three NASCAR-themed tickets to come up big. Wouldn't that be the ultimate irony?
