How many succesful asphalt tracks are there in this area?You can pretty much count em on one hand& have plenty of fingers left over.
Even Colorado National is having car count issues.

Here...you have a small group of hardcore asphalt racers,wanting to race,
That's great,
but it's not gonna put butt's in the stands.
The length/configuration/surface here are simply not conducive to good racing.
Lack of cars only magnifies the problems.
How long Charlie continues to lose his ass over there is beyond me.
...only way out(just my opinion) is either cut purses,
Or..have the guys racing out there become a club,form an LLC and rent the track from Fegan.
Just like SWMS and other clubs do.
Place is flatlining...

Surface issues on the dirt...
News flash,dirt tracks sometimes come apart.
Last week in Amarillo,track had holes worse than ANYTHING we've seen at NAPA this year.
...place been around for 10 years,it happens(wind/drought)etc.
Racers race.
Smashed oil pans?hmmm,I run probably the softest right front spring of any X mod out there,my RF lower frame rail has all the powder coat rubbed off,right side door folds under every race...
I was running thru the holes...Pan doesn't have a scratch on it.Not sure about that story.
Maybe it's just the illegal shocks I got from the "evil toymaker" in the north valley...lol.
Nobody mentions motors when comparing asphalt to dirt..
I know Steve Bonesteel runs a 2 bolt cast crank stock rod motor(2nd season on it)on the dirt..he runs up front.
Rick Boelter was running a "borrowed"passenger car motor earlier this year,he won a heat and was running up front with it...
Try running that on asphalt and your looking at severe shrapnel issues.

The asphalt does have 2 advantages over the dirt deal...tho.
1.Car washing...it's a pain in the arse,I hate going to the car wash.
2.On the dirt if you drop out of the heat(like say for losing a wheel)or other problems..
You get the pleasure of starting in the back,18/24th depending on the number of cars.
On the asphalt,if you have problems and have to start in the back...it means starting 2nd row outside...that's way better.

In order for NAPA to be sucessful,every facet(road course,dirt track,sand drags etc.) needs to be turning a profit...
I wish(cuz I really want Fegan to suceed)that the asphalt deal was drawing cars& filling up the stands...but it's not.
With the exception of the first year,
Never has.
Never will.
Time to cut bait...