Wall Opening, Ownership doing right  

"Wow, what a night! Damn near standing room only with over 4,300 fans and another 600+ in the pits, we were all blown away. To have 130 competitors and the most packed opening night in 40 years is just incredible. It was more than we ever expected.

Freddie and I have poured so much into bringing Wall Stadium back to life because it was in such shambles, but I have to give it up for my team. What they accomplished is nothing short of a miracle we fixed this entire track in just two months. They worked around the clock to make this place beautiful, and I couldn't be prouder of their grit and dedication.

Our staff also deserves a massive shout-out. They had to handle a crowd size we’ve never seen before, and they handled the pressure with total class.

All our sponsors, that backstretch is beautiful and it's thanks to all of you for being there and making all this happen. None of this happens without a team and we have an amazing one.

But I also need to be real with you guys and offer a sincere apology. Last night hit us with some major growing pains. I hate lines as much as you do, and seeing the wait times for tickets and food killed me. Our new online concession system actually crashed the servers because of the shear volume. We also had technical glitches with our scoring systems that forced us to go old-school with hand-scoring, which slowed the whole show down. At the end of the night we couldn't print checks with the automated system for the drivers. They will be available after today we just have to do it manually. I wanted everyone to leave with a check in hand, we spent so much time to make the payouts respectable, and we didn't get them to you last night, but please come by and pick them up and accept our apologies. Then we had kids in the woods, that made us stop for 15 minutes. We also had a medical emergency that stopped the races and our thoughts are with the girl that needed help.

Our regrets about the schedule and the six divisions we're certainly correct, the night went way too long. I promise you right now, you will NEVER see more than 4 divisions a night ever again. We want a fast, crisp show that gets you home at a decent hour. It's such a pet peeve of mine as a fan I would complain about this more than anyone and here I was, we were living it. 

On a personal note, it was so important to us to finally get those 2025 trophies to last year’s champions that someone else wasn't responsible or compassionate enough to get done. My racing partners and friends worked too hard for their achievements to be ignored, and I’m so glad we could give them the recognition they earned. It's not easy to win a championship so we decided to extend ourselves and take care of our championship drivers because we're actually proud of them.

We are already under the hood this morning making changes. We’re fixing the tech, we’re bringing on more help, and we’re going to get better. This "NEW" Wall Stadium is a huge undertaking, and we’re learning exactly what it takes to handle crowds this massive.

Please hang in there with us. We’re fixing the bugs because we want this to be the best experience for the best fans in racing and that's every single one of you that came last night and offered kindness and patience that only racing fans can offer. Thank you all for coming out and supporting what we're building here! See you next week!

Many thanks to all of you!

Pete Maletto

President of Racing Operations "