Seedtick Raceway
Racing Under the lights on Friday nights!!
Operated by: PRINCETON SPEEDWAY KARTING ASSOCIATION, INC.
We would like to give you a little bit of information and history of our track. Our race schedule is slated to start on April 7, 2007 and will be held at Seedtick Raceway, located 2 miles east of Princeton, IN off of US 41. 2007 will be the fifthteenth racing season of the Princeton Speedway Karting Association, Inc. (PSKA) at Seedtick Raceway. Go-kart racing was previously operated under the name of Fairground Raceway LTD., Inc. This was a private, for profit organization, but with the steady growing field of karts, limited manpower, and full-time jobs, the investors dropping out one by one it became apparent that without some form of reorganization kart racing was about to cease to exist in the Princeton area. Racers and others concerned about karting in our area held a meeting to see if there was enough interest to form a club-type organization. Thus the birth of PSKA became a reality. After two monthly meetings there was a membership of approximately forty. We then formed a not-for-profit organization and set in motion the wheels for a very organized racing club. This included a set of track rules, a pre-set racing schedule, and the formation of an association tech team. In 1992 we moved locations from the fairgrounds to 6 acres leased from Danny Memmer. Almost all of the work to build the new track was done by members of our club. Equipment needed to build the track (tractors, land movers, backhoes, etc.) was loaned to us from helpful neighbors and friends of our members.
With added improvements to the track and equipment we are expecting new things for the 2006 race season. Some of our goals for this season include trying to draw a bigger number of spectators through better organization and advertising. Most of the people in and around Princeton have seen the lights but do not even know that the track exists. We have also planned to have added money races again this year, add more dirt to the track and promote good wholesome entertainment for everyone. Hopefully with the growth of our association we will be able to make most of the goals materialize, especially with the large number of karts that we had last year and expect back plus more this year. The more karts you have, the better the competition, and the better the competition the more spectators will come, and the more spectators that come will see and hear about your business and also help make us more financially secure. Thus enabling us to make our goals a reality.
Some of the statistics show that on an average racing night in 1990 there were 40-45 karts in the pits. In 1991 the figures showed some growth with several nights of racing having an excess of 60 karts. During 1992 this number rose and during the 1993 the average number of karts was around 80-85 and in 1994 it was 90-95. In 1995 the number of karts still continued to climb, 1996 did not show any sign of leveling out, only 1 night throughout the entire 25 night of racing did we have below 100 karts. In 1997 Seedtick Raceway brought in 196 different racers from several different states like Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan and even from South Carolina. 1998 continued the steady growth rate that we have seen in the past with 253 drivers and several improvements to our facilities. Although 1999 did not show an increase in the number of racers, there were several new faces around the track along with a lot of familiar ones. The 2000 race season averaged 98 karts per night with a steady increase in the future of racing, the youth classes. In 2001 we saw a large increase in the cages classes and in the youth classes. Although our kart average dropped to 70 we were still ahead of the other local track as far as the average. Several have used Seedtick Raceway as their stepping-stone towards other types of racing. We are very proud of our former racers that have went on to race USAC Sprints, Mini-Sprints, Pro 4’s, Late Models, and other types of racing. In 2002 we averaged 74 individual drivers and 165 spectators per night. Our average numbers for 2003 were about the same as in 2002. The youth classes continue to be strong. In the 2004 race season we continued to see improvements with in our organizations. In the 22 races held we averaged 78 entries and 142 spectators per night. We saw an increase in the number of adult entries and even started a class for those racers who are still young at heart by adding a class for racers who are age 50 and over so they can still have fun and not feel the pressure of competing with the young guns.
In 2005 we had 3500+ spectators and 1200+ racers visit our track. The newly elected Officers and Directors for the 2007 season are eager to make some more positives changes and get the season started right where we left off in 2006.
