I can sure see why! Gainesville's issue seems to be 2-fold:
1. No leadership: The track is ok but NO maintenance evident as the restrooms are poor, probably about 1 in 3 loudspeaker works making it near impossible to know when to go to staging. I've been there when literally NOTHING was said over the loudspeaker for 3-4 hours. No excuse there - just no leadership to make things happen.
2. NHRA influence: It seems to me the headquarters (NHRA) dictates the minimum of what to do/run. Combine that with no leadership and you have a track that is WAY underutilized and really just goes through the motions. Clearly the track is not being run in a manner as if it was owned by a private person trying to make a return. If it was, this place would be lit up as you can literally race every weekend down here 9-10 months per year as opposed to the 1x/month for 7 months Gainesville does. Best thing to happen would be if the NHRA sold it to someone that is hungry and then rented it back for the GatorNats. When you see the $$ people have tied up in trucks/motorhomes/busses/etc, you can be assured these folks want to race and race often!