By Tom White
September 3, 2002 

Delaware, Ohio--An outdoor beer garden will be open to race fans during

Grand Circuit racing this fall at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The new

facility, which will be open each afternoon, is located behind the betting

building and west of the log cabin. The beer garden will be enclosed.

Alcoholic beverages also will be available in the grandstand and stadium

areas.

    No coolers or picnic baskets will be allowed in the beer garden,

grandstand or stadium areas. Coolers and picnic baskets WILL BE ALLOWED at

all other locations throughout the fairgrounds including parking areas, the

backstretch and along the fence which circles the racetrack. The hospitality

pavilion also will be open to the public Saturday and Sunday and food and

beer will be for sale.

    Only beer will be sold in the grandstand and stadium on Saturday, Sunday,

Monday and Tuesday. Full service bars will be in place for the racing

Wednesday and Thursday in the grandstand and stadium.

    Racing begins Saturday afternoon (12-noon), September 15 and continues

through Thursday (11 a.m.), September 19. The Jugette will be raced Wednesday

(11 a.m.) and the Little Brown Jug and Magical Mike Pace are slated for

Thursday, September 19