2018 Bloomington Speedway Schedule
 

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY 2018 SEASON RACING SCHEDULE
(This is a tentative schedule and subject to change.)

April 6 Open Practice Night, all divisions
Free General Admission, Pits $20
April 13 Opening Night
410 Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Super Stocks
April 20 RACE AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER NIGHT
RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds, UMRA TQ Midgets, Hornets
April 27 USAC National Sprint Car Series (General Admission $20)
USAC Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Super Stocks
May 4 JB ROBINSON MEMORIAL
AMS Modifieds, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Super Stocks, Hornets
May 11 410 Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Super Stocks
May 18 410 Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds
May 25 JOSH BURTON MEMORIAL (General Admission $20)
MSCS Sprint Cars $2,500 to win, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Hornets
June 1 USAC MIDGET WEEK (General Admission $25)
USAC National Midget Series, 410 Sprint Cars, MMSA Winged MiniSprints
June 8 RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Hornets
June 15 410 Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Super Stocks
June 22 410 Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Hornets
June 29 INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH HUGE FIREWORKS
RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Super Stocks
July 6 RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Hornets
July 13 410 Sprint Cars, RaceSaver Sprint Cars, Super Stocks
July 20 ILMS Crate Late Models, Modifieds, Bombers, MMSA Non-Wing MiniSprints, Hornets
July 27 SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL – USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK (General Admission $25)
USAC National Sprint Car Series, Hornets
August 17 BOB KINSER MEMORIAL
410 Sprint Cars $2,000 to win, RaceSaver Sprint Cars
August 31 SEASON FINALE - Modifieds, Super Stocks


Unless specified otherwise, General Admission is $15. Pit Admission is $30 for all events. Youth 12 and younger are admitted FREE with adult admission

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I'm I seeing this right that of the 12 shows with no other sanction that you arent running the 410's on 5 of the 12 shows?

WOW!!! Bloomington only has 18 race dates & only 11 0f them feature the 410 non-wing sprint cars!!

Bruce Eckel

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No season pass for me this year.

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Look up at the Top this is a Tentative schedule and subject to change! Geez people they are racing almost every week just like always and for years now there season has ended in August! What more do you all want! Plus they added a Bob Kinser Memorial on August 17th which will be awesome to Have that Trophy sitting on your mantle for some driver! Try and think more positive everyone and just be glad they are running at all! :):6::32:
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Indeed, hopefully a few more things need ironed out before schedule gets updated. A few of the dates make sense, with an area track running a big show and not scheduling the 410's against them [e.g. Lincoln Park in July]. While others are a tad more headscratchy, such as the season final and a few others. Hopefully the 410's will be added on a few more dates, but overall all 4 main classes are equal with 11, mods getting 12.

Still, it would be nice seeing those 4 every normal week with a few exceptions for special events or certain events elsewhere to allow that class participation. Hence when other classes can join the card or be swapped with. Nevertheless It's a racing and can't wait until it starts.

Lastly, hopefully September will be used for makeups. I do get why the lack of scheduling there as once school [and high school football for that matter] starts back up, attendance plummets pretty badly. And it's tough trying to start any earlier than April. This is similar to what Kokomo did a few years back for the same reason.

Let's have some good weather come race time and get em all in!

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A consistent weekly program with a 410 Sprint Car headliner?

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must not be much 410 interest everyone must be going racesaver:47:

I wish Gas City had a schedule like Bloomington! Be thankful for what you have.

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A schedule like this could in theory lead to a schedule like Gas City if the fans all skip out on the weekends without a true headline class.
(To me there are only 3 headline classes 410 Sprints and 410 Winged and super late models. Everything else is a stepping stone and a support class. I just have no interest in going to an event where support classes are the only classes. I seem to not be alone)

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But, I must say; I only make it to Bloomington 1-3 times a year. So I'm not necassarily who they have to worry about. But I know this more greatly limits my options of races to go to at the track now. 5/17 (or whatever) automatically a no go. Then throw in weather and who knows.

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Now I'm just talking to myself BUT... This is indeed worst case but not an impossibility.

It's easy to beat up the schedule maker. But it's about balance and weighing risks. I think not running 410's is a bigger risk than they are thinking. It probably seems safe since the bulk of their payout is off the night's card.
But 410's is what brings the people; and further more non-410 nights are not a ticket price reduction of any kind. This seems to be what they have chosen to go with; we'll see if it works.

I hope to be at atleast 3 this year (USAC, ISW, Burton Memorial) and maybe a 4th for some random weekly show with 410's.

I’d like to see racing into Sept/Oct I know you are competing with high school football, but maybe look at some Sunday afternoon racing. I remember the Sunday afternoon sprint and midgets at Bloomington were pretty good!!! If the weather cooperates I’m sure people would go!!

What’s really important here is the opportunity to have ice cream for 18 Fridays. Perspective people... 😜

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I would agree with those 3 as headline classes. I don’t have a problem with shows that don’t have one of those headline classes, especially if they have a special event at another area track on the same night. The part I think is garbage is charging the same admission price of $15 for a show that doesn’t have a headline class. Those shows should be $10 or $12 at the most. I understand tracks are businesses and they are trying to do what they need to in order to turn a profit, but they better keep in mind that consumers are making decisions about how to spend their money also. Don’t expect people to blindly pay the same to get less. And that’s not the fault of social media, that is economics and common sense.

With Illinois being an hour behind Indiana, I find it easy to get to a 410 show when Bloomington runs something different. WAR has a pretty good presence there and POWRi midgets are also an option on some weekends. Nothing against Bloomington, I just go where I get the best bang for my buck.

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Amen!

I would toss in USAC National Midgets as a headliner as well, in my book anyway.

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I would agree, but I think the original post was referencing a weekly class of one of those 3 to be a headliner. The national midget series could certainly headline a special event at most tracks. Not many run midgets as a weekly headliner though.

410 sprints race on June 22nd, then for the next 10 Fridays to the end of the schedule, there are only “3” 410 races, not including any rainouts or rescheduled races.

I only go to Bloomington to see 410 non wing sprints.

Not bitchin, just makes me sad.