KAMP SPEEDWAY REOPENING 2014! Bank excepted offer & MORE.
 

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Positive news! Wow that is great!

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Hopefully they sign a USAC or MSCS show. Give me a reason to go and I'll head straight there. I like that place a lot!

Jerry

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Other than the whole "excepted" issue this is the best news I've heard in quite some time! Awesome!

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A Non-Sanctioned, Open Tire, 410 Non-Wing show or 2 would be great! I like racing at this place!

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where is it? never mind, I see its 87miles n w of indy (I-84 doesn't go there) are there no 3/8 - 1/2 mi. high banked speedways in s/w oh., s/e in. or n. ky. to re-open and run sprint cars and midgets on fri. and sun?

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IMO, running the same classes as a track that isn't too far away, on the same night isn't going to work. That will kill your car count in the lower classes. The mods will be fine because there is enough to go around, but the lower classes will suffer. If you run a class that Indiana super stocks can run, I'll be there.

Maybe the plan is to get cars away from shadyhill. But your right Dustin if they ran indiana street stocks we would be there think alot others would also.

I would love to see them run late models again, but I wouldn't be surprised if having the money to pay them a reasonable purse is an issue. I would definitely swap out the IMods for Sportsman/Indiana Super Stocks. Shadyhill will always have their loyal regulars, but the reopening of what was known as Kamp Motor Speedway will probably have an impact on them. More of an impact than Plymouth did this year.

Mmmmm tq midgets at Kamp??

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Instead of worry about what classes they will run I'd be more interested in hearing about how they are going to get people in the stands. I don't think I ever saw more than a 1/3rd full grandstand at best, but I wasn't there every week either.

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If they run non wing sprints, I'll be there every week.

It looks like Plymouth bailed on that idea, even though they had good car counts and fans in the seats. Someone could take advantage of that.

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There was a real big crowd for the Sprint Week show they had there. They ran a USAC Midget show there, which drew a big crowd, as well. MSCS drew a real nice crowd, too. Not as big as the USAC ones, but respectable. And that place has a big seating capacity, so as long as they can have enough space to park everybody, they could host some marquee events there, once they get their operation up and going.

Jerry

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Didn't Kamp used to be a pavement track many years ago? Henry Motor Speedway I think?? Love to see some old photos of the place.

That is correct.

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Track opened in 1967 with owner Avery Henry. Track went by chase raceway and then Henry's Speedway. was paved in 1977 then returned to dirt in 1997

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If they decide to run sprints they need a good catch fence and move flagstand out of harms way.

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It was Benton Co. Speedway back in the day.

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Almost caught him!

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Glad to here it is going to be back open but judging from these pictures someone has a lot of work ahead of them.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

The following pictures were taken at the beginning of September.

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I have more photos, but the one's about give a good idea of what the facilities currently look like. I don't see any reason why a little manpower and dirt work couldn't get the place in shape by next year. Most of the stuff (bleachers, fence, etc.) is still in good shape. The walls need some work and some of the buildings could use some TLC. Can't wait to see racing in Boswell again next year.

Glad to hear they are reopening. But if they plan to run open wheel cars they need to do something about the highway barriers they use for a wall. Saw two cars go out of the park without even flipping!

Bob

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Would this be the track that appears on Google Earth about 2 miles East and a little bit South of Boswell? If so it's between a 1/4 and a 1/3rd mile depending on how you measure it. Closer to a 1/4 than a 1/3.

More than likely

Physical address is. 1160 west. 650 south Boswell In.

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This track is in dirt late model country as well as open wheel territory. Now, the next race I promote will be the first, but I would think this place could successfully cater to both genre's on a regular basis. Plus, by the looks of it's location there shouldn't be any problems with urban sprawl or a population concentration close enough to cause trouble.

Hope it gets back into operation. It's close enough to us that we could make it a regular race destination if they were to run some wingless and/or midget shows.

Best news!! Henry's was a great place to watch races back in the day, but was glad when they went back to dirt....pavement is for getting TO the races! They do have a lot of work obviously....they will get it done. Look what Indy looked like back in the day(not comparing the uncomparable)...give it time and a lot of support!

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Awesome news! It was always one of the Indiana tracks I was afraid I'd never see. This is great and hopefully we can get some kind of Open Wheel race there next season! KC reopens, Kamp reopens, what's next?

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Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway in Calvert City, KY is also opening back up in 2014. It is also rumored that Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL might be opening back up.

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It's located way out in the country and the only problem they will have is incurring the wrath of my mother who lives about a 1000 feet to the east. :3: She isn't a fan of the noise and dust on those Saturday nights and was delighted when it closed down so I can't wait to tell her the track is reopening. I'm hoping it does well, I spent so many Saturday nights there watching friends and relatives run.

Way back it ran a figure 8 race as well which was just crazy to watch. I would love to see the Late Models come back as they were always my favorite. The concerns about the walls are valid though as I watched a friends dad, Gerry Gobel, put his late model over the wall pretty easily. Hadn't been there since it changed back to dirt and pulled the pits out of the middle, so maybe that part has changed.

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Wish u would consider running sportsman/indiana super stock again. We raced there in the past years and would like to race there again. I know of quite a few in this class that are wanting to race there again.

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From a post I seen today they are for sure running Ump Mods and stock cars, pure streets, and 4 cyl. More info will be released on race star in dec.
late model weekly racing is a thing of the past I believe. If they plan on running sprints or midgets shows they need a lot of safety improvements before that will happen. I honestly don't see any special shows for them or lm for least a year or two to try and get a revenue built. im sure they would be all for it if someone wanted to sponsor the show.

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I only live 3miles from the track and own a super stock. What a shame after. 30 yrs of going there and working there I still can't run there. We will see how it goes. Lot of sportsmans sitting cause of no were to run close by

What made the figure-8 show interesting was that there were cars pitting in the infield.

The place had horrible drainage problems.

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