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Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/19/24, 4:03 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 737
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Circle City Friday 9/20

6 classes and $40 pit pass for a local race is pure GREED!
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/19/24, 3:50 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 513
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Need Suggestions on Garage Tire Rack for 410 wheels and

they are basically triangle ends with a cross bar. go to a local metal supply and build your own and lag screw them to studs
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/19/24, 3:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 718
Posted By spankytoo
Re: New guy looking for some advice!

buy the roller and put a 305 in it. 305 racesaver series
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 8/15/24, 11:08 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,515
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Terre Haute Action Track Sunday August 18th

UMMM! This is a OPEN WHEEL feed!
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 8/15/24, 11:05 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,399
Posted By spankytoo
Re: LPS - 410 Maverick Sprints, 410 Nonwing Sprints, &305's

are you going to run your loyal non-wing cars first or disrespect them like everywhere else when wings are there?
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 7/11/24, 4:57 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 6,946
Posted By spankytoo
Re: concerning a recent thread about costs of racing

Occasional top heavy purses really screws a tracks loyal racers. A few top guys come to cherry pick and the local guy that was getting 8th and $400 is now getting 11th and $250. :7::21:
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 6/27/24, 4:12 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,539
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Maverick Mayhem Feedback

Having non-wing as a support class is a stupid suggestion for 2 reasons. The first is that the classes of cars like two different tracks. Wings like it drier and non-wing like it wetter. The wings go...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 2/2/24, 5:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,472
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Andretti

You can not just show up to a NASCAR race, although easier than F1, you still have to have their approval of the equipment and Brett Bodine has to approve the driver. If you don't have any "narrow...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 1/6/24, 8:20 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,121
Posted By spankytoo
Re: USAC New Rules

most teams did NOT have to add weight.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 1/6/24, 8:18 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,121
Posted By spankytoo
Re: USAC New Rules

1260, plus driver
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 1/5/24, 6:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,121
Posted By spankytoo
Re: USAC New Rules

I was listening to the competition meeting when they brought up the weight rule. Soooo, you have to add weight to make the minimum. You also spend thousands on titanium bolts and carbon fiber seats...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/6/23, 1:11 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 8,748
Posted By spankytoo
Lawrenceburg Speedway

https://www.eaglecountryonline.com/news/local-news/stm-motorsports-inc-named-new-promotor-of-lawrenceburg-speedway/
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/7/23, 1:03 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,615
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Usac: Seavey stays hot, extinguishes firemen’s nationals

Question: Why do big paying races get less cars?
Answer: Lack of purse clarity. Sure there are two sprint car races in the state of indiana in the next two weeks that pay $20K each to the winner....
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 7/7/23, 4:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,978
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Tire rule for weekly races

There are American Racers on sprint cars at Paragon.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 10:28 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,456
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Used Fuel Drums

2 options:

1. You turn them back in every time you buy a drum of fuel.
2. You keep them and refill them at places that sell methanol out of a fuel pump. This is the cheaper option.

I don't...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/10/23, 5:31 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,890
Posted By spankytoo
Re: The Burg

I think it isn't they they don't like the track, their payout from 2nd on back does not break even. You have to win. $720 for a set of rears that you will wipe out.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 3/18/23, 7:18 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,013
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Brownstown (IN) - 410 Non-Wing Sprints $10K win - March

What about the rest of the payout? To many times do they put up big win $$$ but the field gets :21:
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 3/7/23, 3:27 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 10,310
Posted By spankytoo
*** Circle City Raceway

Circle City Raceway has changed their schedule. They have taken virtually all of the "Local" Non-wing sprints off their schedule and put steel block sprints in place for some of them. They are going...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 2/10/23, 12:34 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 28,729
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Is the system broken?

So??? If Hoosier tire is just a company trying to make a buck and not monopolize then why are Hoosier LR tires more that RR, even though most places is a 4 corner rule that makes all corners a "SPEC"...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 2/5/23, 6:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,893
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Ventura in trouble?

Being from Southern California I know a little something about this. The Ventura County Fairgrounds is actually on private property. The family that owns the property made an agreement with Ventura...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 2/3/23, 3:13 PM
Replies: 136
Views: 74,043
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Something different. Sprint races at tracks most never

I can't believe that 10 pages in and no one mentioned Manzanita
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 1/27/23, 11:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,239
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Indy circle track expo??

I'm going to have to say no. https://www.indianastatefair.com/events/filters/iso=1
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 10/6/22, 6:49 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,693
Posted By spankytoo
Re: XTreme Outlaw Races Cancelled

You aren't off base here. IMO races that pay $5K plus will bring big names, but don't bring car count. Most of those guys know they won't be vying for the top spot and have bills to pay. Hell they...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 7/23/22, 12:31 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 24,283
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Gas city

First and foremost, I am not condoning what Leary did. However, on the track everybody is equal. Sometimes there are consequences to being treated as an equal and people don't want to see both sides...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 7/17/22, 10:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,458
Posted By spankytoo
Re: Suggestion for the Racesavers

You've obviously never had to get in a sprint car.

Head and neck restraint device, head sock, helmet, belts, someone to tighten you, and someone to push you up to the staging area.

This takes...
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