Home | Register | Quick Links | FAQ | Donate | Contact |
Indiana Open Wheel
> Indiana Open Wheel Forum
>
Silver Crown
|
Thread Tools |
10/14/16, 8:30 AM | #11 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 303 |
I agree with the Bridgeport NJ idea, It would be a great place for a USAC race!!!
__________________
Daniel Cohen
|
|
10/14/16, 9:05 AM |
#12
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 606 |
Quote:
Flemington was known as the fastest 5/8 mile dirt track in the world and had a atmosphere to match the speed. It was and is impossible to replace. Flemington was so great that to be honest I've never been to another track anywhere close and pretty much stopped going to dirt track racing after sampling my other choices here in the N.E. (I'd still be going to local tracks if the mods weren't now sbp) That being said I'm sure Bridgeport would be a great track for sprints and champcars. Even if it is half what Flemington was it would still be real good. |
||
|
10/14/16, 1:08 PM |
#13
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Member
Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 64 |
The reason USAC and the Silver Crown Division are not at more tracks is the promoters are not interested. If there was a decent track offering a standard SC purse, USAC would already be there.
Mike Devin |
||
|
10/14/16, 4:48 PM | #14 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,319 |
I personally don't want to see them on anything less than a half mile. With their power and weight, they are definitely a momentum/finesse car. That being said, there are a lot of good half miles to race on. Too bad we can't find an old horse mile to revive.
__________________
For those about to rock, we salute you.
|
||
|
10/14/16, 6:18 PM |
#15
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,646 |
This response is spot on. There are two factors in play here. Supply equals demand, and risk versus reward. The original poster asked could there be an "outlaw" Silver Crown race. The reality is that there is not enough demand from the fans and the owners/drivers for the promoter to take the financial risk.
|
||
|
10/14/16, 9:29 PM |
#16
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 893 |
quarter mile=midgets
half mile=sprint cars one mile=silver crown that is how it should be. I guess I like old ways best.
__________________
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." President Ronald Reagan
|
||
|
10/15/16, 8:26 AM | #17 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 289 |
I would like to see tracks use them as a companion class to the sprints. I.E. Lawrenceburg, have them back up sprints at the fall nationals. I think it would draw quite a crowd, plus the more races per year for the class, the more appealing it is to the owners to field a team. Just my 2 cents.
|
||
|
10/15/16, 9:50 AM |
#18
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 606 |
Quote:
I also agree about the supply and demand, really who cares or even knows what a silver crown car is anymore besides a handful of hardcores. Slap wings on them, rename to Super Sprints and you'd have plenty of idiots wanting to see it. |
||
|
10/15/16, 10:34 AM | #19 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 397 |
If your gonna run the burg how bout midget week like the 4crown
|
||
|
10/15/16, 8:42 PM |
#20
Re: Silver Crown
|
||
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,675 |
You just can't add the silver crown cars as a companion class to USAC sprints at the Fall Nationals and expect a promoter to make any money. A 24 car silver crown purse (just the money paid to the participants) is over $32,000. That's a huge chunk of change on top of the Fall Nationals sprint purse which I believe was about the same since it was a $10,000 to win show.
|
||
|
Indiana Open Wheel
> Indiana Open Wheel Forum
>
Silver Crown
|