Illiana silver crown canceled~

SUPERDUKE · 6/29/10, 8:25 PM

Usac has canceled the race!

sprinter25 · 6/29/10, 8:34 PM

Duke,

The only reason that USAC would cancel a race this far in advance is...

1) The promoter wanted out of his contract with USAC.

2) The promoter failed to meet his contractual obligations to USAC, like posting the purse to USAC by the date noted in the contract. Remember, USAC pays out the money to the competitors. If USAC doesn't have the $$, it can't run the race and pay the competitors.

usac99 · 6/29/10, 8:52 PM

wasn't this race promoted by usac ?

nathans1012 · 6/29/10, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by usac99

wasn't this race promoted by usac ?

race is not cancelled. postponed til later in the season per Illiana website & USAC website.

Mud Packer · 6/30/10, 6:41 AM

In the press release they mention scheduling conflicts. I wonder what type of conflicts they are talking about? Nothing else on the schedule from what I can see unless they have some type of problem with NASCAR drivers who were going to participate. I was really looking forward to this race.

SUPERDUKE · 6/30/10, 7:13 AM

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Originally Posted by usac99

wasn't this race promoted by usac ?

yes!

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Originally Posted by sprinter25

duke,

the only reason that usac would cancel a race this far in advance is...

1) the promoter wanted out of his contract with usac.

2) the promoter failed to meet his contractual obligations to usac, like posting the purse to usac by the date noted in the contract. Remember, usac pays out the money to the competitors. If usac doesn't have the $$, it can't run the race and pay the competitors.

usac is the promoter! Just like raceway park! They have been promoting some of there races!

mowerman · 6/30/10, 8:16 AM

Old news .

Hubie · 6/30/10, 1:03 PM

I called friends in Northern Indiana last week (they are also racefans) and the event was news to them.... which shows you how promotion was going.......

openwheelKT · 6/30/10, 2:29 PM

I thought that was a bad date to begin with. The day before Sprint Week starts is hard on teams (those that do both) and fans. Sprint Week isn’t cheap even if you are just driving back and forth to each track. Hard to shell out more money on top of that. Hope they find another date.

racefan20 · 6/30/10, 3:00 PM

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Originally Posted by openwheelKT

I thought that was a bad date to begin with. The day before Sprint Week starts is hard on teams (those that do both) and fans. Sprint Week isn’t cheap even if you are just driving back and forth to each track. Hard to shell out more money on top of that. Hope they find another date.

I thought the same thing when the schedules came out. I hope it goes off eventually though.

6/30/10, 6:41 AM	#5 Re: Illiana silver crown canceled~
Mud Packer Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 59 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,070	In the press release they mention scheduling conflicts. I wonder what type of conflicts they are talking about? Nothing else on the schedule from what I can see unless they have some type of problem with NASCAR drivers who were going to participate. I was really looking forward to this race. __________________ Mike Be nice to people on the way up. You might need them on the way down. Jimmy Durante

6/29/10, 8:25 PM	#1 Illiana silver crown canceled~
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	Usac has canceled the race!

6/29/10, 8:52 PM	#3 Re: Illiana silver crown canceled~
usac99 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 98	wasn't this race promoted by usac ?

6/30/10, 1:03 PM	#8 Re: Illiana silver crown canceled~
Hubie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 541	I called friends in Northern Indiana last week (they are also racefans) and the event was news to them.... which shows you how promotion was going.......

6/30/10, 2:29 PM	#9 Re: Illiana silver crown canceled~
openwheelKT Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 73 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 742	I thought that was a bad date to begin with. The day before Sprint Week starts is hard on teams (those that do both) and fans. Sprint Week isn’t cheap even if you are just driving back and forth to each track. Hard to shell out more money on top of that. Hope they find another date.