VCS/Danville updates

Danny Burton · 8/19/13, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DiehardRaceFan

Justin Grant fended off a hard charging Stanbrough late to pick up the win.

Two nights, two races, two wins for Grant.

Midget18 · 8/19/13, 1:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mud Packer

Hate to ask a stupid question but this show was suppose to start at 6:00 PM Illinois time. It would now be 10:00 PM and they still haven't started the sprint car feature? So much for running a quick show. This certainly won't help with future events run on Sunday night.

Hot laps were suppose to happen at 5pm and it was more like drivers meeting at 5 and hot laps maybe at 6 if we were lucky... Then they called for the semi and then did at least 30 min of track prep.

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Indy1808 · 8/19/13, 1:12 AM

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Just saw a tweet that the feature is pushing off now. The hour time difference on a Sunday is a killer, which is why we didn't make the trip this time.

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Even the locals were not happy with it.
They were pretty vocal about it were I sat.
Hopefully VCS realizes it is an issue being a border town.
With their next event being traditional sprint and MOWA, I would hope there are plans for only 1 or 2 support with it.
Who knows?

kcarm92 · 8/19/13, 1:45 AM

Only need three classes on a sunday night four is really pushin it or start on time.

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Hotshoe65s · 8/19/13, 1:54 AM

Sorry guys but the support classes were not the issue. They ran their races in a reasonable manner. The same cannot be said for that sprint feature. The sprints and track prep were the reasons the night took so long.

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Joltin Joe · 8/19/13, 2:13 AM

The sprint car feature may have been a wreck feast and took a while to run but that is 100% to blam on the corn field they gave us to run on....they started a hour later then they said the would start...ran 5 Different classes...then called cars up for the sprint B main and then did 30 minutes of track work...

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mike mcghee · 8/19/13, 2:17 AM

Raceivers would have been nice to speed up the lineups..

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kcarm92 · 8/19/13, 9:44 AM

When sprint car feature started they had already started losing their crowd. Sunday night school starting no need to not start on time. And yes dustin support classes (tin tops ) was not the problem.

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racefan20 · 8/19/13, 11:00 AM

Same thing happened when they ran MOWA and non-wing early this spring. Track was not ready, hot laps turned into a dust cloud, rewater/work, an hour later they were back on the track. Then a half hour break at 10:30. Maybe they need some advice on track prep and eliminate the down time.

colt45 · 8/19/13, 11:25 AM

It was a very long night. They made a bunch of money on all the classes. We counted 145 people setting in the pit bleachers for the semi features. Not counting the 20 idiots that stood along the fence in front of the bleachers blocking the view. Just burns my A$$ how some people have no respect. A lot of nice quality race cars were destroyed last night due to poor track prep. On the last restart of the sprint feature only 12 cars took the green. The 12G of Gurley started 13 and finished 5th and only passed 2 cars. 6 of the cars starting in top 10 went into the trailer in pieces. A lot of low budget racers lost a lot of money last night and we still have a lot of races left. Brandon Mattox had a tire issue on his trailer enroute to the track last night. I stopped and give him a spare and I'm sure this morning he's wishing I would have drove on past and waved.

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8/19/13, 11:00 AM	#49 Re: VCS/Danville updates
racefan20 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,072	Same thing happened when they ran MOWA and non-wing early this spring. Track was not ready, hot laps turned into a dust cloud, rewater/work, an hour later they were back on the track. Then a half hour break at 10:30. Maybe they need some advice on track prep and eliminate the down time. __________________ John Hoover “To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus

8/19/13, 1:54 AM	#45 Re: VCS/Danville updates
Hotshoe65s Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329	Sorry guys but the support classes were not the issue. They ran their races in a reasonable manner. The same cannot be said for that sprint feature. The sprints and track prep were the reasons the night took so long. Posted via Mobile Device

8/19/13, 9:44 AM	#48
kcarm92 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,241	When sprint car feature started they had already started losing their crowd. Sunday night school starting no need to not start on time. And yes dustin support classes (tin tops ) was not the problem. Posted via Mobile Device