Originally Posted by ossuks:
Best racing days to me are the very few that have a.m. activity. I love a.m. hot laps at Springfield! Back in the day the Hoosier 100, Winchester, and others would start hot laps as early as 9 a.m. Hard to beat a cool fall a.m. with the smell of racing in the air.
Saturday 9a.m. HL-Midgets, Sprints
9:30 Quals.
10:15 Track prep
11:00 HL Wings, SC
12:00 Quals
1:00 Open pits to spectators, have a big cook out, charge spectators for food and drivers eat free and have a big autograph party, probably even sell a sponsor. Clear pit at ?
6:pm Heats Midget
6:30 Sprint Heats
7:15 Wings Heats
8:00 Semis
8:30 Track prep and Pre race
9 :30 Midget Feature
9:50 Sprint
10:20 wings
10:50 SC
Couldn't agree with this any more. Eldora is a very special place and the 4-Crown was always an event we enjoyed going to, but the addition of winged sprints, in addition to the fact we get a well used up track and a feature ran so late we don't make it back to the shop until 5 in the morning is why you haven't seen our car back in 2 years. We'd like to return, but i do not personally like qualifying on Friday with all the extra expenses. Let's get it figured out and we will return with a hotrod in tow.
Actually, in the very beginning of the 4 Crown they ran the old USAC Stock Car division along with the midgets, sprints & Silver Crown. The USAC Stock Cars were part of the 4 Crown in 1981. '82 & 83. At that point USAC dropped the stock car division and replaced it with the dirt late models which was part of the 4 Crown until 1995. 1996 was the first year for UMP modifieds as part of the 4 Crown.
Here's what the stock cars looked like at the 4 Crown in 1983.
Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
Originally Posted by ISF:
Actually, in the very beginning of the 4 Crown they ran the old USAC Stock Car division along with the midgets, sprints & Silver Crown. The USAC Stock Cars were part of the 4 Crown in 1981. '82 & 83. At that point USAC dropped the stock car division and replaced it with the dirt late models which was part of the 4 Crown until 1995. 1996 was the first year for UMP modifieds as part of the 4 Crown.
Here's what the stock cars looked like at the 4 Crown in 1983.
Agree 100% we use to have a Kit Car in the family that ran the USAC shows with..Sure miss more of the big cars on the dirt..Glad ARCA still has a couple.. Nothing more fun that seeing a Superbird on the dirt.
Originally Posted by ISF:
Actually, in the very beginning of the 4 Crown they ran the old USAC Stock Car division along with the midgets, sprints & Silver Crown. The USAC Stock Cars were part of the 4 Crown in 1981. '82 & 83. At that point USAC dropped the stock car division and replaced it with the dirt late models which was part of the 4 Crown until 1995. 1996 was the first year for UMP modifieds as part of the 4 Crown.
Here's what the stock cars looked like at the 4 Crown in 1983.
