Must be something in the water in Danville as it has gone belly up again.
Got word that their season is done finshed, over, endded, Kaput!

D.O, When I went to ILL sprintweek last year and only about 500 in the stands, I knew that Sprint Car racing hadn't taken hold in the area. Not saying the racers didn't like it or there weren't enough of them. VCS carried the highest average for most of the year in car count.

Its a shame too, good track that can put on some great racing.
Chuck

They only ran sprint cars once for Ill Sprintweek this year

Did some phone work and the deal is the current promoter has races left on contract with fairgrounds to fill and is talking with some other people to full fill those events. So sounds like Pierces are done as the promoters but looking for somebody to take it over.

So that's the deal and more to come later I hope.

Maybe somebody will step in and return Sprint cars to VCS on a regular deal.?



John that is true aboutt this year but last year they did have a bit of a series and VCS did have the highest car count the day before Midgetweek opened.
Danville has been hard hit with locals losing jobs and having no dollars so it's a hard deal to make happen.

I think that a Sunday Sprint Mod and Tin show starting at 3 or 4 in the afternoon with a quick track rework after heat races would maybe work. That would allow Indiana fans a chance to get hope early even with the time change. Just thinking out loud.

DID Dave Allison take over the track

Sad, sad, sad! I remember when Illinois was a real hotbed for the sprint cars. What's happened anyway?

It seems like VCS was working out pretty good until Spiker left for Putnamville. I'm sure it was a good decision for him personally, and I don't begrudge him for that. With VCS down and Jacksonville back to winged sprints, it doesn't leave us Land of Lincolnites many options. On the bright side we still have POWRi and two dirt miles for the SC.

The new promoter didn't run sprints enough times to allow them to help him succeed. Quite a few sprinters and a decent crowd showed up for Illinois Sprint Week.

Jerry