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Rpracing1 7/6/18 10:10 PM

Feature up next

WardRacing33 7/6/18 10:24 PM

Do you know the lineup?

Rpracing1 7/6/18 10:29 PM

Feature Lineup (30 laps)
Lincoln Park Speedway
USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars
Watch LIVE on the USAC App

70 Jordan Kinser – 69 Kevin Thomas, Jr.
50 Tony DiMattia – 4J A.J. Hopkins
7BC Tyler Courtney – 99 Brady Bacon
21 Carson Short – 3R Kody Swanson
74x Josh Hodges – 30 C.J. Leary
32 Chase Stockon – 28 Brandon Mattox
5B Thomas Meseraull – 2c Tim Creech
4 Justin Grant – 34 Brent Beauchamp
12 Robert Ballou – 5c Colten Cottle
6 Mario Clouser – 36D Dave Darland
5 Chris Windom – 21K Jason McDougal
**52 Isaac Chapple (Provisional)

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reeserx 7/6/18 10:38 PM

Wonder if feature will push before 11:30 or maybe midnight?

superstock30 7/6/18 11:49 PM

Must have been one he!! of a race, got a text from a friend. Lots of guys who started in the back had good finishes.

reeserx 7/7/18 12:09 AM

Ended up being pretty good, Windom needed about 4 or 5 more laps and he would of caught sunshine. Thomas gave one away tonight which is rare for him. He’s one of the best drivers in the country and a mistake like that is not something he usually does.

chastaj 7/7/18 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by reeserx (Post 497554)
Ended up being pretty good, Windom needed about 4 or 5 more laps and he would of caught sunshine. Thomas gave one away tonight which is rare for him. He’s one of the best drivers in the country and a mistake like that is not something he usually does.

Thomas's car was broke from the run in when he lapped Chapple. The left front tire was bouncing like crazy and obviously something let go like a torsion arm, or ??? That's what caused the car to crash, not KTJ. He made no mistake

Al Pierce 7/7/18 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirtfan (Post 497509)
Enjoy Al,don't indulge in too much Primo while you're there.
Spent some time there myself when I was working for Uncle Sam,some things I remember,some I don't Lol.

Primo??? That's Pabst Blue Ribbon with a 75 per cent price increase🍍

reeserx 7/7/18 1:02 AM

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Originally Posted by chastaj (Post 497555)
Thomas's car was broke from the run in when he lapped Chapple. The left front tire was bouncing like crazy and obviously something let go like a torsion arm, or ??? That's what caused the car to crash, not KTJ. He made no mistake

I seen the incident but assumed no damage, I stand corrected if that in fact is true because that makes the most sense

BrentTFunk 7/7/18 8:48 AM

Re: LPS - July 6th & 7th - Bill Gardner Sprintacular
 
Felt bad for Thomas he was really flying. Thought Hopkins and McDougal had strong runs, along with Windom. Glad that Jarret Andretti is ok after hitting cage down on the front stretch wall. Thought the crew did a nice job of bringing the track back, but the wrecker crews are really slow. I think 2 support classes would have been enough, as it was a very late night. Will be back at SprintWeek.

trannyman 7/7/18 1:26 PM

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Originally Posted by chastaj (Post 497555)
Thomas's car was broke from the run in when he lapped Chapple. The left front tire was bouncing like crazy and obviously something let go like a torsion arm, or ??? That's what caused the car to crash, not KTJ. He made no mistake

We were sitting in exit of turn two.There were several of them banging off the cushion right at the exit.Racers are human and maybe it was just a goof.He was in heavy lapped traffic and just maybe threw his line off a little.He came back out for the restart and yes,there was definitely something not right for the remainder of the race.

trackprep 7/7/18 1:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rpracing1 (Post 497534)
A race track should not be able to be in business if they only have access to one ambulance. Sorry.

Ok mr.promotor. Can you tell me how much an ambulance and its crew cost. By your post everything should be redundantly backed up from ice in the concession to the lock on the gate to leave at night. When our ambulance goes to the track the firemen who are also EMTs let us know their initial thoughts whether it will be a transport or not. That way we can call another ambulance to cover for the departing one. The stands are a little trickier and I won't give my view of that but promoters know where I'm coming from. I am very confident LPS has and had another ambulance. Your comment is baseless. And don't try throwing out the
"But it's about safety" because the ambulance was there.

Rpracing1 7/7/18 2:21 PM

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Originally Posted by trackprep (Post 497587)
Ok mr.promotor. Can you tell me how much an ambulance and its crew cost. By your post everything should be redundantly backed up from ice in the concession to the lock on the gate to leave at night. When our ambulance goes to the track the firemen who are also EMTs let us know their initial thoughts whether it will be a transport or not. That way we can call another ambulance to cover for the departing one. The stands are a little trickier and I won't give my view of that but promoters know where I'm coming from. I am very confident LPS has and had another ambulance. Your comment is baseless. And don't try throwing out the
"But it's about safety" because the ambulance was there.

Mr trackprep, You totally missed the point. I think ALL tracks should not operate unless they have 2 ambulances on site. Period. Yes I will gladly pay a few extra bucks to cover that service. It is needed. If LPS did indeed have 2 on site last night well then kudos to them. To many things can happen in this day in age not to have medical onsite coverage constantly.

kdobson 7/7/18 2:35 PM

Right now there are 2 licensed ambulances in Jacksonville Illinois. There is zero chance both will be sitting at the race track at the same time. Trackpreps point is that you deal with circumstances as they exist...not as you wish them to be. Trackprep puts the wheels in motion at our place to deal with the situation. Our rule is bring in the 2nd if the one on site is going to transport. If it isnt we wait. Those decisions can take awhile to be made by the EMTs. If ambulance 1 transports and ambulance 2 is out on a call...we wait for the 20 mins for ambulance 1 to return. Only other option is to close the doors.

kdobson 7/7/18 2:48 PM

Another issue is that events like races are often staffed by ambulance crews that sign up for the extra shift. At one track we operated in a decent sized city the ambulance couldn't get a crew together every week to even be there. Not even one crew.. Let alone 2.

Fortunately the fire dept had high end EMTs and a ton of equipment to deal with it appropriately at the track and would call an on duty ambulance 5 mins away when responding to a wreck if it looked like a possible transport.

Rpracing1 7/7/18 2:54 PM

Understand what you are saying, I just hope and pray that one of my friends or family or anyone for that matter does not need immediate crucial medical attention due to a health matter or even worse , when the ambulance just left the property to transport. Seconds matter. I guess you take your chances with the cards you are dealt.

kdobson 7/7/18 3:00 PM

In our county probably 10,000 people of all ages and ailments live at least a 15 min response time away from the ambulance. I understand your concern but I feel like our fans are safer at our race track than in their own home. We can be to them within a minute. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Its an important issue to discuss from all angles.

tdt636 7/7/18 3:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rpracing1 (Post 497593)
Understand what you are saying, I just hope and pray that one of my friends or family or anyone for that matter does not need immediate crucial medical attention due to a health matter or even worse , when the ambulance just left the property to transport. Seconds matter. I guess you take your chances with the cards you are dealt.

You have obviously never paid attention at LPS. The ambulance never leaves the property to transport. They wait at the gate by 40 for another ambulance to transfer

Rpracing1 7/7/18 3:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tdt636 (Post 497595)
You have obviously never paid attention at LPS. The ambulance never leaves the property to transport. They wait at the gate by 40 for another ambulance to transfer

As I said, Kudos to LPS then!

Avon Open Wheel fan 7/7/18 3:29 PM

There is tracks that have what I call the pretend ambulance it never leaves the property not even licensed to leave. This topic comes up frequently on here and facebook. Bottom line there is no law on tracks operating with a working ambulance. It's up to the fans and drivers to make the decision on coming to any track.

KOP 7/7/18 5:59 PM

Re: LPS - July 6th & 7th - Bill Gardner Sprintacular
 
We interrupt the great ambulance debate to give a huge shout out to Jason McDougal for his podium finish from 23rd in his USAC National sprint car debut! Great job Jason!!!


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