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it was a lot of fun !!!!:)

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

Ive seen videos of them and they look awesome and put on a good show from what I've seen I just thought it was wierd that they would invite them to a place they don't run anywhere close to. Don't get me wrong hopefully this will open the door for some tracks around here to start running them. I would've just thought they would include another class or 2 from around here that's strong also other than just the midgets.

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Im seeing a lot of invites on their page to drivers that don't necessarily have cars and also drivers that aren't on the top 40 list.

So if they don't get their act together You might not even get 40 cars. Yeah its the Chili bowl but them guys work on securing rides for the next year starting the day after it ends and have 11 months to secure something, not six or eight weeks in which owners will say, Yeah I'll run How much you got?

They could get 40+ cars easy worth of T.Q.s lol

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Current extended invitations

MIDGET
Dave Darland
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Kyle Larson
Brady Bacon
Brad Sweet
Bryan Clauson
Rico Abreu
Darren Hagen

OUTLAW KART
Stenhouse
Abreu
Larson

Any word if this will be pay per view

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They are going to demolish Kemper Arena..... :13:

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**NEWEST INVITATIONS**

MIDGETS
Zach Daum

OUTLAW KARTS
Holly Shelton
Max McLaughlin

I'm sure the tqs would show up in plentiful numbers. I don't know much about outlaw karts even coming from a karting background but we got out in 98. Micros are boring from what races I've seen. Surprised they run at ft Wayne, wasted time slot in my opinion. Hopefully this show works out, any racing in winter is better than none. I miss the rca dome- ft Wayne races we ran in karts and tqs in the day.

I think this thing is starting to get some legs!

Thanks for updating us on the invitations extended. Please keep updating on those. Can you also keep us posted on accepted invitations though?

I guess I just don't understand some posts on threads like this. Go if you want go. Don't go if you don't want to. I'm going. If I decide the event wasn't good, I won't go back. I'm out $20, big deal. I saw an event I'd never seen before. A new event that is trying help midget racing can't be bad IMO. It's created a pretty big buzz. It's going to be tried, if it doesn't work, then it doesn't. If an event/race isn't an instant classic, 80% of the people on here want their money back. Guess that's not how my world works.

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The thing that I could not figure out was at Kemper that they had a much larger show floor right next to the one that they raced on. It would have be possible to put a 1/5 th mile track in that hall with no problem?

Honest Dad himself:6::6:

Hell I not a big midget racing fan ( only do the midget indiana sprint week shows ) but I will have to drop off my $ 20 donation to see what might happen at this point in time. Hopefully that it will be a great racing events and I will be able to donate another $20 next year. Have fun and enjoy.

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NEW INVITATIONS

MIDGET
Tracy Hines
Thomas Meseraull
Joey Saldana

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NEW OUTLAW KART INVITATIONS
Kyle Beattie
Jimmy Elledge

Not entirely true. Supercross is held at Lucas oil within a week of Monster Jam

Not entirely true. They have Supercross within a week or 2 of Monster Jam

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I saw on Twitter that Alex Bright has accepted an invitation, but have seen no other accepted invitations to this point. I think it will be a very interesting show, and a racing relief with the onset of winter.

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So, since the IOW PC police have determined that we can no longer question the logistics, timing, or promoters of this event, I guess I will try to join in and have a positive post. ;)

If you have not found them a follow on Twitter, you should follow @indyindoors It is where the invites are being made, and where the invites are being accepted. The invite states that the acceptance has to be made through social media. It also interesting to see a couple of drivers campaigning to get an invite. On their twitter feed they have stated that "There is no set process/rankings for invitations. If you have a driver....make sure we know why they should be in. Anyone is possible." As it was mentioned earlier, some of the invites are for people that do not currently have a ride. It is up to the driver to find a ride, if they accept the invite.

Finally, I want to talk about some of the lessons learned that I observed from Kemper. 1. Since these building are not ventilated well, be very careful on what vehicles that you put on the track. When it came time to rework the track, they brought out this old diesel tractor that put out an enormous about of fumes. The same can be said of some of the old push trucks that they brought out to iron out the track. The air quality was actually worse after they reworked the track than before. 2. Build your track where every space can be a race surface. On Friday night they built a top berm on the track, this just killed the top groove. On Saturday night, they had the track go all the way up to the wall which allowed the second groove a chance. 3. Understand your seating chart. They tried to sell the seats closer to the action at a higher rate because they were closer to the floor. However, the seats that were the most desirable were the ones in the middle of the stands. 4. If you are going to sell tickets based on a seating chart, you have to have ushers. At Kemper, they had two different rates, but no ushers inside policing where people sat. On Friday, I bought the more expensive seats, but then moved to a different section to get a better view. On Saturday, almost everyone bought the cheapest seats in the house and then sat where ever they wanted. 5. Be prepared for down time, with letting the building fumes clear out and the farming the track, it seemed that the Kemper race had more downtime than a normal show. 6. Be prepared for a lot of cautions. It is a small track and there is going to be a lot of contact. 7. Remember everything that makes a good show at the local track. Everything that gets discussed on this board every month should be remembered for the indoor show. This is a new event so you will have some excitement, don't kill it by being an hour late on starting the show. Or if you ever want to have a second race, you have to pay the drivers.

Check their twitter feed. Joey Saldana, Dave Darland, Brady Bacon, Tracy Hines, and Bryan Clauson have all accepted. Stenhouse said he is working on a ride.

We are going because it's a race in December. We can't make DuQuoin this year so we were pretty stoked to see this race added. Every event has to start somewhere so instead of ripping it apart before it even starts, how about we say "thank you" to those responsible for organizing the event.

I'm sure you all will be asking for updates when the time comes....

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My only question was. I see the invites and some accepting going on, But I don't necessarily see drivers with regular rides or their own car. You invite 40 and only get 15 cars to show up, then what happens?

Not being negative. just honestly want to see it come off as advertised.

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There will be no trouble getting 40 cars

If drivers don't except invite or send entry with car owner info in by certain date they will move on to next driver till they have 40 confirmed cars

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MIDGET INVITATION
Alex Bright

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This is in response to some of the questions about the size of the track. I attended the WNBA playoff game game last night and eyeballed the floor. For width, you have the basketball floor, sidelines which are perhaps 4-5 yards to the bleachers, and 7 rows of folding bleachers, each about a yard wide. I don't know how much room the folded bleachers take, but some I have seen don't take up much. This gives (very) roughly a basketball floor plus perhaps 8-10 yards per side. Lengthwise, you have a basketball floor and what looked like 10 yards or so on each end before you reach something stationary. This is very rough, but might give someone more familiar with indoor racing an idea.

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Jen Very well put and spot on. That night if I want updates I'll turn around and ask ya. ;)

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I will definitely be in attendance, will be in for PRI, and what better way to finish out the weekend.

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NEW OUTLAW KART INVITATIONS
Jett Hays
Tommy Brown

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NEXT MIDGET INVITATION
Ryan Newman

Well....maybe he has improved in the 15 plus years since his last dirt midget race. Great dirt Silver Crown driver though.
Did win what I believe was his first midget heat race at the Hoosier Dome. Maybe he will let David Bridges fill in for him again.

Ricky Stenhouse has a ride an has accepted.

Whos selling tickets?

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Ticketmaster starting on October 16th

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MORE INVITES

MIDGET
Michael Pickens

OUTLAW KART
Karsyn Elledge
Ryan Foster

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You should learn the difference between Political Correctness and what those that are trying to keep the bashing (of promoters and thier motives, experience, ability, ect..) down about something we all love are doing. It sounds so stupid when you try to call something PC that isnt.........

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I have a hard time seeing much of the displeasure in some of the posts. I guess the meaning and intent of words must change after you type them. I looked back at all the post from the beginning and if this thread was a conversation with a bunch of my buddies at the racetrack I think we would all still be friends. We are just sharing experiences suggestions and opinions just as if we were face to face having a normal friendly conversation.

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If this takes off maybe someone will take my idea of the Kokodome more seriously. :)

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NEW MIDGET INVITATION
Robert Ballou