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IMS and USAC knocked it out of the park! Great event tonight, can only imagine it will be even better tomorrow!

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Going on Thur. to IMS. Watched on speedshift Weds. track looked really well prepared. Great racing all over the track high ,low, or in the middle. Plenty of passing. 4 wide all night. Can't wait to see in person.:6::8:

If they fix the slick spot in the middle of 1-2 it’s going to be bedlam type racing! The heats were great with wonderful back and forth racing!

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It took them awhile to get up to the top of the track but when they did it got pretty good. There were alot of yellows but frankly some of those guys were out of their league. Track was great. Good job Reese.

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Ditto all the above comments. You all need to get there tonight.

I listened to the race on the USAC app and I heard the announcer ask the crowd to sit down because people couldn’t see the track. Was he referring to the spectators in the infield grandstand or in the third turn?
It sounded like the racing was great. How was the overall fan experience; parking, concessions etc.?

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[QUOTE=ronmil;501605]I listened to the race on the USAC app and I heard the announcer ask the crowd to sit down because people couldn’t see the track. Was he referring to the spectators in the infield grandstand or in the third turn?
It sounded like the racing was great. How was the overall fan experience; parking, concessions etc.?[/QUOTE


The main(Shaw)grandstand had some folks standing the first few laps of the pursuit race. and few other instances All good after the announcement. The grandstand is really nice and pitched well. But there is always a few that disrespect those behind them. parking no problem shuttles if you want. concessions good little pricey maybe overall very well done.

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
I listened to the race on the USAC app and I heard the announcer ask the crowd to sit down because people couldn’t see the track. Was he referring to the spectators in the infield grandstand or in the third turn?
It sounded like the racing was great. How was the overall fan experience; parking, concessions etc.?

The 3rd turn stands weren't open last night but I thought I saw a couple of people over there, maybe track employees, not sure.
I don't think the view from there will be as bad as some want to think; it is a long way but probably not as far as, say the top row of the Colosseum was from right field the first year the Dodgers were in L.A.. How's that for an obscure reference? I was there and I don't remember anybody complaining. And at IMS they'll have an awesome Jumbotron that you can't see from the Shaw stands. In 1957 if you said the word "Jumbotron" people thought you were talking about a ride at Disneyland...
Once you were there you understood why the non-VIP parking was in the North 40; the pits actually wrapped around over to turns 3-4, so the physical space left over wasn't big enough to accommodate very many cars at all and there were cars parked there, assuming staff, concessionaires, etc (maybe pit parking too). The missus dropped me off at 25th street and I got picked up by a couple of Yellowshirts before I got very far at all, and was deposited right inside the concession area; I saw people being ferried in carts all night long, as well as the shuttles. As is the norm for a Speedway event, very well organized; hope the weather holds off for tonight.

Pouring right now...

Update @ 5:00.

5:55 Rain...

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Originally Posted by Dirtfan:
Pouring right now....

Not looking good at all for Sunday! Supposed to rain through the weekend. We had rain for the Brickyard 400 last year and they ran until dark. They won't have as much daylight this year, so getting started is critical. This is the only taxicab race I attend each year. I keep saying each year is my last, but I keep coming back. I guess it is because it is run on the Greatest Race Course in the World, which makes it hard to resist.
Hope they get the show in tonight. I will be listening on the USAC app!

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any updates on the weather? i wanted to order the PPV but uncertain of the plans...

Originally Posted by rrc:
any updates on the weather? i wanted to order the PPV but uncertain of the plans...

Raining...

Next update @ 7:15,track work planned for an 8:00 start.

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bummer....

I seen a post sling about. Rain date ticket says 9-7

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Planning to have cars on track at 8pm

Mudpacking currently

Hot laps on let’s go racing

Qualifiers Straight to A-Main

How many from each qualifier races?any idea how they will get it all narrowed down with shortened time frame?

Passing points.

So they'll just tally everyone's points ,then just take the top so many to fill the feature grid?

Originally Posted by trannyman:
So they'll just tally everyone's points ,then just take the top so many to fill the feature grid?

That's the way I understand it.

Ok,thanks.I'm trying to keep up with race monitor.it'd be cool if somehow they could have results that showed start/finish results.

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Final top 5

Brady Bacon
Chad Boat
KTJ
Sunshine
Christopher Bell

What a race!

Thanks so much to IMS for putting on this spectacular event. The weather forced their hand & with a curfew, they did what they had to do & gave us one hellofa race.

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As I write this after getting 2 hours sleep. I am headed for work. I am hoping to go to Gas City tonight. Yes. I will be tired , and a little grouchy. I thought this was a great event. Things didn't work out perfect, but it rained. Adjustments had to be made. Track was neat. Things were set up well for the fans. Great job by all involved. Congrats to Brady Bacon. It was avery good race.

Last night was something the most all local short track fans have been asking for for as long as I can remember. This event had been discussed and mulled over too many times to count. Like everything the Indianapolis Motor Speedway does, the facility was second to none and the Track was the perfect size and shape! When this race was announced I was super excited! They busted their ass to get the show in last night after it POURED DOWN RAIN for a little over an hour! Walking in when they said they were going to start running I was very skeptical, but they made quick work of packing the track in and getting the show on the road!

Thank you to the O’Connors for building a great track!
Thank you to Doug Boles who facilitated bringing this event to life! Thank you to USAC for running what ended up being a very efficient program! And thanks to all the fans who turned out to show everyone that this is something that would thrive as a viable special event racetrack going forward. After seeing the facility, I’m convinced it’s not going anywhere, and now it’s up to all of us to keep the pressure on them to make sure that last night wasn’t the only time we see dirt racing at IMS!

Brady Bacon, Indy winner

...a LITTLE grouchy?
u meant to say ALOT grouchy.

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Caught the PPV thought racing was as good as you could expect without the top coming in and from highlights of Weds seems the track's a hit. I know a ton of people worked very hard to get this done and done right and a big thank you.

Don't know if you ad the same announcers live as the PPV was but that's my only complaint "The Great one hall of famer is a good color man and it usually works well with Chet and others but this combo didn't work. THere was no clear play by play guy. just a bunch of chatter

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Oh and I could also see a HUT Hundred there.

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Last night was, as they say in Oz & New Zealand, "Ipic" (spelling intentional). Hats off to Reese, Levi, Doug and everyone who worked their tails off to get the show in. Shame they couldn't fit in the alphabets but they did what they could do to make sure everyone at least got one race in. Classiest moments of the night; Doug Boles running to every car on the track to shake each driver's hands before they pushed off for the main, and showing some respect for the neighbors by not shooting off the fireworks at 1 AM (Doug: "Give everyone you see in Speedway and the surrounding neighborhoods a hug tomorrow morning; we put them through a lot to get this show in").
Three wide off the corners for the lead for several laps (not counting traffic), everyone on the track absolutely hammer down, and what? One yellow? Given the conditions (heck, even NOT given the conditions), it couldn't have been better. What a show.

IMS would be wise to spend some time over the winter making everything more permanent. The track is fantastic for midgets. Could even run a special event or two in May around the 500 Festivities. You know a track is dedicated when they bring out two big blowers towed by UTV's to help dry the track with all the other heavy equipment. Outstanding effort to fight off two rounds of mother nature.

Despite having to cut out the rest of the mains, it was still a great show. For the record, even if they could of kept running well past the time they did, it started raining again about 35 minutes after the checkered flag.
My only gripe is how tight the temp stands were. I'm not a big guy, but even I couldn't squeeze in very well and was trying not to have my knees in the row in front of me.

Thanks to everyone involved to make this event happen! Let's hope for more in 2019!

Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
Caught the PPV thought racing was as good as you could expect without the top coming in and from highlights of Weds seems the track's a hit. I know a ton of people worked very hard to get this done and done right and a big thank you.

Don't know if you ad the same announcers live as the PPV was but that's my only complaint "The Great one hall of famer is a good color man and it usually works well with Chet and others but this combo didn't work. THere was no clear play by play guy. just a bunch of chatter

Listening on the USAC app thought the play by play was great. How can you not like "he's got that thing woofin' and barkin' on the bottom". Like little color with my race calls!

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Originally Posted by captrat:
Listening on the USAC app thought the play by play was great. How can you not like "he's got that thing woofin' and barkin' on the bottom". Like little color with my race calls!

I didn't say nothing about the color, I said there needs to be more who's in what, In fact, most of the time they were pushing off and lining up, they weren't saying anything.. Reminded me more of the old Chili Bowl Stream with a bunch of oooh's and ahhs and few details.

It is what it was. I enjoyed the stream. But half the cars and a quarter of the drivers, I had no idea who was driving.

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
.. Reminded me more of the old Chili Bowl Stream with a bunch of oooh's and ahhs and few details.

Still the same today on the ppv Charles. You'd think that as big as the CB is, and as much exposure as it gets, they might think of getting some announcers that have a clue about National Midget racing..... Not just guys from Texoma.



And yes, Bullring K.O. and myself will gladly volunteer! :31:

I'd do that chili bowl broadcast for free

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Originally Posted by KingRandomUser:
IMS would be wise to spend some time over the winter making everything more permanent. The track is fantastic for midgets. Could even run a special event or two in May around the 500 Festivities. You know a track is dedicated when they bring out two big blowers towed by UTV's to help dry the track with all the other heavy equipment. Outstanding effort to fight off two rounds of mother nature.

Despite having to cut out the rest of the mains, it was still a great show. For the record, even if they could of kept running well past the time they did, it started raining again about 35 minutes after the checkered flag.
My only gripe is how tight the temp stands were. I'm not a big guy, but even I couldn't squeeze in very well and was trying not to have my knees in the row in front of me.

Thanks to everyone involved to make this event happen! Let's hope for more in 2019!

Very good points. I don't think you will see it used in May, as that area is packed on race day, carb day, and legends day with parking. With all the other tracks running big events during the week of Indy, I don't think the Speedway wants to step on any toes. The week of Indy is filled with already filled with really good events.

Looks like a good home for the Hut 100