Paragon Speedway Midget Week 6/3 Thursday
 

USAC Midget Week arrives at Paragon Speedway Thursday, June 4

USAC Midgets and Sprints

Pit Gate opens 4pm
Pit Admission $35/10 and under $15

Main Gate opens 5pm
General Admission $30/10 and under free

And here is some answers to FAQ.

1) NO seat marking until the gates open at 5pm. You may line your chairs or blankets on the outside of the gate.
2) Yes, there is camping available. Please camp in the lot across the street from track entrance.
3) Coolers are permitted, but NO glass bottles.
4) We have a full concession stand: cheeseburgers, hotdogs, fries, etc.
5)You may camp Wednesday and Thursday nights if needed.
6) You may bring your own beer into the main grandstand area.
7) Tickets are onsale now at www.tracpass.com
8) Tickets will also be sold at the gate the day of the race.

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Engine heat 615pm
Hot Laps 630pm

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Midget Week has finally arrived.

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Will the sprint car part of this evenings show be shown on Flo?

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I doubt it since their not a USAC show

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I doubt it since its not a USAC sprint car race

Dirtdraft shows 29 cars on their list of drivers so that’s good enough. Usually the support class if unsanctioned is shown on Flo, so I would expect the sprint cars to be broadcast as well

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Dam story of my life WRONG AGAIN LOL

Jim, You weren’t wrong !
You were just mistaken!

They typically broadcast entire program on flo so I’ll bet you’ll see sprint cars too

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Thanks to all who replied.

Looks like 35 speedcars not sure about the sprints

They have said 27 sprints and 35 midgets. Wheel packing with sprints right now.

Edit: NO POPCORN....😭

Those midget qualifying laps were brutal.

Grader and tiller, please.

Damn Jim, I’m glad you were Mistaken, Wow what a sprint car feature!! 🏁🏁🏁✌️

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When I was a kid and they ran double diamonds and mickey T tires. They almost always started the night on a track like that. It took awhile but the features were very good. Im not a big fan of perfect race tracks and Id of loved to have been there tonight for that.

Those were 2 of the most entertaining features we have seen in a long time!! Hats off to Spiker & crew for working hard on the track after all the rain we had. Excellent way to kick of IMW2K21🏁🏁🏁

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All I can say about both features is WOW!!! A BIG THANK YOU to Joe Spiker and crew for the hard work for us to even have a race tonight :8: :9: :6:

Mother Nature had obviously dumped a lot of moisture on the track in the last day or so. To the untrained eye, it may have looked like Indiana Midget Week might get off to a slow start. Many times that is the case with Midget or Sprint Weeks. It takes a few races to get the momentum going.

But, if you've been around this old joint for any amount of time, you know one of the best scenarios you can arrive to is a wet, heavy track that has to be reclaimed from the elements. Much like Bloomington, at Paragon a bad track early usually means a great track late. And vise versa.

Hot laps were nearly impossible. For the heats, you could see the track coming around, but passing wasn't easy. Especially for sprints. When the midget B Main was ran, you could see that the stage was going to be set nicely, come feature time.

The Sprint feature would have Logan Seavey taking over in the last half of the race. There would be a yellow with 9 to go. AJ Hopkins, who had started I think 14th, sat in 4th. Seavey took off after the green flew again, but AJ quickly moved into second, but Logan had opened up another nice sized lead by the time he did. Over the next nine laps, the crowd would be wowed, as Hopkins chased Seavey down, got him on the white flag lap and sailed home with the victory. It had been a thrilling race and the bar had been set very high for the USAC Midgets, who were set to take the stage next.

Cannon McIntosh would take the lead from Justin Grant on the second lap and lead throughout. But Grant didn't give up easily and made many runs at McIntosh throughout the first 2/3 of the race. Thomas Meseraull was on the move, from his sixth row starting position and you just knew, when he passed Grant for second with less than 10 laps left, that a whole different dynamic had opened up in this race. He caught Cannon and put an enormous amount of pressure on him, especially in the last 5 laps. Then, in the last turn, on the last lap, McIntosh bobbled and TMez seized the opportunity and beat him back to the flagstand, to pull victory from the jaws of defeat!!

So, after a slow start, we finished with 2 features that just brought the house down! Paragon Speedway really laid the gauntlet down for the rest of the Midget Week tracks that follow. That's going to a tough program to top. If we have one or more of those tracks that can beat the show we saw tonight, then we will be very lucky race fans. And I hope like hell that happens.

Jerry

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Since they are charging $30 adult admission,are the midgets racing for more than the normal $3,000 to win and $275 to start ?

The big check in victory lane said $4000

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I am still down, so only watched on FLO. Thought the track crew did a great job getting the track in shape. it was perfect for the feature.

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Great race!
Did anyone else notice the shout out to Funkmeister?

And not the first time I think most of races Pat does I’ve heard that.