Huset's, Indiana
 

I know this isn't South Dakota Open Wheel, so I figured I'd post on the next best place for non-wing and midget info. Matt Wood said ticket sales were (very poor) for the Huset's event coming up. Is the registration list following that same trend also, or is it looking like the teams will support the event even if the fans don't? Anyone know?

Probably travel distance and prices. 125 for camping for 3 nights for nothing and if you wanna get crazy, 250 With electric hookup. Ticket price for 3 nights per person is 125-135. Not complaining, maybe it’s one of the factors. The purse money has to come from somewhere

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I didn"t spend that much doing midget or sprint week ;)

Maybe it’s because of the time of year, after most kids missed most of the school year last year they are all back in school full time now. I would love to go but I don’t want to have my kids miss school already when they just got back in.

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The price for camping would make me think twice, Thats pricey for no hookups.

The 10 hour trip would make it a costly trip. I get 8-9 MPG when pulling my 20 feet camper lol

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I really want this race to succeed. I can see myself attending in the future. However, for me, attending an event this year with a large crowd in South Dakota is a not an option. While this view may be in the minority, I would imagine that other people have the same concern.

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I bet it's well attended and well represented in cars. Just it will be last minute decisions by many. Unlike events that are well established. Ton of people, You say Chili Bowl, Or Kings royal or World and they say, "Take my money"

The Mopar Million was doable for me being two to three hours from home. At that point Earl wasn't charging for camping. I had to be there. that was a 110 dollar pit pass seventeen years ago

Get a diesel.

We are making a week long vacation out of it. Going to visit the sights of SD early in the week then make our way back east to hit up the three night race. Agree it’s a long haul for fans and drivers. We hope it’s successful!!

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They must have Ice Cream on the flyer :)

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You didn’t spend 120$ in tix to do all of IMW or ISW? Did you get in free some nites? If you live in Indiana I would assume your lodging costs were relatively low as well.
This may be a one and done event in a part of the country that many of us may only get to see once in a lifetime. 200,000$ purse for 3 nites. The money needs to come from somewhere. It’s 20 hours from my house out there and I’m not gonna ***** about the cost. If you can’t go that’s ok, but don’t compare it to ISW or IMW. Be thankful there is a grand event like this for non wing racing. Not everything non wing has to happen in a three hour radius INDY.

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It's hilarious .. post after post on here saying non-wing purses are too low and something needs to be done. We have a great guy in Matt Wood scheduling a big show that pays like a big WoO show and then it's "I'm not paying those prices" even though the prices are pretty much the same as Smackdown tickets. Priceless.

I will be at Huset's supporting it.

If you don't like the camping prices at the track the RV Park at Grand Falls Casino is eight miles from the track and is $35 a night. (605) 582-7243

Another option is Big Sioux Recreation Area prices there are $15 a night for tent and $26 a night with electric hookup. It's a whole .9 miles from the track. (605) 582-7243

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While some of this is true, What your not getting is that many people have used up their vacation time or already made plans for something else for a late season event.

You make the decision to go to Chili Bowl or Oval Nationals and most make them Vacation request and reservations ten months ahead. For both of those "THE TICKET PRICE" is a fraction of the cost of doing it all.

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Excuse me Charles but I get it. I choose to work for a living and I don't need lectured on the subject. Tell me if as you say "some of this is true" exactly which part of my post is a lie?

When the schedule came out I chose to use some of my vacation on this new big event. This event was released to the public on 1/13/2021 which would be a little over seven months ago.

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Make a week of racing no sprints but IMCA super nationals is that week.

Matt Wood was promoting the USAC Nationals race several of the days of the Knoxville Nationals in front of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum. When the event was announced, my wife and I considered going, but we decided to wait and see how this first year went. We do not camp (my wife’s idea of camping is a Holiday Inn Express) and in all honesty, we had a little trouble finding information about local places to stay. I did express this to Matt Wood when he asked if we had our tickets to the event as we walked out of the Museum, and he said he needed to include a link to local hotels if he has the event next year. Although we are on a fixed income, I am not opposed to paying a somewhat higher ticket price IF the facility and competition is worth it AND the payout to the racers is higher. Hopefully, Matt Wood gives this event a chance to grow, although it sounds like it may be off to a rough start this year.

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*If* this event succeeds, and I hope it does, then it's going to need the bulk of it's support from fans residing closer than Indiana (or Ohio, in my case). Sure, a big event needs travelers in addition to the locals, but if a promoter is banking on people to make a 10 hour drive in order for his event to be successful, then I doubt it will be. Good luck, Mr. Wood, and thank you- I wish I could make it.

I hate the "fixed income" line people throw around. They use it at the emergency veterinarian all the time. Like, dude, most all of us are on a fixed income.I make X per hour and work 40 hours, no overtime authorized. That's pretty fixed to me

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I think part of the problem is location. We were planning on going, but now am not sure if I will be able. This part of the country is big wing country. It will take time to grow. On the other hand fan and racers say they want more high paying races. Then don't support them and pay what it takes to make it happen. $1500 to start Saturday at Kokomo. That is not bad.

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Coming from Denver area I'll wait and see what the weather holds. If looking not rainy I will go and purchase General Admission tickets/don't mind paying for reserved seating but if it rains out I have to deal with refunds. That could be part of the problem many plan on going but will buy tickets at the gate

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Events like these NEED to succeed for the sport to grow. USAC has had a phenomenal year, and this race should put a big exclamation point on it!
With that said. MAYBE this event should be a pay per view, even for FLO subscribers. I believe (but not a 100% sure) that Dirtvision subscribers pay extra for the Knoxville Nats., So there is no reason this should not be pay per view too.
The bulk of the spectator market is 10 hours away, and a bulk of them barely leave the state. Don't hang me for that, it's true, and that's alright. On the other side of the coin, I would bet a ton of PA fans travel to Knoxville.

Mr Wood stepped out on a BIG limb for this one, and everyone that loves this sport, should support this anyway they can..... And not complain about it. I doubt you'll ever see someone on Hoseheads say that it's too far to go to Knoxville, or the camping is too expensive, or whatever. They make it work because it's the biggest event of the season for them. This race at Husets could someday be the same thing for us because Mr. Wood took this HUGE chance at what is considered by many, the Taj Mahal of short tracks... Hell, I wanna go just to see the place! But if I can't, I would surely hand out $40 to watch it from home!
I'll now go put my eye mask on and stand by the wall.

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All of these deals start out rough. Just ask Kevin Gundaker.

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Maybe somewhere a little more centrally located like Oskaloosa would be better for fans and car count. Not too many non-wing 410’s or their fans anywhere close to Sioux Falls.

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Wish I could go, hope it succeeds
Sparsely populated area, not sure how much support there is for Wingless there, doubt if they've seen much of it. If I was still in Denver, I might give it a shot, but still probably a 12 hr. drive....:11:

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I just checked, 10.5 hrs. driving time.... but a man's gotta eat & pee ;)

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Do what I'm doing, drag a race car with you and you get to camp for free all weekend. You could also tear up a bunch of equipment like I will probably be doing too.:14:

There is a KOA also just off I90 not far from the track as well.

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OK My memory is a little vague, but didn’t the owner that rebranded the track The Badlands have a USAC sprint/midget double header? I thought that the race was a success because he scheduled it for the next year before he took his ball home.

I realize that he was throwing money around at every thing and was using the track as a draw for his pawn/gun range/rock show complex. His opinion on a successful show may differ from most.

Everyone is acting like USAC has never been to this track which is not true.

Me and a buddy are making the trip from Tri State Speedway. It's a big event. Find a way to make it work.😃

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That event in 2016 was two-straight nights of Non-Wing/Wing Sprint Car doubleheaders. Both nights were USAC non-points, special event races. That is the only time USAC Sprint Cars have been there. Chad Boespflug won both nights.

The only time midgets have raced at Huset's was 1996. Kenny Irwin Jr. was the winner.

Make sure you bring your credit card,in case it's needed.🙄

I thought the Same. Do you remember what it paid?

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$10,000 to win on night one. $50,000 to win on night two.

It was minimum $1,000 to start each night.

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Thanks for the correction. Some of the cobwebs are being moved away. I believe that the owner said that he was pleased with the weekend and it was going to return the next year as a USAC sprint/midget double header. When he said that, I remember thinking that needed to be on my calendar for the next year because I wanted to go watch the midgets.

However, when the November elections (on payday loans reform) went against him, he shut down all of his operations.

Interesting thread. First I have to applaud Mr Wood for taking on such a big project. When it was first announced I was totally in. Considering what we’re getting and the payout I feel the prices are absolutely worth it. We seem to be talking a lot about the sprint cars but remember this is a double header with the midgets. I’m of the opinion that this track will race better wingless than it does with wings and should be awesome for midgets. The facility is as good as it gets so I’m led to believe, it looks that way on TV. Unfortunately due to circumstances out of my control, it’s just not possible this year. I hope it’s successful enough that the powers to be decide to continue it because I will attend next year if I have the resources in place. It’s a shame that some folks don’t want to travel that far from Indiana, but on the other hand it’s a heck of a lot closer for West Coast teams and fans who want to go. For me that’s a fair enough trade. The PPV that someone brought up is interesting also. They mentioned Knoxville being PPV. Well that’s true unless you buy the yearly package in which the Nationals are now included. If you pay monthly you have to pay extra. I hope things don’t change with Flo but you never know. Meanwhile back here in the Capital of Wingless Sprint Cars, we have IMO the closest thing we get to a “Nationals” starting tonight at Kokomo. And Saturday there will be tracks running non wing sprints against it. If we can’t come together on tracks about 2 hours apart for a marquee event, I pretty much feel we’re counting on race fans from other states to make it a success

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It has been said in the past that tracks scheduling against Kokomo are attracting cars that would not have gone to Kokomo anyway. Any truth to that?

I'd agree with that,one might say it's about choices where one chooses to race.

I’ve used this analogy before but I think it bares repeating. The world 100 is one of the biggest dirt track races in the world because a lot of tracks shut down so their fans and racers could go. And the racers who didn’t want to try to race went as fans. Now it’s not so much that way anymore but the race is established as the biggest event at ELDORA and probably in the top 3 dirt track races in the world. Here in the non wing meca, we complain that there’s a 20k to win race that interferes with the locals.