Terre Haute
 

Has anyone heard if there will be races at The Terre Haute action track this year? I sure hope so!

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My feelings are that under current contract and conditions that last years team doesn't plan to go forward. I mean why would you reschedule your last race at a different track? Shame too, because the ARMCO was a huge improvement. HUGE.

I hate to ask but what is Armco? They also moved the race to a track that doesn’t let you bring in a bottle of water. From what I remember THAT was mad about coolers being brought in.🤔

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Originally Posted by PIT CART:
I hate to ask but what is Armco? They also moved the race to a track that doesn’t let you bring in a bottle of water. From what I remember THAT was mad about coolers being brought in.🤔

ARMCO. The new metal guardrails that where put up in the turns

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Originally Posted by PIT CART:
I hate to ask but what is Armco? They also moved the race to a track that doesn’t let you bring in a bottle of water. From what I remember THAT was mad about coolers being brought in.🤔

The Knoxville-like wall in the turns.

Not exactly ARMCO, but it is a loosely used term for guard railings.

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Armco was a steel company that was bought by AK Steel Japan. And now owned by Cleveland Cliffs. They are known mostly for coiled steel which is straightened and stamped into everything from guardrail to body panels for cars to refrigerators. I believe somewhere in the fifties and sixties that Nascar nicknamed metal guardrails ARMCO.

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I have nothing to base this on, other than gut feeling. I think Terre Haute will be back. There is a multi year contract in place, and this promotional group has way too much invested to just walk away. Now if the fair people can just play nice, maybe they wouldn't go through so many promoters.

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
I have nothing to base this on, other than gut feeling. I think Terre Haute will be back. There is a multi year contract in place, and this promotional group has way too much invested to just walk away. Now if the fair people can just play nice, maybe they wouldn't go through so many promoters.

The previous promoter seemed to make it work. I personally would worry more about the loose cannon that’s involved as a promoter now than the fair board. They didn’t sign this contract blindly, none of them. If they did, that’s on them. It’s amazing what some people will do for a title.

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Who is the "loose cannon" you speak of...have the sack to say it :)

Originally Posted by Gene Franckowiak:
Who is the "loose cannon" you speak of...have the sack to say it :)

The sack to say it? No problem at all, Scott Ronk. I got to see the live in person experience at Kokomo several years back.

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I think there is a big difference in
1.
A group who made a investment Walls, Concession, lots of hard work (I give em that) who needs a return almost immediately on that investment to go forward.

2. Than a promotions company that as long as they average more money coming in than going out. Won't break the bank or compound on a negative $$ flow.

Promoters take it in the A$$ from several sides, Fans, Racers, Sanctions, employees, food distributors, Insurance Co's, CITIES or townships or fair boards

. If you can put butts in the seats and $$ in your pocket these days. I salute you.

Everyone is making their home entertainment center . Their leisure palace these days. 80in TV's, Surround sound, Order beer and snacks from the store delivered to their doorstep. What's the itinerary for tonight? NFL? FLO? NHL? Some streaming concert that was held fourty years ago?

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Originally Posted by JMA1181:
The previous promoter seemed to make it work. I personally would worry more about the loose cannon that’s involved as a promoter now than the fair board. They didn’t sign this contract blindly, none of them. If they did, that’s on them. It’s amazing what some people will do for a title.

The previous promoter got blindsided when he was replaced. I thought he did a good job too. If this was an isolated situation, I would agree with you. The fair board has went through how many promoters in the last 40 years? It is a pretty consistent pattern. The article some one posted on here from the Terre Haute paper said many board members don't want the track.

Terre Haute is my all-time favorite track! I'd drive to it just to watch hot laps. I hope peace can be made and racing returns in 2023. We are just getting the place headed in the right direction with the much needed upgrades. If racing returns people need to turn off Flo, and get they're ass in the stands before the place becomes another strip mall.

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Originally Posted by oppweld:
Terre Haute is my all-time favorite track! I'd drive to it just to watch hot laps. I hope peace can be made and racing returns in 2023. We are just getting the place headed in the right direction with the much needed upgrades. If racing returns people need to turn off Flo, and get they're ass in the stands before the place becomes another strip mall.

It is one of my all time favorite tracks to shoot. . . .