Fun on a Saturday night at....LPS?
 

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Yep.

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Hmmmm...Seems to me that Vermilion County Speedway started out the exact same way at the beginning of the year. I think I'll just sit along the sidelines and wait for the other shoe to drop. And I believe it will.......:24:

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Another fine example of writing! Please keep them coming.

And Bill keep fighting the good fight!

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mmmm--- sounds like someone is a little bit bitter ---
another first post with know name
you may be sitting along the sidelines a long time. The rest of us will be at lps. :23: :23:

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And that it might, sir (or madame). You remind me that I should have added that, in deals like these, often something is lost when something else is gained. Sad to say, for now, Vermilion County has lost, but we shall see as you say. You have to remember that I'm looking at this from a purely Hoosier perspective. LPS has been a part of the Saturday night/open wheel/Hoosier scene for too long to let it go away. My buddy Dave and I had planned on going to VCS earlier this year and it didn't work out. From what little I know, it appears that Mr. Spiker acted right away to make a move that he's been wanting to make for some time. Perhaps having both tracks spread the man too thin. Perhaps another will step forward.

No matter what the circumstances, a race track that is closed should not be celebrated. For our cousins in Illinois, let's hope that VCS stays open for a long time to come.

(Paging Mr. Spiker, etc.)

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I would just like to say that everyone, from the guy who took my money at the pit gate to the lady who paid me at the end of the night was just as polite and curtious as they could be. Every oficial and all the staff that ran the show was super nice. I also thought it was neat how the pit oficial came and told us we were next up. :6:

Thanks to all the push truck drivers too, they worked hard all night.

The track itself needs someone to work it that knows what there doing. This is a fun place to race.

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Dave its been neglected so long that its gonna take awhile to fix. I think if by the middle of next year that surface is going to be a lot better than it is now, at least I hope so!

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I think we all hope its in better shape next year, keep up the good work joe

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as far as the track goes the sat they pushed the tires up and every one ran the top in the track was nice they just moved them back down a little to late for the mod feature it was slick. I think if they did that again move the tires up for sprints and mods on hot laps and back down for super stocks and bombers. but thats my opinion

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According to at least one poster on this board, sitting along the sidelines is what led to the shutdown of VCS. I intend to do my part to keep LPS operating. I've been there the past four weeks and have seen not only many improvements in the operation, but some good racing. It's a dirt track. If you want pavement, go to Salem or Winchester. I'm only sitting in the stands, but it appears that the track is getting better each week. It certainly was racy last week with the 57 coming from the back to the front. I guess he was able to negotiate the wall..er, cushion better than most. They'll get it. We drove the 150 miles RT to Danville several times earlier this year. Come on over and enjoy the last part of the season at LPS. :23:

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DARN IT! So many IOW posters have mentioned positive things about the "new and improved" version of LPS in various threads that I am just gonna have to drag my tired old carcass out of my rocking chair and hitchhike my way over there.
:6:

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Danny, Thanks for the article... It was great talking with everybody on Saturday... One comment from the night that still makes me chuckle... Folks, I am the largest chemo patient Danny Burton has ever seen. :3: Unlike so many, I can handle the raw truth... Danny, I'm just fat. :3:

Take care my friend.

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No. LPS will not be getting any of my money. SCORA has 2 more non-points races scheduled at Kamp in Boswell. I believe that we will be racing there instead. We (our racing team) supported LPS every week for several years, driving the 2 hours each way. VCS is an easy 45 minute tow from our home base in (many should be able to figure out the driver after this one!) Ludlow, Illinois. Perhaps some of you out there that raced on a weekly basis at VCS and attended the drivers meetings can verify this to be the truth: Joe Spiker, to the very end, lied to us at every opportunity. Even the last week (rain out), they guaranteed that racing would continue the next week. When LPS was purchased, Joe said in the drivers meeting that "absolutely nothing will change. We are behind VCS 100%". From that point, it took 3 weeks for VCS to move to Sunday, then chaining the gates shut. I honestly hope that Joe will go far with his dream track in his backyard. I just don't see many of the VCS regulars supporting LPS after the treatment we got from Spiker Promotions. For us, Paragon seems much more inviting.

BTW, I am not hiding behind anonymous posts. My name is Bill and I have been with the #72 car from Ludlow, IL since the mid '80's. If you see us at a track near you (won't be LPS though!), please come and say hi. Would love to talk!

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WE ALL KNOW AL THOMAS & SON. GREAT FOLKS.KNEW THEM FROM MY OLD PIT STEWART DAYS BACK IN THE 80s - 90s.I THINK MAYBE JOE JUST GOT TO MUCH ON HIS PLATE.GIVE HIM A CHANCE .

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It was one of the highlites of the summer in the sprint car capitol , finially meeting MR, Bill Gardner. Thank you Bill for a great site. Bob and Monica.

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Agreed. I think Bill was a bit overwhelmed by meeting everybody at once!

Where was everyone sitting? Also, was Butch Wilkerson there? I thought I saw him top of grandstands down by turn 4, but not sure, was kinda in a hurry going to restroom to make room for more beer. lol
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Bill,we were there also, would have really enjoyed visiting with you. Hopefully next time.

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The conversation that inspired part of the article took place near turn one.

I didn't see Butch. He may have gone to Twin Cities, a shorter drive for him.

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Hey Racefan20,
I took the great big piece of mud clod that got shoved up in my radiator and set it out in the sun all week long, I got the idea today to water it and see how long it would take to penetrate all the way to the center and fall apart, kind of like what they do to the track on race day. Its been 5 hours and the clod is still hard as a brick however the outer layer about 1/4 to 1/2" is disolving away. If the track does the same thing(and it does) the moisture never really gets down into it, therefore when we wheel pack it we don't do much more than just roll up the mud into clods similar to how bricks are made.

The track needs someone to work it with a tractor and disc or harrie to get the moisture down into it so it will stay all night long and not "roll up" when we start racing on it. If it gets packed tight while its moist it won't roll up so bad.

Thats my theory anyway, thought I would share it with everybody.

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Point taken. But what really needs to be done to that track cant be done in the week between races. What they do to it in the off season is what I am looking forward to.

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Amen brother