Weekly mini sprint races?
 

Are there any tracks in the Indiana area that have mini sprints on their weekly line ups?

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Bakersfield Raceway Park on the east side of Linton Indiana has I think 5 different classes of minis every Friday night.1/5 mile dirt oval on highway54.
Bakersfieldraceway.com Hope this helps.

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Waynesfield Raceway Park in Waynesfield, Ohio (close to Eldora,) runs weekly 1000's.

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Bakersfield in Linton runs the micro (sidewinder) sprints, and non wing upright 600's. The only other track in Indiana that runs weekly is Thunder Valley Speedway in Salem, IN. They run weekly winged 600 uprights.

www.thundervalleyracing.net

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Miami County Speedway (or is it Raceway, I forget) in Peru runs weekly with several different classes

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anyone run outlaw 1000's we have a gsxr1000 with a 1070kit and are looking for somewhere to race every weekend.We'll race with any one who will let us.
Nick

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Logansport also races weekly mini sprints on sat. Peru is also sat.
Bakersfield/Linton is ran on Fridays. Check with Bakersfield about the 1000cc class. I cant remember if the run 1000's there or not.

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they will if any show up. just dont want to travel somewhere and nobody to race with.seat time is nice though

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they will if any show up. just sucks to travel somewhere and nobody to race with.Thinkin real serious bout purchasing 600 engine so we can pretty much go anywhere.

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I would go with the 600cc. There are plenty of places to race and plenty of cars. I also think the 600's are faster on the smaller tracks like Linton, Peru. You also have a few tracks in Illinois to choose from. Good Luck!

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If I were you I would either keep the 1000 upright or sell the car and get a 600 micro (sidewinder). The 600 uprights are drying up at Linton. They had 1 upright at Linton on Friday and 3 last Friday. They don't race uprights at Miami County or US 24 Speedway. Thunder Valley in Salem race the uprights but I can't find results to see how many but they don't run mini sprints every week.

If you keep your upright, the MMSA looks like your best option of racing with a competitive field. However, I believe you have to run a stock 1000 cc (if I remember correctly).

You have a lot more choices of where to race weekly in Indiana and Illinois if you race a 600 micro plus you can run wing and non-wing at most places.

Maybe this will help, maybe not.

Thanks,

Jason

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Call me dumb but, whats an "upright'?

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Joe,

From my perspective, the entire terminology for small sprint type cars needs an overhaul. Here is my take on the how it is now in Indiana and most of the midwest (at least in my opinion).

Micro sprints are 600 (up to 636 in outlaw or open class) cc powered cars with the motorcycle engine offset to the left of the driver with specific chassis built for this class. These cars are ran wing and non-wing weekly at Bakersfield, US24 Speedway and Miami County Speedway in Indiana. There are quite a few tracks in Illinois that run the same classes. This class of cars generally run 10" wheels. In this class, the driver sits with his or her legs beside the engine and more parallel with the bottom rail of the chassis. Sometimes these cars are referred to as sidewinders, modified midgets, and some will refer to them as mini sprints as well.

To me, mini sprint are full midget style chassis cars with 13" wheels that either run 600cc, 1000cc, or 1200cc motorcycle engines with the engine directly in front of the driver. The driver sits just like a midget driver in a more "upright" position compared to a micro sprint. Of the 3 previous mentioned tracks in Indiana, only Bakersfield runs the mini sprint class in non-wing. Thunder Valley Raceway in Salem runs the mini sprint class with the wings.

I forgot the mention the AMSA in the earlier post and I believe they run 1200cc engines with wings in that travelling series.

Probably clear as mud now. Sorry for the long post.

Thanks,

Jason