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The mowing is done, the weedeaters are silent, the touch-up paint is dry, the track is ready, the concession stands are stocked, and yes, the beer is cold!

USAC and The Amsoil Sprint Car National Championship and Ford Focus Cars are heading to Lincoln Park Speedway for "The Night Before The Brickyard"!

Join us for an incredible night of Sprint Car Racing!

Following the UMP Modified feature on Saturday night, an invitation only 12-lap race will be held with a minimum $1,025 at stake in a winner-take-all, "King of the Hill" race. The top-10 in the Indiana Sprintweek standings are eligible for the race and may choose if they would like to run the race or sit out. However, the temptation of an extra $1,000-plus should bring out the competitor in all the drivers.

Fans can vote for their favorite Sprint Car Drivers by dropping a cash donation in the Amsoil Cans behind the main grandstands. The "voting" will determine the line-up for the "King Of The Hill" 12 lap race!

Also competing with the USAC National Sprint Series will be the always exciting UMP Modifieds, UMP Super Stocks and Bombers.

General admission is $20 with kids 10-and-under admitted free. Pit gates open at 3 p.m. with the main gates opening at 4:30 p.m., hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.

More details at www.thenightbeforethebrickyard.com.


So come out to beautiful downtown Putnamville, Indiana, and see some awesome racing!

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I've been looking forward for this show ever since Brad announced that it had been confirmed. A great big event. On a big racing week. At a track that a couple of years ago, most people had left for dead. I for one am thankful Joe Spiker decided to make this investment!!

Jerry

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I may have missed it but is there going to be a live internet feed from Putnamville tonight?

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mills facebook said no word on the live feed yet

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i heard there was around 30 in the pits

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Hopefully there will be, if not, anyone doing text updates?

I'd be there if I wasn't ill today... :7:

I'm here today. Appears to be a little over 30 cars
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Just got here. Modifies hot lapping now.
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Single car quals tonight!!!!!!!!
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26 cars

Originally Posted by Amzie:
Single car quals tonight!!!!!!!!
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yeah!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Gee2:
I may have missed it but is there going to be a live internet feed from Putnamville tonight?

There's a TORC race on the feed right now. Maybe afterwards?

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Pretty mean storms came through central IL a while ago. I hope it doesn't make it to LPS.

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USAClive Damion Gardner sets Fast Time over Coons Darland Jones Clayton Hmiel Clarke Gaines Stanbrough East

Originally Posted by SpfldMile:
Pretty mean storms came through central IL a while ago. I hope it doesn't make it to LPS.

I'm sure we'll be ok. Only something like seventeen classes of cars here tonight b
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heat 1 result hollinsworth east gardner jones holtzclaw clark robbins jc bland

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USAClive Hunter Schuerenberg wins Heat 2 over Clauson Clayton Hines Gaines...Windom Coons Sciscoe. Wissmiller DNS

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heat 3 dd js hmeil bland jr cramer williams christian olsen

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uniffical first 3 rows in A main JS hmeil clayton jones dd damion

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Storms hitting Terre Haute

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Storm comming in fast.

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If anyone over there sees my red can coolie, it left my deck doing about 60mph this afternoon. It should be there about now.

I thought I was being funny but I guess they're running every class at a time. Sprints then mods then super stocks now bombers. Glad they're not trying to get in the usac race for everyone that made a special trip here to see it. I only drove 4 hours to get here but I'm sure some drove more than that. What a joke. Rain looks close on the radar.
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rain is less than a hour away!!!, hope they get this in and its gonna be a live feed

Apparently you're at a different track than I am. They are really hurrying the show along. There's a lot of regular fans here to see the support series and not just the sprints.
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Well they better hurry!

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b main transfer clarke coons windom 38p olson williams

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Originally Posted by ByronMack:
Apparently you're at a different track than I am. They are really hurrying the show along. There's a lot of regular fans here to see the support series and not just the sprints.
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Yeah but they are paying a pretty penny to have USAC there so its financially smarter to get the USAC feature done, the other classes will be back next week.

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Originally Posted by coachmeece:
b main transfer clarke coons windom 38p olson williams

Thx Coach - how are you getting the updates so fast?

Glad to see Ricky made it - any idea where he starts the A?

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rach and jason at race

ricky will not start in the top 10 just had top 10

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carsbeing pushed off for A

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top 10 to start should be 53 hmeil 92 20 39 71 69 67 21x 5

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yellow for williams bc hunter cramer hines all involved nothin major

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my starting line up was off lol
Gaines & Hmiel on front row then Clayton Jones Darland Gardner Coons Clarke Stanbrough East Hines Cramer Hollingsworth Schuerenberg Bland,Jr

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12 to go gaines dd jones clayton damion

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coons spins lap 20 10 to go 21x 39 20 92 71 53

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gaines wins than DD levi hollingsworth clayton js

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Way to Go Dickie Gaines :22:

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Awesome! Hearing Dickie won just made my day. It's a shame that because we are in a buy a ride era in USAC that shoes like Dickie Gaines, Shane Hollingsworth, Casey Shuman, Kent Christian and even sometimes Dave Darland are on the sidelines.

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If it rains there like it did at Macon, you'll need a life vest. Congrats to Dickie, tough to beat there.

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Congrats Dickie

Where is the rain...still not here you stay at home weather people
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Originally Posted by coachmeece:
heat 1 result hollinsworth east gardner jones holtzclaw clark robbins jc bland

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USAClive Hunter Schuerenberg wins Heat 2 over Clauson Clayton Hines Gaines...Windom Coons Sciscoe. Wissmiller DNS

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heat 3 dd js hmeil bland jr cramer williams christian olsen

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uniffical first 3 rows in A main JS hmeil clayton jones dd damion

Any word rain out rain delay feature over whats going on ? :8:

Congrats to Dickie on another win at lps. Also a shout out to Joe Spiker and crew for hurrying everything along and beating the weather.
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Congrats to DD and the 39 team on a pair of 2nd place finishes tonight Go Dave Darland!

That a boy GAINES! Thanks to all involved. GREAT show tonight.
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Originally Posted by ByronMack:
Congrats to Dickie on another win at lps. Also a shout out to Joe Spiker and crew for hurrying everything along and beating the weather.
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Agree....The king of the hill race could have been done better and the donations went where? I was a little suprised to see people who didn't even run ISW on the boxes? What was promoted was not what I saw!

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A great night of USAC racing. I noticed nobody posted the fact that all the USAC races were over by 9:20. And all those classes that everybody worried about finished at 10:45.
So congrats to all the LPS crew that ran a total of 5 classes.
For those who left almost half the crowd was still there for the final feature.

King of the Hill ? yes that was a disapointment. Gaines and Hollingsworth were added because the have LPS feature wins.
The money that was collected for driver votes was added to Jon Stanbrough's winnings, Winner take all.
Yes it could of been better but not bad for something that was a wild idea 2 weeks ago. Next time will be better sorry.

I was surprised that many of the USAC ISW points guys chose to go home instead of race. I saw something in racers that I thought I would never see. Packing up and going home. So much for the story about how racers would race for anything, anytime.

Also tonight showed that fans should not believe there phones radar. Some lighting to the north and not a drop. But it was close.

As far as the live feed tonight, USAC had their off road stuff up live. Dean taped and hoped to feed the feature at least but the stream was featuring something else.

Yes it was hot as hell for a while and USAC put the mods out first to bring the track in. Most seemed to think that was the right idea as single car quals were sweet. USAC even gave the guys a lap before the green. Normally it's green coming off of turn 4.

Car count most thought would be in the mid 30's so that was a surprise as well.

How about Dickie Gaines, 5th win at LPS this plus being USAC too. Good job by a low dollar team against the big boys !! Congrats!

Thanks to Jon Stanbrough & Brad & Steve Fox for being 'King of the Hill'

Bottom line is a good night of racing at LPS.

Thanks to all who came.
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Second and third finishers in King of Hill split 109 dollars from fan votes with the 21X team collecting a whopping 52 bucks. But who's complaining. Seein some of the best in the biz run an extra 15 laps. Not this guy.
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Unfortunately I had to split after the mod b main. What was disapointing about the king of the hill race? Not many cars or what? I'm interested to know who stayed. I will say I had my doubts about the night but the track came in great and they definitely moved things along.well worth the trip!
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yes the track did a good job of running things off. the rain i heard was just north of the track. we ran into heavy rain for about 50 miles just north of Indy. good to see Dickie Gaines win a big one!