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Just curious to see how many plan to be there, midgets and sprints..I plan on being there regardless of car count since it's the last race for a month at Kokomo but I know as mr.funk would say however Many show up but again Im just curious
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I will most likely be there as Matt is racing the midget. Your favorite Justin Grant is gonna be there too! :2:

Lol we will have to meet up on Sunday
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The " shortbus " clan will be there

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I'll be there

Well we should organize a iow meet n greet then
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I'll be there.

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Is that this weekend? Man hope I have a sick are comp day left :16

I,m passing can,t keep driving up there and not seeing any racing
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I'll be there..:23:

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Just curious here, but why are they not racing the entire month of August? Has it always been that way? I absolutely love that track!

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No, I believe this is the first year they have done this. The reasoniong behind it, is the attendance really drops off after the schools start up in August. Track owner actually saves money instead of losing it!

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Attendance and car count dropped off after school started last year. That doesnt account for the 1st 2 weeks of August but it does for the last 2 weeks. I heard a few of them were going on vacation after this weeks raceso we dont get back 2 of those rainouts :13:

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I think me, the wife and a couple friends will be there. Looking forward to it. Love the midgets they just dont run around here like they used to when I was a kid. And thats not at all saying I dont love those Sprint cars also. LOL. Just being clear on that.:2:

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When does school start in the Kokomo area?

I think most of them start around the 9th. For some strange reason my old high school is starting the 2nd, which is just crazy imo.
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Wow that's awful early isn't it? Here our kids don't start until after labor day and they are done during the second week of June.

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That's the way it was in upstate NY (week afer labor day to June 20 something), where I grew up. August-May is just weird.

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I will be working unable to make it... DANG IT!!!!!!

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let it snow let it snow that is how they make up snow days. start early and hope that we will not go in to june to make up days

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Snow days to make up in the Indiana school distric. :5:

Of course this comes from a guy from Wisconsin!

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There u go Bob:5:

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When I was in high school we got out in late may and didn't start again till AFTER labor day.... no matter how many snow days we had. But, now that the kids are going an extra 5-10 days a year.... they are sooooo much smarter than we are!!!!!!!!:5:

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Why would anyone who owns a race track schedule a vaca in one of the months when your track would be open AND profitable? Not using the off nights to make up rain outs.......:10: How about talking to some businesses and having a different "so&so hardware" night at the races? The extra income would offset the loss of the families with lil kids who don't come out...


ok Johnny....start bashing...

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Well, I can either go to the final two Illinois Sprint Week winged 410 shows, both of which are 30 or fewer miles from my home, or drive 240 miles one way to Kokomo for one night.

See you all at Kokomo.

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No bashing from me, I wish they would add a few back as much as anyone but its not my track to run.

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[QUOTE=REALDEAL;244954]There u go Bob:5:

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When I was in high school we got out in late may and didn't start again till AFTER labor day.... no matter how many snow days we had. But, now that the kids are going an extra 5-10 days a year.... they are sooooo much smarter than we are!!!!!!!!:5:

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Why would anyone who owns a race track schedule a vaca in one of the months when your track would be open AND profitable? Not using the off nights to make up rain outs.......:10: How about talking to some businesses and having a different "so&so hardware" night at the races? The extra income would offset the loss of the families with lil kids who don't come out...


ok Johnny....start bashing...[/QUO

1. Because they can. 2. When do they get a break to spend time with there family?? 3. Does it always have to be about what you want? :)

I thank Kokomo and Gas City for the time they do give us, I use these two as they are our home tracks.

Jerry #66j
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Well i'm not ruling this trip out just yet. Ticket money, no concern, 5 hour ride, no concern since i have Monday off. Concern, gas money.

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in the indpls. area ips and alot of the township schools are now starting a some what year round schedule. i drive for ips and sched. for this year is 9 wks. on and 3 wks. off with 2 mos. off for the summer. their reasoning behind this is that the students actually lose alot of what they have learned with to much time off during the summer. they are still doing the same amount of school days, 180 i believe.

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The people that want the changes are the same people that allowed our country to get were we are, they can not do anything right and now they want to attack the school systems. What a joke.

Jerry #66j