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With the USAC Eastern Storm swing less than a month away, wondering who all will be coming in and if we will have any surprises this year?

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Any word if Susquehanna Speedway Park was added for June 6th yet?
Was told they were working on a race for that date.

As far as I know, Grandview has a rain date for the 6th of June.

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Are any Wingers gonna take it off and run

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OllllllO That's cool!! :)

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All guess's:

Marks
Moody (who now has a 410 ride but idk what car he'll run)
Sell should as he grew up running non-wing
Mackison
Monteith
Bitner
Storre

That is all I could imagine.

I would say Marks and Monteith Could run at Grandview but won't miss points at the grove Friday and Lincoln on Saturday. But I could see Bitner, Storre, and Moody running the whole swing.

There could be more locals to run.

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Thanks, it's a jeep thing.

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eastern sprinkle is more like it..... 4 races spread that far apart ...what a joke...think USAC could have put something a lil better together:3:

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Looks like a decent tour this year. High quality support classes at most tracks. ARDC midgets at Grandview and Port Royal, New Egypt's big block modifieds plus a great show at Big Diamond should make for some exciting racing. The big disappointment is that more of the locals don't sack it up and shed their wings and defend the local turf.

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I am flying over from England for the Eastern storm, looking forward to going to some new tracks.

I have been to Grandview before ( About 10 years ago) but the other tracks will all be new to me.

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I've got a post up on the Grove forum to see what locals will run with USAC. Still a bit miffed that Lincoln's not on the schedule! I'll only get to Port Royal this year, but that should be an awesome show!

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Kyle Moody is confirmed in the 175 Sprinter for all but the Lernerville race.

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I would love to see Steve Buckwalter run the USAC shows out east....he has a good 410 ride, kicks serious butt in the midget, and will probably already be on hand when ARDC is also on the card....

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bump

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Mark Smith has been running wing less in Indiana for the last 2 weeks so I'm sure he will race. Marks is a ?? at this point. URC rookie Dan Mazy told me his wants to run all 4 eastern races. My ???? is who, what drivers from Indiana and beyond are comming east??

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I love it ! under location, dreaming of a wingless PA, me too. :27:

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We can only hope that some day that will happen. :6:

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Dan you know there regs will be out there Stanbrough, Gardner, Darland, Ballou, East, Hines, Windom, Hunter, Clauson,Shuman, Hoffman Car, Gulick, Thomas Jr., Stockon, & others, You'll get some of Indiana's finest for a week, I mean USAC's finest haha, Don't know if Coons or Wes Mac are going to make it out, I know Wes Mac is running the WOO show @Kokomo that Tuesday....Come on Berks Co get with it

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I don't think the tracks want them. That is why I quit going out there. The fans are great but I think the tracks are afraid people might like what they see.

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It's just not a question of the local's just "shedding" the wing and running. Quite a few changes have to be done to the car mechanically as well as purchasing different parts for the car that are not utilized in the teams normal wing operation. These include longer front axles, different wheel offsets, torsion bars, sway bar option, completely different tires, and even shock packages. Easily over two thousand bucks invested to run a couple of races, where in which the guys who don't make the proper changes usually end up upside down in the fence during qualifying.

If promoters actually promoted these days they would help out some local guys with the expense. Brian Montieth helped pack Lincoln two years ago by "taking off the wing".

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I agree, look at Lincoln the last two years it was completely terrible. We fans here in PA love it when USAC/Indianas finest come in and put on a show for us but its ridiculous the track that they are provided.

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I'm sorry, but I think it was more than just Monteith that made the fans come out.

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Went last year and had a blast. Finally got to tracks that I had only read about. Sure wish Port Royal had ran. Most of the tracks were dry/slick in my opinion. The neat thing was that every feature was a 40 lapper. So in a way, it made up for the dry/slick condition. The crowds were very surprising for a mid week racing, and could not have been any nicer. Well, except the a-hole who parked his van with a LOUD generator by our tent.

I wont be able to make it this year due to work, but my brother isn't letting that keep him from going!

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Oppweld needs a dose of reality when he asks "why the PA locals don't sack up"............perhaps it is the same reason that the Outlaws were at ran in Indiana on monday....paying more to take the green than 2nd pays in a local show and the combined payoff for 1st and 2nd was more than an entire Indiana local sprint purse.........the only guy who "sacked up" was Robert Balloiu......1 only 1........we generally get more than 1 to sack up as you say..........Fans who live in glass houses should never throw stones.

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Looks like they need Greg Staab back. :10:

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Glad to see Mark Smith coming to Indiana to get ready for the eastern storm. I guess he have to be the lone representative of the top tier posse teams.

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Moody out of the #175. The Kid's kid Billy Pauch Jr is in for BigD. He has some non wing, midget, experience and he does know the track.

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Well that didn't last long!

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Oppweld..........we will have more locals take the green in your beloved non-wing USAC 4 race eastern storm........than you will see local Indiana drivers at a WoO or All Star race ALL SEASON. Face it no one really wants to cross over any more because the real drivers who could actually do both are mostly either to old to want to do it or retired.

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While Im sure some changes need made at most tracks, Splain to me please how Stevie Smith Jr. Did nothing other than take the wings off and ran second at the Mopar Million?

Also name me the PA Winged Racer thats made either Nascar or the Indy 500? Lots of USACer's in the Napcar series.
The fans might just want to see the future!

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Jerry will be there! :6:

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Back when this race occured we thought that the wing guys had a better line at Eldora. They didnt back it in they tried to keep it straighter thus scrubbing off less speed. If you noticed more than a few wing guys have done well there against USAC. Duncan and Brecht are good examples. I always wondered why the USAC guys never tried this but maybe we were just full of it. it seems logical though.

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kyle moody has a prior commitment on friday at trail-way that is why billy jr is in the car...kyle will run the other races

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D@mn Gene got your panties in a bunch, and your wrong there were 2 John Memmer was the other, Chase Stockon and Briscoe will through the wing on when they come here and Wes Mac is running with them at Kokomo next week, I pretty sure it's easier to take the wing off then to put one on & the wings hardly ever run here 1 time in 2011 and only 3 times this year and thats WOO & All Stars combine. The Posse makes such a big deal when the Outlaws come to town about protecting your turf and winning why not do it when little ol USAC comes to town with some non-wingers

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thanks for clearing that up billw i was worried about that :3:

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And its a good thing for Montieth he ran over the 18 going into three, because if not, he would have ended up in the pond outside 3 and 4. Instead, he busted his a**, "inside" the track.

And Rahmer helped pack Grandview too. But after hot laps, with the track fast and 16 year old kids blowing by him, they loaded....."Rahmer"....."AND"....."the car"...... in the trailer and headed for the shop. I heard Rahmer's a** didn't unpucker from the seat until about 10 mile down the road....:3:..

Charlie, sure the top wing driver's can compete on the big fast tracks where straighter is faster. Let's see Haud or Little Smitty throw it in at Kokomo, Bloomington or Haubstadt. I bet it would be a different story !!!!

And Brandon, back in the day, USAC "DID" get beat when they came into Central PA...."WITHOUT" the wing !!!!!! :39:

(censored word detected) what the ......;)

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plus....stevie admitted to a major stagger change....so the "just took the wings off" theory isnt entirely true....and do you really think with his dad as a crew chief thats all they "really" did? i dont.
IMO.....its all about buying a bunch of stuff....tires included....that they MAY only get to use 4 times a season.....doesnt make financial sense for a lot of these guys to "change over"

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2011 highlights, first up Lincoln Speedway!

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2011 New Egypt highlights!

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Haud has his fair share of non wing wins.

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Well, Haud didn't have much trouble throw'n it in the corners at Chico last year during the USAC portion of the Gold Cup,he set quick time and ran 2nd in the feature on a very tacky race track.