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Hope this rain doesn't cancel shows again this weekend it's not looking good.:15:

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No it doesnt..and it stinks..but on the bright side hopefully mother nature is getting this all out of her system..have a long summer ahead of us and a lot of racing to come :)

Tyler

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It will.;)

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I hate to say it but you are probably right on with this call.

Jerry #66j
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With the rain we received today along with what was already on the ground, I certainly don't see how any of the dirt tracks could be running this weekend. Also, they are calling for more later in the week so that might just end that conversation period.

I feel for the farmers who now must worry:( about another short growing season this year. The farm fields are flooded so it will be some time until they can get in the fields and work them. Just means higher prices at the store.:7:

No worries here in Lawrenceburg, we are suppose to get rain all week, but Saturday is looking great! See ya at the races this weekend.

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:910: <--- Dave. :D

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We should be accustomed to April rainouts. By my (informal) count the last two years, on local dirt tracks we ran only 6 of 20 scheduled Sprint Car races in 2011 and 8 of 17 in 2012. I think the best part of that is calls are made early and several tracks have the text message alerts.

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WOW

Jerry

Looking forward to a super heavy, tacky track, Dave! I'll put 30 tearoffs on if I need to! Look for me in the Brown's Oil Service, Brad Penn Oil, Dragon Racing Fuels, Buffalo Wings & Rings, American Racer, among my other great supporters, Sweat Auto Center, #1SAC, inferno orange, Maxim, Gaerte.

J.T. Stapp

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A little common sense goes a long way. Nothing we can do about mother nature when she sets her mind on something.

Jerry #66j
stida.com/HalfMoon

It's Tuesday kids... And since when do we have so much faith in the Indiana weatherman?

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I've taken Friday off work and am hoping to make my first visit to Bloomington and Haubstadt this weekend. I drove a thousand miles and made it to three days of racing last weekend. Don't let me down Hoosiers!

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I dont know about south of us but last week we got a deluge up here in grant county..and today was about the same..i know not all parts of the state have gotten the rain and hopefully this week they are wrong..I wanna be at a dirt track!

Tyler

How soaked is grant county? I'm betting its like a soaked sponge according to wunderground.com.

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I think Haubstadt is looking pretty good right now. I hear Levi throwing a wing on the Jack Rogers machine for this show. Wondering if any other locals gonna be bold enuf try to add wing and attempt to make show.

As of now Saturday looks good for Haubstadt. Sunny with a high around 60. Ya it's wings but I'll take what I can get with the weather we've been having. And if anyone can get a track into shape it's Tommy and crew.

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Start Building the ARK. Take a look at the Radar and whats coming.

Everyone stay safe. Weds night and thurs storms have a moderate risk of severe weather includes most of indiana.

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I'm still heading that way on Friday...

Any recommendations on tracks in Illinois or Southwest of Bloomington that I can go to?

Dirt is preferred, but I'm not a snob, I can watch late models, mods or wings.

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Sorry man. I didnt read this post until after I had already made the thread about levi. Should be a great race.

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Not a prob..........Talked to Jack Rogers earlier this week and he said Levi is super-psyched about running with the Outlaws!

Storm looks like its heading North east... sure hope.

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Tomorrow night is what I'm worried about. If it does what there calling for I'm a doubter for this weekend unfortunately.

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sat nite'll be a wee-nipper but dry lads

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I had a whale of trouble getting any time off the last two seasons and with more pull this year I was able to get the last three Fridays off. Not a single one worked out.
I didn't even consider asking about this Friday. That means you are safe at least for Friday, as the racing is sure to go on if I'm not headed that way. :)

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Haubstadt is suposse to get rain Thursday and it should be out of here by midnight Sure wish Outlaws still took the wangs off

Looked at the radar and I hope everyone is safe and sound. Looks pretty dicey north of Indy and along the Illinois /Indianapolis state line right now.

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With the amount of rain we have gotten in central IL, I'm worried Jacksonville and Terre Haute might be cancelled NEXT weekend.

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It looks pretty bad on the weather channel. They said there is a "PDS" warning in western and central Indiana including Indianapolis up torwards Fort Wayne. They say its a warning for a potentially dangerous situation. Crazy weather that's for sure.

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I just before noon dumped 4.4 inches from my rain gauge only holds 5". An it is still raining looks like it has another 1/2" already. We live 30 miles northeast of St.Louis.

Dave Dobbs

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I get concerned about bad storms but my goodness gracious the Weather Channel hypes this stuff hoping to freak you out. A bimbo last night said "everybody should be scared in this area," I guess because the gov. can't protect us from bad weather. We have had a great day here in Evansville with no rain and little wind. That may change later but Haubstadt will be a big, fat "GO" Sat. night. What does come is out of here by midnight so there will be two days for the parking lot to dry. Paducah still looks good, too, so far for Friday night. If you listen to the weather people like they're gods you'd be scared to drink a beer outside in the lawn 80% of the time. Keep in mind that the two things that generate TV ratings are blood and fear and there has been way to much blood this week between Boston and Texas.

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best pray for rain then mr. stapp, tracks been dry as a bone both nights, but the ra:47:cing has been great none the less

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Burg wasn't dry either night, Just had 40mph winds blowing on it all day and 40 sprint cars pounding it.

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I'll trade you.
Tonights forecast:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Minneapolis, MN

Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 2:58 PM CDT
Updated Apr 18, 2013, 7:50pm CDT

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY.

* TIMING: A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... AND RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

I am soooo sick of winter!!


steiny
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I'll be really surprised if any track in Indiana or Illinois gets there show in this weekend. I just don't see it happening way to much rain and as of 01:44 on Friday morning it's still steady rain i'm a doubter STUPID RAIN!!!

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burg is sealed over, rain to be out by noon friday. Im betting he has to water it some.

Don't know about Eldora, Know last week they called it. We'll see what happens.

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Hopefully Putnamville was smart enough to seal it over since the owner has a dirt construction bussiness you would think he would have a clue but I doubt it. The cool temps won't help dry any thing out much but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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Not bragging, Just saying we got lucky, Rain only lasted about three hours in greater cincy area and is gone Eldora got a bit more but I know they got a lot more than us tuesday before the front backed up.

Hope everyone is safe.
Chuck, who says racing is secondary to everyone being safe.

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The best way to miss the "April" showers is to start racing in March and take April off.

Remember: "It don't rain in Indiana in the Summer time!!"

Honest Dad himself:6::6: