As the title says if you could only make it to one Gas City show this year, would you go for Midget week or Sprint week?

Thanks

In my opinion I think u would b better to c midget week... Get to c the drivers 2x as a lot of them will pull "double duty"... Also some of the guys won't b here for sprint week... Like Abreu,Tyler Thomas,Ronnie Gardner,Trey Marcham guys from all over the map.. I know there's a bunch I didn't name but u get the point.. Lotta good drivers in Midgets... So my vote to Midget Week! :) still think you'll c lotta 410s show too... Hope this helps...

Gotta love the steep cushion during sprint week, definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat.

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I like midget week because of the double shows. Sprint week is a big happening with great fields of cars. I can't make up my mind so I will be at both.

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You simply can't go wrong with either choice. The only good answer is both. :6:

Well going to make the 2 and half hour trek tonight to see Gas City for the first time. Thanks fellas.

Does anyone have the car count?

I will guess 38 Midgets and 27 Sprints.

If we ever get out of car crashes I might make it and could tell.

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35 sprints at GC tonight or Midget week

41 Midgets.

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Don't worry, They'll still be people griping about something.

41 midgets, 35 sprints...and the best of the best tonight.

Got to love sitting close to the track and getting pelleted with dirt. Can't buy that on tv.

Just saw on live video Chris Bell flipped wildly in turn 3. All I know is Tanner Thorson leads.

...and Thorson wins with Clauson 2nd. BC wins the sprint feature.

It was a good night for my first time at Gas City. Only question I have is that a normal time for them to get done with races. (No complaint just a question)

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Well they're first two this year didn't need a rework.
But 90* and 70odd ground pounders.

Not sure, Even with a rework most times its been 1030-11 when I've gone. Although there have been times when the sun had just set when the feature rolled about 930

I don't think group qualifying saves time or the track either :)
Good count, good crowd, Exactly what GC needs.

Awesome show. That track size is perfect for midgets. Well worth the 3 hour one way drive.
Just wondering how many USAC officals it takes to see an oiled down track. Almost had a huge pile up with the top 5 or so in the midget feature

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Too late now, but Midget Week would be my poison...

Chuck, How does Group Qualifying not save time and the track?! You qualify in your Hot Lap group and get maybe one more lap than you normally would if it was regular hot laps! USAC is putting each car on the clock for 2 laps! They are not doing group quals for the Midgets as they have done in the past. Kokomo and Bloomington have it going on with Group Quals for Sprint Cars! The fairest way to qualify and set your heat race line-ups, hands down!

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Seems like they were running about an hour behind from the get-go (heats started pushing off around 8:30), which prompted me to leave before the features, today being a work day. That being said (speaking as a fan; I may have a different opinion on a night I'm behind the wheel), I generally enjoy single-car quals as it's easier to watch an individual driver, and I think there's a certain amount of drama built into the format, waiting to see if somebody can make a last minute run at quick time. I just couldn't hang last night, and that's strictly on me.
Speaking of format, does USAC not use Raceceivers, or use a different channel than the universal default 454.000? I brought mine to test a new set of earbuds and only heard chatter during the sprint car sessions.

JT, one way that group qualifying could wear out the track more is if there is a yellow flag thrown in the middle of a group session.

Let's say you have 6 cars on the track. You throw the green flag, all 6 cars take the green, 4 cars complete 1 lap and then the 5th car spins in turn 4. Since the yellow waived with only the first 4 cars getting a timed lap (the 5th place car spun, the 6th place car didn't make it to the start/finish line before the yellow) you have to erase that lap for everyone.

You do that because it isn't fair to the 6th place car to receive 1 fewer lap than the others.

And while the car that brought out the caution is being attended to the remaining cars are circling the track waiting for their qualifying session to resume.

I don't go to many USAC races anymore but the last time I was at one where they group qualified I believe they hot lapped everyone first.

At a track like Bloomington where cars enter the track in turn 3 & immediately take the green to begin their qualification run & then exit off the backstretch when their run is complete, single car qualifying puts less laps on the track (3 per car).

jjones752, USAC has their own Raceceiver channel. It is posted in their entry forms at usacracing.com.

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Thanks for the info Sandy. I guess if USAC were that far behind on technology somebody would have been on here bashing them for it....:31:

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Yellows in group qualifying or reds. You also have cars running more grooves. Instead of just pushing the cushion up.

Like someone else said, There is real drama in single car as a fan can see every move, bike and surprise time posted on every car. Laps are announced as they happen instead of after the fact and drivers get aplauses and hoots and holler's for a excellent effort.
No matter how hard you try.

Also, Whats fair for the racer isn't always best for the fans. and watching someone overcome a used up track to post a top five or fast time is a work of art to see.

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I hope the rest of midget week pushes off on time. starting late make it hard to get to work next morning. If they started on time it would not have been so bad...

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Ossuks

MSCS also runs on that channel too. It's channel 1165.