20 wimps missing!
 

First it was half miles, now 3/8 are too big for midgets. Just run weekly at the Expo and call it good!

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I wouldn't go that far but Burg technically is no bigger straights than LPS which had 44?

Its always been a little down from the other shows and last year was over 30. Sat Midget week has at times had both Badger and Powri run against it. Not sure on last night. Weather could have some to do with it. Darland was at Paragon. Thorson looked like he'd gone ten rounds with Tyson so he was out. Bell scouting his Nascar truck ride. So not all 20 are wimps and I wouldn't call anyone who straps in a wimp.

I know one thing,, Having never seen Tyler Thomas in person before. Id say he's vying for a Kunz ride. Fastest guy on the track, ran out of laps.

Big sprints are the only thing worth watching anyways

Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam:
First it was half miles, now 3/8 are too big for midgets. Just run weekly at the Expo and call it good!

You must not fund a team, otherwise you might know the wear big tracks take on motors, cars, and drivers.

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ARDC runs Grove. Big diamond PPMS ,

Chuck, with all do respect, Burg straights are longer than Lincoln Park, lol. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by The Scientist:
Big sprints are the only thing worth watching anyways

Hummmmmm.......

Is this referring to Crown Cars?

Not sure what a Big Sprint is?

:11:

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
ARDC runs Grove. Big diamond PPMS ,

they also run port royal and bedford but ardc struggles to get more than 16-18 cars at those tracks

I agree that throwback was a little harsh, but I remember when midgets ran the miles. One of my earliest memories of midget racing is the hut hundred with 11 rows of three taking the green on the legendary half mile that is the action track. What ever the reason, imo, it's too bad that more don't run the big tracks. Either way, just watched the highlights from the burg, and it looks like it was a hell of a race, once again proving quality usually trumps quantity!

Re: 20 wimps missing!
 

The ones that belonged there showed up. The ones that didn't think they could compete on that surface didn't. Everybody that was there is raving about what a GREAT race it was. Some people can find negative in ANYTHING!!

Jerry

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What some of you may not know is that most of these same cars ran IL speed week 3 days before starting IN midget week with just 3 days off I think some guys have sprint car rides else where and maybe wallets may have been getting thin too But from what I have heard it was a great race

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Everyone knows what they say about opinions! Sorry but anybody who straps in a race car of any type is no wimp! I have said this before that more cars doesn't necessarily make it a better show. I was at Bloomington Friday they had 44 midgets and it was a great show and long because of qualifying. I watched the highlights of the burg midget week show and all the slide jobs and action looked awesome. Big Track, Small Track, 40 cars or 20 cars your at a R A C E T R A C K enjoy yourself and don't sweat the small stuff that's totally out of your control.:6:

How many cars did you show up with? You gotta understand most of us work to pay for our racing. So the almost 8 hour drive over there for us from illinois with a 65% chance of rain just didn't make sense. So before you call us wimps get out your wallet, you wimp and sponsor us and we will be at every race.

Should of offered to pay the "wimps" to come race instead of getting on here and ******** about it. 99% of the time it costs more money to show up and race than it does to sit at home. Honestly people wonder why car counts are dwindling down. If you can't even get some respect from the fans why show up? So next year put your money where your mouth is

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You gotta love the chair jockeys at home running their mouths, but not putting together a car, get sponsors, and pay for everything before you even get to the track!

The best thing that ever happened to any sprint car drivers career in the last 25 years is that I pursued drumming instead of driving.

In other delusional fantasies, I gotta run. My wife Carrie Underwood, needs help with the laundry...

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Originally Posted by JarrettFarms73:
The best thing that ever happened to any sprint car drivers career in the last 25 years is that I pursued drumming instead of driving.

In other delusional fantasies, I gotta run. My wife Carrie Underwood, needs help with the laundry...

Your wife UHMMMM EHHHHHH Tell your wife I can't make our date Friday night ;)

Hey wait a minute!!! The joke was me helping w/ laundry! ... ;)

Thanks for laugh.

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I was there hell of a race






I was there and it was a hell of a race!

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Well I was at the Illinois speed week. I few things I would think about. The tracks are small, but they wind the motors up and hardly let off of them for the whole race. That would have to be a lot of wear on them. All of the nights they had over 40 cars. I would have to think that was a lot of money the teams paid to race 4 nights in a row. The ones that did not make the A main I would think had very high cost each night. Plus they had to be free on weekdays, away from work. Most of the teams are west of Indy, more travel cost to each race. Plus it was not a race ever night. Most time on the road per race days.