Tony Elliott Tribute Race June 21st on MAV TV
 

The Tony Elliott Race for 410 non wing sprints $2000 to win will be Tuesday night June 21st at Plymouth Speedway. The races will be tapped by Ralph Sheheen from National Speed Sport News for MAV TV. Please come out and support the Elliott Family as Cindy Elliott will be promoting Tony's foundation that night. Also will be UMP Mods and Wing Pro Sprints. Gates open at 4 PM Races at 7 Pm.

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Just saw Sara Tarlton the Promoter for Ed Kennedy and ask what it is to win. $2000 to win and $200 to start. Plus your on National tv should be SWEET! And the forecast looks great!

Ralph Sheheen. Forecast says morning showers then clearing off. Sounds good.

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Their track crew did a good job when the WoO was there. With rain coming in they ran a fast show with plenty of passing. Cars coming from the back to the front. I was there last week to see the Mods with Kenny Wallace and was 3 wide racing and very little dust on a 90 plus degree day. They have come a long way in 3 years. And the stands you have to see for yourself. Keep up the Good work Plymouth Crew. We all know it is alot of work with little reward at the end of the day, to give us all an great experience for our passion.

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Just heard D.D., Sunshine and Cottle will be there.

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Just Heard Josh Spencer will be there. Please pass the word for this event.

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Can't wait to see non wing sprints. To bad this is the only time this year. Maybe if the crowd and cars are there, they will look at more. Also on Mav TV will be great to show this midwest talent.

With all the improvements that have been made I think more 410 Non Wing shows would be great to see in the future. I'm certain the teams that come tomorrow will be impressed.

Need an opinion this race or the Ohio sprint week show at Sharon

Plymouth

It depends what you're looking for. Ohio Speedweek is going to have close to 50 sprints. Plus a lot of big names. Kahne, Rico, Larson, Clauson, Dave Blaney and the list goes on.

I'm leaning more towards Plymouth at Ohio speed week right now

Hope the get a good field of cars in both the Sprints and Modifieds.

Is this going to be live coverage on mavtv or is it being taped to be shown at a later date

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It is taped for MAV TV

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Unfortunate only 14 cars showed for a show thats supposed to be taped for television and more importantly in Tony's honor. Surely someone had a schedule in front of them to know USAC is racing out of state this week and Ohio Sprint Week is going on. Bummer

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I never would have said this in the past, but I think there is too much going on right now. It will be thin again this Saturday

What does Ohio Sprint Speedweek have to do with car count for this show? Yes a lot going on with USAC and other tracks/organizations heading into the weekend. We wanted and planned to be there tonight, but our new engine is not quite finished. Tony, was a hero of mine as a kid, raced against him, and he was a friend! Miss Tony!

Leary, Cottle, Sunshine. Good race, the track was perfect.

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I'm really impressed with the changes Plymouth has made.

It takes away some fans I'm sure although I'm sure it's a small number and drivers/cars as well. For instance, this would be a show Bryan Clauson would typically run I think, however he was running (and winning) last night with ASCoC.

As a car owner and I also work a full time job, mid week races are hard to make. Also with USAC going out of town the next day, a lot of teams don't want the risk of a car being destroyed. These two things along with Ohio Speedweek, is the reason for the low car count. Needed to be on a weekend day, and a week where USAC teams aren't traveling. Some day promoters will make sure to check other schedules.

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Sorry I can't let this one go. The word perfect is defined as good as it is possible to be. I don't attend Plymouth every week but I hope this is not as good as it is possible to be there. I don't consider dusty, one groove and not much cushion (ask Tyler Courtney how good of a cushion it had as he threw it up high on the first lap and went from second to around sixth) as perfect. Even Shane Cottle in his post race interview described the track as one groove even though he had fun running the track. Let me say though that the reworked surface from the heat races was a definite improvement but not perfect by any means. Perfect is the surface prepared at places like Haubstadt and Kokomo every time they race. The race was decent with the many sliders providing entertainment but overall passing was at a premium. And for a three division program with two of the divisions having 10 and 14 cars there is no way on a week night when people have to work the next day that the show should run 4 hours and finish after 11 PM.


Bruce Eckel :7:

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I'll default to my usual review of a mid-week race. I pretty much figured going in it would be a low car count. The price of admission was a little higher than what I usually pay, too. But I had nothing to do, and it was a Tuesday Night. I feel like I "got away" with one.

Worth the price, worth the time, and worth seeing the Playground of Power for the first time since the HUGE renovation.

And, while using the facilities, I struck up a conversation with a guy wearing an IOW.com t-shirt. We introduced ourselves. I got to meet Old Coyote.

Under normal circumstances we would have shaken hands, but seeing as we were both standing at the troft..... we had other shaking to do.

We got to speak a little more outside post throw. Yet another good thing to happen on a Tuesday Night.

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Bruce,

to me a "perfect" track is anything but perfect. If your looking for a "perfect" track flip on the boob tube and watch NAPCAR. Yes Sunshine bout flipped it on lap #1 (turn 3) he hit the wall then spent the rest of the night wondering if he was going to bike or make the next turn, he made it back to 3rd like Ray Charles running a marathon. There were multiple sliders some good some dirty, if you don think that was a darn good 14 car feature I'm not sure you can ever be happy.:5:

Rich M

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Rich,

I stated that the race was decent & entertaining but my contention was the word perfect used for the track surface. To me if someone read your first post they would think the surface was excellent & it was not so & I wanted people to realize this. To address your last point it was a good race & yes I can be happy seeing good racing as I go to Kokomo every Sunday! With the many great sprint bullrings in this state I will be happy almost every weekend but it won't be at Plymouth. The facility is nice, the new stands are great, the concessions are good, the people are friendly but the surface is the weak point of the operation. That was my point.

Bruce Eckel

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The track was not "perfect." The field of cars was less than I hoped. The backstretch lights went out before the modified feature.

But somehow I enjoyed the show as much as I have any race this season. I left the place amazed at the changes they've made. The stands give the place a completely new look. No wooden bleachers and instead comfortable seats with plenty of room for fans. I got to see the progress of the PRO Sprints class and also got to see some of Indiana's finest non-wing drivers. Two sprint car features that were over before 10:30.

And like Mike, I left the midweek show thinking I had "got away" with one.

This is a dirt track in Indiana moving forward. If they continue to improve at the rate they are going, maybe some day they'll give Kokomo and Haubstadt a run for their money.

Ok,with all that about the track,does anyone have a run down of all the finishing positions?

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From Plymouth facebook:

410 Sprints Feature results: Leary, Cottle, Courtney, Darland, Thomas, Andretti, Jarrett, McGhee, Goodnight, Irwin, Hanft, Gross, Spencer, Smith

Pro Sprints Feature results: Kevin Atkins, DeVault, Hartman, Eric Saunders, Garrett Saunders, Summers, Swanson, Sanders, Lee, Lakin, Hull

UMP Modifieds Feature results: Sherman, Woodling, Lomax, Allen, Lewis, Jameson, Bitterling, Marshall, Anderson, Hogue, Witt Jr., Hamand, Shilling, Hamstra, Losh, Stremme, Elliott, Allgaier, McKenzie, DeYoung.

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...and it makes you feel a little better when you see a strong Cindy Elliott at the track. I know during the invocation that it was said that the Lord has a special purpose for all of us, and we might not understand what that might be. Not to go against the guy up top, but it would have really been nice if he had waited a few decades before taking Tony. What a heart wrenching deal....

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Thank you to all those who attended the race Tuesday night. It was the only non wing sprint car date on our 2016 schedule, and it was nice to see the teams that came in for the event.

When this event was scheduled, it was penciled in as our annual "Open Wheel Wednesday" show. It was decided Tuesday was a better fit for reasons previously mentioned, notably Speedweek running its easternmost stop as well as USAC heading to the high plains a few days later.

The non wing sprint car count was a few cars less than expected, but again as stated by car owners within this thread a midweek date up here is hard to support despite the desire to be racing. The Shepherd Firearms Pro Sprint class has seen more growth recently, and a new driver will be in the field in a week or two as well. Kevin Atkins turned a qualifying lap of 12.991 in the Pro Sprint, which was around two tenths under the fast time for the non wing cars. The Swan Lake Resort UMP modifieds put on a good show as well, despite a delay for lighting at the beginning and an unfortunate tangle between leaders on the white flag lap.

Mod Note: After winning at Limaland tonight (6/24) Dylan Woodling has gone from winless in his modified career to three (Plymouth and Kokomo) in the last 30 days. And went from fourth to second, and charging, in Tuesday's green white checkered finish at Plymouth.

And a nod to Stevensville "Cigar" Mike. First off, it was great to know you made it to Plymouth!! Wished I had known that on raceday. But it was pretty busy up top. Kalamazoo Speedway's Jason Seltzer and I had a ball calling the event. I agree with you had I a vote I'd have voted that things be different as well. I lost a former father in law and his son my lawyer that awful day as well as a friend to us all in Tony Elliott. Life goes on but never he same.

And thank you to all who have noted the upgrades and efforts of the entire group involved with Plymouth Speedway. While no one is claiming victory, success or anything of the sort, it is encouraging to see positive feedback from fans and racers. Finding the balance in the racing surface is an ongoing challenge, but most will acknowledge our progress in that area. There is much work left to do. It's a fact that the place takes a lot more maintenance the more improvements are made. We have and will keep trying to make the place a little better every time we open the gates.