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Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 1/3/24, 7:43 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 7,219
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Home Track

Haubstadt, 140 miles from home. Magic Mile, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, 1/2 mile from home.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 12/26/23, 12:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,981
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Is Non Wing Racing Dying?

I’d be worried except…there has been threats to non wing every year forever it seems. The OP here seems like a lot of national media, trying to create news through rumor and innuendo. Traditional...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/15/23, 4:55 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,984
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Silver Crown dirt car fantasy track

Terre Haute…always seems to rain out and not get rescheduled. Truly though, any dirt half mile big enough to handle them. We need more venues to keep the series viable.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/14/23, 2:15 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 7,095
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: What would it take for USAC to be as big as the WOO?

Money is the key, both at the top of the purse structure but also through the field. Traditional sprint cars thrive on numbers, just look at the crowds that fill tracks for IWS. Fans like heats that...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 7/29/23, 3:27 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,804
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: 31 at Bloomington

Part of the draw of Sprint Week is the large car counts and B main and C mains. 31 is a good number for a normal special show but Sprint Week is the event of the summer and as such the expectation is...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 6/18/23, 8:36 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,300
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Milwaukee Mile Indy Car 2024?

Gateway near St. Louis is an oval and hosts Indy car to great crowds and great racing.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 6/5/23, 7:08 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 9,130
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: TriState

If you’ve never been there and you’re bellyaching on here you are uneducated. Tri-State is usually more than well attended. Last night was unusual in two aspects, one, the track dusted up and got...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/27/23, 10:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,730
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Gas City 5/26

Junking theirs to boost yours is not a good look.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 7:28 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Absolutely, but this is Rose’s 1st rodeo as a...

Absolutely, but this is Rose’s 1st rodeo as a promoter, as far as I know. He needs more rope than one event.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 7:13 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
As long as the race here, I’m relatively happy,...

As long as the race here, I’m relatively happy, my complaint is modified feature first. But, again, I’ll happily be later than I need to be at work if it keeps THAT open
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 7:11 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Happy to say the crowd has picked up, he might,...

Happy to say the crowd has picked up, he might, might break even
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 6:30 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
24 cars.

24 cars.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 6:11 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
My apologies, engine heat at 6:30. There is more...

My apologies, engine heat at 6:30. There is more of a trickle moving into seats.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 5/23/23, 5:56 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 6,516
Posted By SoIllSprinter
For those hoping for a large crowd, being here 10...

For those hoping for a large crowd, being here 10 minutes prior to engine heat…I’m not optimistic. There will have to be a hell of an increased influx of people for this one to make money. 75 in the...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 4/7/23, 7:05 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,125
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Chili Bowl News

To what end? We play the national anthem, that should suffice. Every time one attends an event it doesn’t need to be a nationalistic show piece. And before the “you ain’t American crowd” jumps down...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 4/7/23, 7:01 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 5,125
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Chili Bowl News

Double post
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 12/18/22, 2:53 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,173
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: ELDORA SPEEDWAY - 2023 - $1 MILLION To Win Wing Sprints.

The money for the racers is a great thing. I, like Charles am a bit concerned. Not with one race but with the set up of what is to occur. FLO seems to be the tail wagging the dog here. How will this...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/29/22, 8:36 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 7,710
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: New Xtreme Midget Race Director

Many here predicted USAC’s demise as a result of WoO jumping into the non-wing fray. Once again USAC perseveres.
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/20/22, 1:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,577
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Little Belleville

The patriarch of the Hayes family perished in a plane crash. The family continued ownership until the late seventies when Saad Jabr bought the fairgrounds and promptly ran it into the ground. Big Jim...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/19/22, 11:06 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,577
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Little Belleville

Based on the asking price and the location it will be interesting to see who is interested and what might happen there. Someone asked or mentioned moving the fairgrounds. It is not a publicly owned...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/15/22, 8:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,577
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Little Belleville

The Belle-Claire Fairgrounds are officially for sale. 22 acres including an expo hall and dirt track being sold as is. $2.4 million. I believe we have seen the last of the venerable dirt track. This...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 11/9/22, 11:21 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 13,496
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: When and Where Did You See Your 1st Sprint Car Race

First dirt race spring of 1965, I was born in December of 64 and my daddy owned a modified coupe for 3 or 4 years around the time I was born. The track would have been Turnpike Speedway in Marion,...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 10/2/22, 7:57 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,723
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Paragon Again

I, for one, am tickled Paragon’s season is over. Stops the bellyaching. Some won’t be satisfied until they have two or three tracks left to attend, then they will start threads wondering why so many...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/25/22, 12:11 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 8,040
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Did USAC mess up or does blame go elsewhere?

Interesting discussion. Damned if you do damned if you don’t. USAC, and quite frankly, any sanction are in a no win situation. Every keyboard jockey has an opinion, notwithstanding having zero real...
Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum 9/23/22, 12:43 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,740
Posted By SoIllSprinter
Re: Lincoln Park Speedway

10 and under is about right. Let kids older than that in free and what you will experience is parents using the track as a free babysitter.
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