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Usac Announces Schedule Enhancements
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7/30/10 4:47 PM
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racefan20
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Well i guess sitting out in Az you wouldnt see a schedule enhancement. I've been to the SC races at PIR, if it was supported it would still be running. Glad they rescheduled THAT and Toledo might be interesting.
Actually John, right now I am sitting in Oswego not Arizona and was certainly looking forward to next weeks race. Don't get me wrong I am glad to see THAT rescheduled and Toledo added for the owners and drivers sake, cost effectively I hate to see them lose a race for any reason. However, I feel USAC dropped the ball on the Oswego race, they say they knew right after last years race that Kasey did not want to promote a race this year. They went ahead an scheduled a race for Oswego this year, if I am not mistaken the USAC schedule came out in Dec. last year that gave them basically 8 months to find someone to promote the race. I have mentioned on here a number of times since getting to Oswego that USAC returning to Oswego was the best kept secret out there. It is the same thing when they come to the Phoenix area, you see virtually no press until the day of or possibly the day before an event.
Last years race at Oswego drew about 8,000 people between the granstands and pit admissions, at least that is the figure I have heard circulating around Oswego. USAC cancelled this years race without even as much as a reason being given, the cancellation was buried in this schedule enhancement announcement. IMO if USAC had secured the funding to pull this race at Oswego off, then rescheduled THAT and added Toledo that would have been an enchancement. Cancelling a race isn't an enhancement espically a race that was so successful last year. I guess you could say one enchancement for the teams is they won't have to travel as far to Toledo as Oswego.
I love the Silver Crown Cars and am surely bummed they are not coming to Oswego next week!
Patti
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