Originally Posted by JDFAST:
Glad to hear there is some interest.
Oval Nationals is a great event, and it is not likely to be shortened. Ventura would probably never race during the week except for a Friday, but they did for Thursday Night Thunder. But even those awesome races were hard to get a crowd at 5pm
There was thought for a Fall CA sprint week, but there is alot of big races all over CA (Calistoga Vermiel classic 2days, Gold Cup at Chico 4 days, Trophy Cup at Tulare (2), JW Mitchell Classic at Ventura, Turkey Night, Glen Howard to close out the season at Perris. And by this time of the year, some of the budgets have been exhauseted in CA and I'm sure in Indiana too.
I know the fans from out of town would love a sprint week in conjuction with the Oval Nationals, but it would be hard to schedule midweek races in CA.
For car owners, would they prefer a fall or spring sprint week. Would USAC be willing to skip the FL races to save some traveling expenses for the teams, or is that market important to them. If I lived in FL, I sure wouldn't want to see those races go.
Do you guys even think a sprint week is feasible?
It would be cool if they could get some TV and big sponsors, but with Amsoil sponsorship it kinda limits the possibitly for some big sponsors like lucas or slick 50 to cover the costs.
USAC had Lucas as a title sponser before. They did a couple of Lucas Oil Motorsorts Hour from the PAS but for some reason it is all Amsoil now and no more TV