Originally Posted by Pine:
Grizzley, it depends on what you want to see. Since I come from PA. I like going to Indiana for the smaller tracks, because its mostly, big, fast, half miler's here at home. I usually do the first weekend, Gas City, Lawrenceburg and Kokomo.
Gas City..Hit or miss on track condition's, but USUALLY alot of action.
Lawrenceburg..My favorite..A little speed, a little action, alotta beer.
Kokomo...One word..AWESOME
Terre Haute.. turned into your typical, big, fast, dry, half mile. But with O'Conner's preping the track, it could be a three cushion track, one low, one middle, one high. Can't wait to get back there to find out.
Brownstown..Typical Late Model track. For sprint cars it slicks off from top to bottom. Best race of Sprint Week last year, if ya like sprint cars at 45 MPH.
Bloomington..So I don't offend the homies, Ill just say, after warm-ups, there is more RED CLAY in the parkinglot than on the track..BLACK BLACK BLACK..Sprint cars at 25 MPH
Habstaudt..Again one word...AWESOME
Thats my take on things, But you really can't go wrong doing either end of Sprint Week. GREAT people, GREAT times...Have fun..
I agree almost completely with Pine. I heard that Gas City got much better the end of the year, so the chances of a good track may be better. Personally, Lawrenceburg is not my favorite because of the usual lack of a lot of passing, but they go fast and some people love the place. Kokomo just has to be seen, it is wonderful. I thought that Terre Haute got much better with each race after the O'conners started preparing the track. I think that this year it will be back as one of the great tracks of America, despite what daylight savings time has done for Indiana racing. Brownstown was exciting last year. Bloomington, 'nuff said. Haubstadt, again, just a great track.
Last year Twin Cities (North Vernon) had a race the day before Terre Haute. Looked like a pretty good crowd to me, so I expect they will have it again this year. I had a good time there last year.
Don't know how flexible your schedule is, but you may want to consider starting with Kokomo and ending with Terre Haute or Brownstown, depending on how may days you can take. The HUGE problem with that is that you miss Haubstadt, however. There really is no good answer for just one of the two weekends.
If I could only go to 3, it would be Kokomo on Saturday, July 9 (track prep O'Conners); Terre Haute on Wednesday July 13 (track prep O'Conners); and Haubstadt on July 16 (track prep by the legend, Tom Helfrich). If you are from Indiana or somewhere fairly close, you might be able to do something like that.