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  #21 7/27/11 8:28 PM
Originally Posted by Dyno Don:
I was there last year and the promoter flat out lied to me.

The show started of great, with qualies and heats. The promoter said the old time cars would not take up track time from the racers, wrong.

After the heats and the semis there was over 90 minutes of down time with no cars on the track, including the old timers.

There was like 30 cars in total and the show did not end until damn near midnight. Cars on the track for driver intros for both series.

I am sorry but, 5 hours to see 30 cars run is out of the question. Unless things change for USAC or other open wheel events I will never go back to Salem.

And, keep in mind I talked to the promoter on the phone and he assured me what happened, would not happen.

Whoa, we will accept criticism, but we have to say something when the facts are so out of line. First of all the races ended before 10:30 not midnight as stated here. The ambulance crew signed out at 10:25 p.m., so the races were probably over at about 10:15. It would take at least 10 minutes for the EMT’s to make their way to the office, turn in their radio and sign out. The order of the program was Must See Racing (MSR) heat races, USAC heat races, MSR Last Chance Race, MSR 30-lap feature and USAC 50-lap feature. A select group of vintage cars were on the track after the MSR Last Change Race to allow the race teams time to prepare for their feature event. If my memory is correct we did do a short autograph session before the feature races, but no way did we have an hour and-a-half of down time with nothing on the track. If I have to choose between making some young kid happy with a prized autograph (and maybe a lifelong race fan) or getting someone home 15 minutes early, I will go with the kid every time. 22 cars answered the call for the MSR sprints last year and 14 for the USAC show.
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