Originally Posted by coondog:
There is such a difference between the way you drive the two tracks. Eldora is bad fast, and I really struggled there for a long time and a lot of respect for the place. But when both tracks are on the fence, Eldora you run with the right rear hung out against the cushion, working the throttle. When Belleville is on the cushion, you are spending most of your time staring directly at the guardrail and turning left, wide open. I wasn't at the WoO show, so I can't say anything about it. I have seen 305 and 360 sprints run there. I know with less HP, they can't always run as high, but they generally aren't right against the guardrail like the midgets. Maybe the WoO cars were. Wing cars don't tend to throw the dirt up the track as much as non wing cars. I, along with plenty others, have been pushing for Silver Crown cars to get to Belleville. I do not think non wing sprint cars belong at Belleville. I stay in touch with the fairboard and I know they really want to build Belleville back. So keep that weekend open. I'm thinkin it will good
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I did attend the WoO race this year, plus I've been to a couple of All Star shows there in conjunction with the midget nats, and if memory serves, the winged 410s run ALMOST as high as the midgets, but not quite. I don't recall seeing any of the sprints running up against the rail. Incidentally, in checking the Highbanks web site, there's a 3.2 seconds difference in track records between sprints and midgets: 14.258 compared to 17.500.