Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
I disagree, Old burg was still way to big for em. I'll not go into the not liking Mini's etc. Just to say the only time I seen em I found them exciting was at the Old Portsmouth under the bridge that the front straight and back straight were only 50ft apart. They backed em in, got em sideways, and pulled left fronts if not both there.
Charles
You might think The old L was too big for Mini Sprints, But the Mini Sprints were turning laps as fast or faster than the 410 Sprints that were running there at the same time. Not so at the new track. Big tracks need big Horsepower and big Horsepower cost Big Bucks. If we get the track size down to a 1/4 mile all of a sudden low dollar teams become competitive and car count and crowds will increase.
The day of the V8 Motor is over in the real world, replaced by very efficient smaller 4 and even 3 cylinder motors. When people go to the race track to watch stock cars race they want to see how their car perform at the race track. Nobody but me still drive Crown Vic's and Impala's.
Old L Burg was an example of where track size takes away the horsepower advantage. When little 200 HP Mini Sprints could clock the same times as 800 HP Sprints you can assume it was probably something to do with track size. The new track is great for Sprint Cars and Late model's but finding support classes to also race is a challenge.
Honest Dad himself
