It will be interesting to see just how much, if any, the dirt late model race over in the America's Center will affect the size of the crowd at Du Quoin this weekend, and vice versa. Since nothing else is going on in the racing world these December days scheduling against each other might hurt one or the other, or both more than during the traditional racing season. The races are just just 1 1/2 hours apart.

We thought about going to St. Louis for Thursday and Friday night and heading over to Du Quoin Saturday but have decided against it. We'll just be going to Du Quoin.