Originally Posted by Nate:
I would say no to the expansion of Indiana Sprint Week. It's already a very strenuous and expensive set of races for teams and drivers, especially the low budget teams. I'm speaking for myself here but I know if you added another week of races I would support them but only as far as my bank account would take me and only as long as my boss would let me take time off work. I'm sure I'm not the only one in that boat.
That said, something I miss is the old Border Wars event that ran at Gas City on Friday night and Eldora on Saturday night which has since been replaced by the Lets Race Two weekend.
So my idea, instead of lengthening ISW, how about a Border Wars Week at another point in the season? Could incorporate tracks on both sides of the state lines of Ohio and Indiana. Tracks like Montpelier, Gas City, Route 44, Limaland, Waynesfield or Eldora for instance are all pretty close to each other in the grand scheme of things. If the week format didn't work out then maybe two straight weekends? One in Indiana and one in Ohio?
I'm just spit-balling here but I don't think it sounds like an absolutely horrible idea. Any of those tracks are close enough you'd only need 1 hotel room in each state, you'd have a good mix of track types and I think you could draw a decent number of cars if the scheduling was right although I'm not sure who would sanction the races.
I don't necessarily mean another non-wing week but maybe a wing week with non-wing sprints on the same card at the same track on the same night maybe in Mid-September.
Here is another thought that would be cool to see Indiana dirt track promoters come together on. There are approximately 15 dirt tracks in Indiana not including Baer Field & Thunder Valley in Salem. Just my opinion that it would be cool to see a mini series in Indiana with 410 Wing Sprints, 410 Non-Wing Sprints, Midgets, & Modifieds on that same card. Now the series would do 1 race at each dirt track during the year except when USAC is at a track in the state or at Eldora. Now if wing sprints don't work may try Late Models that way fans of both get the best of both worlds.
Bloomington - Brownstown - Chandler - Daugherty - Gas City - Kokomo - Lawrenceburg - Lincoln Park - Montpelier - Paragon - Plymouth - Shadyhill - Terre Haute - Tri-State - Twin Cities.