Originally Posted by ISF:
The Du Quoin December 2018 race could have been moved to Friday night due to the 3 night indoor mud taxi race over in St. Louis that was scheduled against Du Quoin both last year and again this year. There is no other reason that comes to mind that presents itself to move it from Saturday to Friday.
There are very few fans and even less drivers who would have to choose one over the other either way but there must be some reason.
Yeah I guess that makes sense but at the same time, I didn't notice any drop off in fans last year. I'm sure there were some that might usually go to Du Quoin just because it was the only racing going on that went to Stl, but I wouldn't think that would be many. The people going to Du Quoin in the 1st place generally were pretty hardcore open wheel fans IMO. And what about the drivers who work during the week and guys who travel for this race?
This just makes it harder for the people who work M-F and actually want to go and DO go every year, to continue to do that. Now i'll have to take a vacation day or not go at all. Maybe i'm wrong but to me scheduling it on a Friday would take away more fans and drivers, than scheduling it against a LM-Mod show. I live 10 minutes from STL and I might go on Friday to the Dome race but there is no question that i'll be in Du Quoin on Saturday.