I shouldn't have included anything about the St. Louis deal because all I'm looking for is information as to whether the Du Quoin event is still in the mix or if it's dead.

With that said, since I regretfully opened the can of worms I'll reluctantly respond. Given that the St. Louis deal wasn't scheduled directly against Du Quoin last year, as it had been the previous 2 years, we checked into attending the St. Louis show last year after learning the midgets were added. The tickets, lodging and parking for one night would amount to about double what it would cost us to attend Du Quoin for the same time period. That's not factoring in the traffic and parking inconvenience and aggravation. The two destinations are about the same distance (4 hours) for us. We've attended all but one indoor midget event ever run at Du Quoin going all the way back to the days when the the POWRi guys and gals raced in the Southern Illinois Center during the fair on the Friday and Saturday nights prior to the Silver Crown and ARCA races on the Mile so we pretty well know what we're talking about in regards to attending an indoor event at DQ.

It always has been generally a sure thing that the racing program in the Southern Illinois Center will be very good, and well run. Even if the costs were similar we're inclined to choose the sure thing over the unknown every time. Having hit some of the downtown St. Louis drinking establishments after attending many Cardinal's baseball games over the years we know for sure it's substantially cheaper to toss a couple back at a neighborhood watering hole in Du Quoin as opposed to downtown St. Louis.