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11/13/08, 5:00 PM   #35
Re: Illinois Sprint Week
Kirk Spridgeon
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Justin,
You're exactly right, but I don't think they're looking for something on the level of Indiana's Sprintweek. Something with a smaller purse that draws good regional racers (and can attract the MSCS-like 40ish cars) can work out for those tracks in Illinois. Really, most of them cannot support a USAC-size event, and USAC really does not need to be spending their time trying to cultivate a week like this in a region they already saturate.

I hope this goes over. It would be good for sprint car racing in Illinois, and it could provide four or five decent-paying shows for those guys who just race sprint cars, while maybe USAC is off somewhere else, preferably with midgets or champ cars, maybe even pavement.