Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?

11/29/08, 4:30 PM

Since the new promoters are looking for racers opinions on what to run when, what do you guys think about how often and what night the sprint cars may get a car count?

Is there enough interest for a weekly show?

What about every other week?

Once a month?

If any of the above, what night?

carbonfiber · 11/29/08, 4:36 PM

Morgan county will be running sprint cars on Saturday nights in 2009

AERO410SCJA · 11/29/08, 4:48 PM

Seems to me that they ought to do what the old promoter did,run against big shows on Friday nights (ex-Kiss,Usac).Buy the car counts they had, it seemed to work.Don't know how there crowd was because I was alway at the "other shows".Hope they run sprint cars and I can catch a race there:thumb:checkered:

DMR22 · 11/29/08, 4:57 PM

I look forward to seeing Sprint Cars at VCS again. VCS should try to run shows when there are not big shows close to the track. Try and run a few KISS shows and maybe an MSCS race or two. Good luck to VCS, i wish them the best!

11/29/08, 11:12 PM

I was told by the promoter at jacksonville that it is not a for sure thing that they are going to run saturdays. It sounds like it is still up in the air as of now.

Sprint63122 · 11/30/08, 2:38 AM

Would be nice to see Jacksonville run the sprints on friday nights and let Danville run them on saturday nights then let them run at New Berlin sunday nights.Nice to have non wing sprints going three nights a weekend in IL. if they could all get together and work this out.

big d · 11/30/08, 12:25 PM

what about the mini sprints or t.qs? they put a good show if you have a decent car count....:checkered::checkered:

tq11 · 11/30/08, 10:00 PM

I would love to go back there, the UMRA ran our TQs there two years ago with a sprint show there and it was on of the best tracks we ran at all year and it was a good show. So think TQs again! I would love to go back there!
Brandon Gray:thumb:thumb

mscs20 · 12/1/08, 7:43 PM

Any amount of sprint car racing is better than none at Danville, but to get a following of both drivers, cars and fans, I think it would be best for Joe Spiker to commit to a weekly program. No matter what night Danville would run, there are enough cars for a good show. KISS, MSCS or USAC shows are not really an option there as the cost of those shows are hard to cover due to the area economy and grandstand size. For a guy starting out and trying to get it off the ground, Joe needs to run a weekly deal to build a base so he can survive these times.
Jacksonville did just that last year. And thankfully, were able to survived 6 or 7 rainouts in a row at the start of the season, but finished on a high note with their $6000 to win "unsanctioned" race.
Joe and I have talked and he has some good ideas and seems excited about the 2009 season. However it plays, out I'll be there as a sponsor and driver.

Steve Thomas

speidel21 · 12/1/08, 8:23 PM

run sprintcars and tq's same night:thumb

View Poll Results: How often could VCS run a Sprint event to keep a good car and fan count?
Weekly	29	38.16%
Bi-Weekly	17	22.37%
Monthly	30	39.47%
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11/29/08, 4:30 PM	#1 Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
GOFOBROKE Posts: n/a	Since the new promoters are looking for racers opinions on what to run when, what do you guys think about how often and what night the sprint cars may get a car count? Is there enough interest for a weekly show? What about every other week? Once a month? If any of the above, what night?

11/29/08, 4:36 PM	#2 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
carbonfiber Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 32	Morgan county will be running sprint cars on Saturday nights in 2009

11/29/08, 4:48 PM	#3 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
AERO410SCJA Senior Member Race Count This Year: 24 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,131	Seems to me that they ought to do what the old promoter did,run against big shows on Friday nights (ex-Kiss,Usac).Buy the car counts they had, it seemed to work.Don't know how there crowd was because I was alway at the "other shows".Hope they run sprint cars and I can catch a race there:thumb:checkered:

11/29/08, 4:57 PM	#4 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
DMR22 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 59	I look forward to seeing Sprint Cars at VCS again. VCS should try to run shows when there are not big shows close to the track. Try and run a few KISS shows and maybe an MSCS race or two. Good luck to VCS, i wish them the best!

11/29/08, 11:12 PM	#5 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
mlw23 Posts: n/a	I was told by the promoter at jacksonville that it is not a for sure thing that they are going to run saturdays. It sounds like it is still up in the air as of now.

11/30/08, 2:38 AM	#6 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
Sprint63122 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 545	Would be nice to see Jacksonville run the sprints on friday nights and let Danville run them on saturday nights then let them run at New Berlin sunday nights.Nice to have non wing sprints going three nights a weekend in IL. if they could all get together and work this out.

11/30/08, 12:25 PM	#7 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
big d Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 105	what about the mini sprints or t.qs? they put a good show if you have a decent car count....:checkered::checkered:

11/30/08, 10:00 PM	#8 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
tq11 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 255	I would love to go back there, the UMRA ran our TQs there two years ago with a sprint show there and it was on of the best tracks we ran at all year and it was a good show. So think TQs again! I would love to go back there! Brandon Gray:thumb:thumb

12/1/08, 7:43 PM	#9 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
mscs20 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 967	Any amount of sprint car racing is better than none at Danville, but to get a following of both drivers, cars and fans, I think it would be best for Joe Spiker to commit to a weekly program. No matter what night Danville would run, there are enough cars for a good show. KISS, MSCS or USAC shows are not really an option there as the cost of those shows are hard to cover due to the area economy and grandstand size. For a guy starting out and trying to get it off the ground, Joe needs to run a weekly deal to build a base so he can survive these times. Jacksonville did just that last year. And thankfully, were able to survived 6 or 7 rainouts in a row at the start of the season, but finished on a high note with their $6000 to win "unsanctioned" race. Joe and I have talked and he has some good ideas and seems excited about the 2009 season. However it plays, out I'll be there as a sponsor and driver. Steve Thomas

12/1/08, 8:23 PM	#10 Re: Sprint Cars at Vermilion County Speedway?
speidel21 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 389	run sprintcars and tq's same night:thumb