No Jerry, They're not running "against" Midget week, the Lawrenceburg sprints or any other race track. All they're doing is running their usual weekly sprint car program along with mods, super stocks and bombers.
This crap about tracks running against each other is the most insane idea I've ever heard. You could close down every single track in the state of Indiana and the car count at Lawrenceburg or any other track for that matter wouldn't change that much. Mainly because each track has it's own regular group of competitors.
We see it all the time, when Lawerenceburg rains out, does all the cars go to LPS or Paragon? Of course they don't. Does all the regular LPS fans travel to Lawrenceburg or Paragon when LPS is rained out... No again. Each track is largely supported by its own local population.
The diehard sprint car fans know where the big boys are going to be running... if they want to watch them... they'll travel the distance to see them. Most fans at the track are not die-hard fans. They're local people just wanting to enjoy an evening of racing.
Now, I completely understand the argument about business competition, but we're not talking about two tracks on different sides of a town... we're talking about tracks which are separated by several miles and in the case of Lawrenceburg and LPS... almost 3 hours. Now, it takes me 3 hours to get to St. Louis. Are we really saying that if there was a track in St. Louis running a special non wing sprint car show that LPS should not race sprint cars. I'm sorry but that's crazy.
It is exactly this thought process that kept LPS out of sprint week this year. He doesn't play nice, so were going keep him out. It's a stupid childish game.
BTW... Jerry, most if not all of this isn't directed at you personally, you just happened to be the person that lit the fire under my ass.
Originally Posted by terrehautian:
I hope the R word doesn't affect the track much. A steady blob is heading east right now and scattered behind it.
It's supposed to be cleared tomorrow night. Putnamville always does a good job of getting the show in despite some rain Friday night or Saturday morning. Unlike where I race. At Paragon they'll cancel if we get a half an inch of rain on Wednesday. Which means I'll probably be doing my usual Saturday routine tomorrow, waiting for Paragon to cancel and then heading up to Putnamville to sit in the stands.
