I'm glad I didn't make the trip. I had some friends that did & called me at 9:45 to tell me they still hadn't run anything yet.
I must say, when this group took over this track and listening to all their babble about the history & getting back to the good old tradition of the action track of the Terre Haute we all once knew and loved, I'll admit, I was greatly encouraged.
However, as someone joked earlier it appears we have gone back to the Allison days or worse. There is nothing worse than having your customers feel as though they are being held hostage waiting for what they paid & came to see.

When I pay to see the average movie in the theater, they don't wait for everyone to get in there seats with their popcorn, nor do they stop it along the way to run promotions or etc. With the way the Hoosier 100 is going to be, makes me think these guys are involved in it.
So that being said I give these guys a 1/2 star & 2 thumbs down. You can have all of that stuff, when the Vigo County Fair is there in July.


There is not much finer racing, than to be at Terre Haute and witness the sprinters screaming down the 1/2 mile frontstretch kickin it sideways at the flagstand going into turn 1. To be watching a timely show moving right along with no gaps or promotion along the way.
No one seems to want the old traditional race fan and their kids at the track anymore. That being the case (even though it is the closest track to me) I will drive right by it, to go elsewhere. Oh! and guess what? So will some of the best sprintcar teams. Take a look at who was at the Burg & Putnamville last night.

So until, someone truly takes this track operations and surface back to the potential it really has, I will continue to spend my hard earned money at other tracks, still supporting this sport I love. I know that fine race track is still buried in there somewhere. It will take the right promoters to bring it out and return THAT to it's historic greatness.
Sorry for the ramblin, I'm off the soapbox now.

You're saying there was a promoter there? Couldn't tell from where we were. Trying to run in the track after the afternoon showers with ONE large tired truck. Had to ask the fans to bring their pickup trucks out to help. Wasted so much time after finally getting started that they had to call the race before it was complete due to the curfew.

If not for Robert Ballou setting an example by coming out to wheel pack, with other cars finally following, the track would never been run in.

I certainly hope this is not a sign of what to expect on May 27th and for Sprint Week. Yes, I know it rained, but a track should have the equipment and personnel to handle what mother nature throws at them.

Sorry, for back to back here. I just checked my email & wanted to pass this info along about Terre Haute Operations. This is just a snippet of an email I got from some racefan friends.

We finaly got in touch with T.H. We went to the T.H. site,and got a new ticket #. So we called, and got a hold of MIKE KING ,he said well NICOLE got a new job with marketing with I.R.L., and that they were changing the ticket sales. I said we would like reserved. and he said that those seats they were trying to sell as blocks of CORPARATE seats. He said we would have to call NICOLE. I told him we had already called her 10 times. Then he told us that we could come down on Thursday. and they would be doing tickets then . We told him no way we could make it then. He also said that there was not enough responses from fans for season tickets.
This shows that they want to sell the seats to there I.R.L friends. I just care really about the sprintweek tickets. I have the feeling that T.H. will not be there long.

It is getting really close to the time when THAT will consist of Scott Baue and some crickets. I'll get there if my Hover-Round will make it.
Sorry, newer members of IOW won't "get" this comment.

I saw Mike King there around 11:00AM. I asked about if reserved seating was going to be available for this race and was told there would no longer be reserved seating except for the season ticket holders. The gates were open to the grandstand so I asked it we could go and place a blanket on the seats where we wanted to sit. He stated we had to wait until 1:00PM as they needed time to place the season ticket holders names on their respective seats.

When we went in at 1:00PM I counted the reserved seats. There were only 22!! There were, however, several complete rows in vairous sections marked as being reserved for different groups. They did leave the top three rows available, other than the 22 season ticket holders seats, which I thought was a good thing on their part.

I do not want this track to fail, but would love to see someone (like Tommy) who knows how to run a track, run it. Heard and seen so many pictures and stories from back in the hay day of the track and would love to see it return to that. I don't think King and company will take it there, but any racing is better then no racing there. I will be there for the 9/11 race, that is the only one I can make.

Honestly, Im glad I didn't make the trip and HONESTLY Not many would have been mad if they called the race a half hour after the rain started yesterday, (About 11am) With lots of showers on the radar behind it. It would have gave everybody time to make other plans, spend time with the family. ECT and WANT TO RETURN TO SEE A RACE AT THAT! Wasn't there a rain date existing already? I believe I saw that on THATS Site.

I'll not comment on if things went well or not, Only to say what Patti said, Theres a point your feeling hostage to a promoters decision. Its kinda one thing if everyones there already such as sprint week and another for a stand alone show. Kinda like I felt at Eldora opener, Well Im here! I want to see a race 10:30pm Not even started, gotta work at six am. WTH????????? Well at least you got to see 3/4ths of a race.

The one comment I will make, They actually asked people to pack in the track just so they could see the show they paid for, traveled to ect? OH VEY!!!!!!!!!

"Constructive" criticism never hurt anyone but there is something people need to consider, complaints about race tracks reduce attendance, reduce driver payouts, and eventually turn a historic race track like THAT into a parking lot for some new strip mall.

As a promoter of a event, you must do what ever you have to do in your power to get that event in on the scheduled day. Teams invest too much time and dollars traveling to these events to have to turn around and come back the next day. Same goes for spectators.

Come on now people , you talk all winter about how great it is that the THAT track is racing , and we all knew it had rain and was raining . I was in the pits with a race car and did get worn down , but they got most of the racing in . You knew it would be a long night , IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT STAY AT HOME IN THE RECLINER , AND GROW OLD . come on people its racing it happens. We love the track and the racing there so lets not grump about it . Please someone on this board be positive about something . We all love racing on here . SORRY to ***** about this , but they did get to race some and that is what we LIVE FOR , DON'T WE . most of the people on here are all right , lets not cry about it , We should be having a great night at the Track visiting with freinds and family and enjoying a little racing . I'm over my grump . so have at me and my post . BUT THEY RACED AND IT WAS A BLAZING FAST TRACK. And Stans the man Stanbrough , it was fun watching him pack that front left wheel like no one can at that speed . and make it look easy. Thanks and God bless.