Charleston (IL) Sprint Cars

treecitytornado · 7/1/16, 4:43 PM

Are the scales at Charleston digital? Just getting an idea. I'm not 100% that I can get to 1500 without adding quite a bit and running a heavy fuel load.
Haven't ran there since a SCORA race in 2009.
Thanks.

TylerShoemaker · 7/1/16, 6:47 PM

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Originally Posted by treecitytornado

Are the scales at Charleston digital? Just getting an idea. I'm not 100% that I can get to 1500 without adding quite a bit and running a heavy fuel load.
Haven't ran there since a SCORA race in 2009.
Thanks.

Charleston's track scales were way off. So they are going to use someone's scales. They will have them in the pits by where the sprint cars park (turn 3 area). They will be up all night. Top 3 weigh after the A.

Tyler Shoemaker

treecitytornado · 7/2/16, 12:04 AM

Ok, I'll have to weigh it somewhere that has some good scales ahead of time and see how much we would have to add.

kcarm92 · 7/2/16, 9:45 AM

Watched several spruntcars weigh at lps last nite most was in the 1450-1475 range when qualifying

chastaj · 7/2/16, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kcarm92

Watched several spruntcars weigh at lps last nite most was in the 1450-1475 range when qualifying

The winner Ballou had the heaviest car there.

treecitytornado · 7/2/16, 11:28 AM

A lot of those guys probably weigh above 200, themselves.

mscs20 · 7/10/16, 1:55 AM

19 cars. Top 5:
1-Aric Gentry
2-Daylin Chambers
3-Steve Thomas
4-Chad Davenport
5-Brandon Morin

Heat winners:
Aric Gentry and Al Thomas by a straight away in heat 2, at age 82...might be a record.

Great track. Smooth and moist. Full house of fans. Announced they will run weekly now.

RoyaltonMiniSprint · 7/10/16, 1:13 PM

Nice to meet you again congratulations on the win. Good luck on ISW!

Andrew S. Quinn · 7/10/16, 6:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mscs20

Heat winners:
Aric Gentry and Al Thomas by a straight away in heat 2, at age 82...might be a record.

Did you feed him some Viagra to make him a "Hard Charger" ?

Morin Racing 98 · 7/10/16, 7:32 PM

We really liked the speedway last night. Of course they have some bugs to work out but that is to be expected. The main concern to me was the lack of fencing in turns 3/4 and a lake on the other side. That would be real interesting if there was a big flip going into turn 3. Hopefully, if they continue to run sprints for a long period of time, they can take a look at a safety upgrade in that turn.

All in all though, I am glad we have a new track to attend. We will be back!

7/1/16, 4:43 PM	#11
treecitytornado Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,016	Are the scales at Charleston digital? Just getting an idea. I'm not 100% that I can get to 1500 without adding quite a bit and running a heavy fuel load. Haven't ran there since a SCORA race in 2009. Thanks.

7/2/16, 12:04 AM	#13
treecitytornado Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,016	Ok, I'll have to weigh it somewhere that has some good scales ahead of time and see how much we would have to add.