Let me preface my statement by saying that the next dirt track I prep will be the first so I know nothing about the subject except what I watched and experienced in years past.

That having been said, the best midget racing I've ever witnessed at the Southern Illinois Center has been when the track work was done in such a way that the very bottom lane on both ends of the racetrack were not farmed. The rest of the track surface was churned with the pto driven tillage machines, watered and run in.

It seemed that the racetrack widened out almost immediately and the racing was superb almost from the first lap following the rework. This may well have been a welcome coincidence for all I know but it seemed to work every time we saw it done in that manner. Again, this was done when POWRi was the sanction.

Can't wait. Thanks to the Knepper family and USAC for saving these races

Hot laps are set to begin at 4:00 PM as per this link on the USAC website: http://usacracing.com/news/midget/it...ce-in-du-quoin

I could find no other scheduling information.

Guess I need to read all the way to the bottom. It does state hot laps starting time in this thread, so that will suffice. There was another poster that showed more details.

General Admission 1 PM
Hot Laps 4 PM
Racing 5PM