JPM (Offline)
#13
12/17/08 7:38 AM
the turf in the stadium can not come up. so it would have to be dirt like the motocross deal they do
cecil98 (Offline)
#15
12/17/08 8:16 AM
I remember when they had a dirt race in the Houston Astrodome. I believe it was in the late 60's. Foyt ran in it but I can't remember if he won it. Any oldtimers out there remember?
openwheelKT (Offline)
#18
12/17/08 9:19 AM
I was at Lucas Oil for the IU game a couple of weeks back. My first thought when I was looking around was that an indoor race would be great in the stadium. It being a dirt race would make it even better. It sure looks like a place where the set up of a track would work well for fans. Whether they use the whole stadium or just one end zone like the basketball set up was. Sprint cars could easily run if the whole stadium floor is used. Keys would be:
Could it profitable given the cost to set it up? If not, won't happen. I think it would be well attended, but would enough people show to offset the cost?
If dirt, would the Colts sign off on "their" new stadium having dirt hauled in? The stadium is supposed to be a city facility, but let's not kid ourselves. It's the Colts stadium first and nothing is going to happen without their signoff.
Who would take on the gamble? If the weather was terrible, it could be a disaster.
I'd sure like to see it, but I don't know if it could work with all the factors that go into it.