Originally Posted by jdull99:
Sounds like a good amount of moisture was either added in track prep or it had rained (like at Springfield)! Good to hear!
I know it would be pavement, but a race at Gateway to compliment - what I hope - the again annual (appears to be) successful Indycar race, would be cool! Espcly around that time frame...an "IL Championship" of some sort could be in order...
IRL sched announced today. They are at Gateway again, Aug 24th. I still say sandwiching a Silver Crown race there, between Springfield & DuQuoin, would be cool. Some teams DO have more than one car, right?
Originally Posted by jdull99:
IRL sched announced today. They are at Gateway again, Aug 24th. I still say sandwiching a Silver Crown race there, between Springfield & DuQuoin, would be cool. Some teams DO have more than one car, right?
I think the IRL has been IndyCar for several years. I attended both of the Bommarito 500s at Gateway and they were good shows and well attended.
Originally Posted by wildman92:
I’ve heard others say that it’s hard for them to get into silver crown racing. I get it that it’s not like sprints or midgets where it’s hammer down around a tiny bull ring with sliders at every turn where you are constantly oooo’ing and ahhhh’ing.
It is an endurance race. Tires and fuel often play a major role in the outcome. But to see these beautiful cars come flying down the straightaways on a big mile track then slam it into the corners is just amazing, especially under the lights at DuQuoin.
Leary was checked out for most of the race and we thought for sure they were going to tag the wall every single time in turns 1&2. Windom hung back quietly anywhere from 3rd to 5th and ran a clean, consistent race. And watching Coons come from the back and pick off cars one by one was awesome too.
It’s definitely a race of patience - both as a driver and as a fan. I have yet to be disappointed leaving DuQuoin. Great job by everyone!! Oh - and the fair food did not disappoint. My elephant ear and ice cream were on point.
Originally Posted by ronmil:
I think the IRL has been IndyCar for several years. I attended both of the Bommarito 500s at Gateway and they were good shows and well attended.
Faster to type. I was about to go to work for the day...lol. It's my ode to the past...I was one of the few that liked "Indy 500 car style racing" from like 96-01! lol
Good point on the Smackdown. A lot of SC races are during the day tho...like b4 the Indycar race...it would take an airplane to make it tho...unless the SC race ran at like 11am...not too many years ago, USAC scheduled the top 3 series on top of eachother tho...(it's better now that they do not really anymore tho)
