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somebodysmam (Offline)
  #11 12/27/07 11:43 PM
You are going to be in for a big suprise when you see who you are running against.
racechevy (Offline)
  #12 12/28/07 9:16 AM
yes you will be running against mini sprints
Dale800
  #13 12/28/07 5:00 PM
Originally Posted by Bradleyracing86:
I dunno we will just have to give it a try, I never had the money to race competitively with the AMSA, its hard to race against a larger pocket book...not that any racing is cheap, but at least this way it can be a little more fair. Linton and Salem are about the only tracks in Indiana that run the 600cc cars and they run on the same night, I think this series will pull alot of those drivers into moving up to the larger cars. Not to mention I am pretty sure the purses are guaranteed, which will bring the cars...
Never had the Money? who do you think runs the 1000 motors? Can anybody say ERC. If they put out the same hp then why should the people with 1200's have to buy new motors. Years ago amsa raced all over the midwest. (Ky oh Ill In Tn ) You know what people complaied about? How much they had to travel, go figure. Does anybody remember the mini-sprint group that ran at Bloomington for a whole yr. 1k to win guaranted ? If I remember right the guy lost his house over it.

amsa weighed cars all season and it was seldom the lightest car that won the race, I know weight = horsepower, but if you cant hook up the car it does not matter how light you are. I hope the new group works. More money is good amsa has been running for the same money for as long as I can remember.

Jt and the rest of the people who run asma make no money off of a show,they do it for the love of the sport. I just hope that this does not set them back to 14 or 15 cars trying to put on a show. Time will tell. As far as the track size, some of the better racing I ever saw was a Bardstown Ky, High banked 3/8, Allmost looked like the outlaws at Eldora.
Chris Nunn (Offline)
  #14 12/28/07 5:23 PM
Dale I have never got around to asking, but do you guys still do wings at all, or did that stop a long time ago?

See ya at poker tonight
cecil98 (Offline)
  #15 12/28/07 5:25 PM
run them on a 1/5 mile or smaller. Period. 1/4 and up is a terrible show.
Not to offend anyone who enjoys the things but, I simply don't know anyone (personally) that enjoyed them at Lawrenceburg with the exception of a few pure racing fans and those directly involved with a car. Now that the track is going to be even bigger it's going to be worse. I'm really disappointed that Dave scheduled 15 shows with either AMSA or UMRA. I understand that Watson Sand & Gravel "may" have had some influence on the decision to run them fairly regularly last year and in the future. I had heard that from a fairly knowledgeable source, although, it was second hand information. Only Dave knows for sure. Oh well, I'll get over it as long as they're running sprinters and not running more than 3 classes.
racechevy (Offline)
  #16 12/28/07 8:49 PM
Dale800 said amsa doesn't make any money? there contracts reads $100 per car over 20 and they get $10 per car entry fee ,there was several nights with 30+ cars where did they xtra money go then ? Did they raise the purse ? last year jt pocketed the rest instead of passing it on to the racers I was told he pocketed $1200 to $ 1500 several nights . I think he needs to make some money but more than the winner,just think about it guys example 20 cars x $10=200 plus 30 cars at lets say $100x30=$3000 so take $3000 + $200 = $3200 and they pay $500 to win were did the rest go ?
Jim Gardner (Offline)
  #17 12/28/07 9:22 PM
lets hope for the sake of the series, which is a great transition series to sprints, this does not turn out to be like the world of outlaws and nst. I believe that the AMSA loses a certain amount of money from the track if 20 cars dont show up. If there are 35-40 cars in the area and split to two different tracks both series could bomb. If they work on not scheduling on top of each other they could prosper.

Jim Gardner
somebodysmam (Offline)
  #18 12/28/07 9:55 PM
I don't know where you get yor information but AMSA run for a set purse with $50 a car decucted per car if less than 20,nothing extra if more. All money is paid out with the entry fee going toward points payout,banquet and prizes very little is donated. Care to enlighten us as where the rest of the money come from.
racechevy (Offline)
  #19 12/28/07 10:04 PM
go ahead and post a contract that the track gets and prove me wrong
somebodysmam (Offline)
  #20 12/28/07 10:09 PM
Would you care to check the pay out sheet any week,if your a member you are more than welcome to see and bring your pencil so you can add it up.Lets see gas,food,supplies,motel for 2 day shows.Someone is selling you a line of B/S and you are passing it along as truth
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