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richie (Offline)
  #11 1/12/11 12:58 PM
Originally Posted by 767:
Dream on, the football field is not removable. Other factors keeping this from happening, the cleaning of the facility, and the amount of work to add walls and fencing. Its a nice stadium, but there are alot of things people have no clue about when it comes to the floor. This is not a dig at anyone, there were just some major screw up made when they designed this place.
You didn't mean to quote me, did you? I wasn't suggesting it. However, since it was brought up, racing on the concrete floor of Lucas Oil Stadium is not possible as the field cannot be rolled up like the old Astroturf at the RCA Dome. However, I believe a dirt race could actually occur. They have monster truck and motocross shows there each year on the dirt. They put some kind of covering over the football field and put the dirt on top of it. I would definitely love to see a midget race happen, though.
767 (Offline)
  #12 1/12/11 2:16 PM
I ment to quote DO sorry. 1 thing to rmember Monster trucks and Supercross do not create the dust storms that a race does. For the 2 events you mention all they do is cover the field with plastic and plywood. Then add dirt. The supercross is the hardest event on the dirt. Because of this they have workers out there between every race working on different areas. The penalty for breaking thru is huge. The reason why I say this is impossible, there is no way to make profiet on a midget race. Heck promoters in Indiana are having a hard time making good proifiets off of midget races and they own there tracks. There are several other behind the sceens things that add even more cost to the event. Monster jam and supercross nearly sell the place out. I'm not sure if you could get enough fans to show up to fill 2 levels.
Onlydirt (Offline)
  #13 1/12/11 3:31 PM
True not enough tickets would be sold to offset the costs involved, but a dream is still a dream. Dirt race inside in the Winter for us Indiana fans would be amazing!!!
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