[staggerman]

My guess is GLSS didn't have signed contracts for those dates and published them but Butler signed contracts with SOD for those dates. Gotta make you wonder how many of the other GLSS dates on the schedule do not have signed contracts but from what I have heard GLSS has leased the majority of the tracks they are running or bringing quite a bit of cash towards the purse on the nights they run to get dates.

[Eric Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Smith Hopefully, everyone will play nice.

So much for that idea.

[Stevensville Mike]

Originally Posted by staggerman My guess is GLSS didn't have signed contracts for those dates and published them but Butler signed contracts with SOD for those dates. Gotta make you wonder how many of the other GLSS dates on the schedule do not have signed contracts but from what I have heard GLSS has leased the majority of the tracks they are running or bringing quite a bit of cash towards the purse on the nights they run to get dates.

An interesting angle, staggerman. If that is the case, the GLSS business model comes into question.

I am personally hoping the Butler business model is what drove this and they are just going to shoot for two big shows with the combination of SOD & GLSS.

On the up side, so far SOD & GLSS are only racing once on the same night in two different places - 6/16 at Merritt & Thunderbird respectively. Of course there are still more dates to be added by both sanctioning bodies. I say so far so good, Eric. Maybe I am just optimistic at this point, though.

[MIracing]

Originally Posted by staggerman My guess is GLSS didn't have signed contracts for those dates and published them but Butler signed contracts with SOD for those dates. Gotta make you wonder how many of the other GLSS dates on the schedule do not have signed contracts but from what I have heard GLSS has leased the majority of the tracks they are running or bringing quite a bit of cash towards the purse on the nights they run to get dates.

So it looks like SOD and GLSS on the same night is NOT happening. GLSS posted on Twitter that dates have changed. August 12 and 13 they will be running at Winston and Thunderbird. The Mount Pleasant and Butler dates were moved to July 22 and 23.

He said he only has one confirmed date with Butler now and that is July 23. They are working on another date.

[Stevensville Mike]

Originally Posted by MIracing So it looks like SOD and GLSS on the same night is NOT happening. GLSS posted on Twitter that dates have changed. August 12 and 13 they will be running at Winston and Thunderbird. The Mount Pleasant and Butler dates were moved to July 22 and 23. He said he only has one confirmed date with Butler now and that is July 23. They are working on another date.

Well that's just great. We now have two winged sprint series up here in Michigan and the only thing that could POSSIBLY screw this up is scheduling races on the same night at two different places. And here we go....

The 8/13 date with GLSS at Thunderbird now pares down what would have been a GREAT night at Butler. Butler will still draw well for they have their weekly runners that will be there with anyone who comes in with SOD.

GLSS moving dates to 7/22 & 7/23 from 8/12 & 8/13...... I'll be at Kokomo for the two day All Star show that weekend. Too bad.... I would have watched GLSS both 8/12 & 8/13.

Holy crap.

[MIracing]

Originally Posted by Stevensville Mike Well that's just great. We now have two winged sprint series up here in Michigan and the only thing that could POSSIBLY screw this up is scheduling races on the same night at two different places. And here we go.... The 8/13 date with GLSS at Thunderbird now pares down what would have been a GREAT night at Butler. Butler will still draw well for they have their weekly runners that will be there with anyone who comes in with SOD. GLSS moving dates to 7/22 & 7/23 from 8/12 & 8/13...... I'll be at Kokomo for the two day All Star show that weekend. Too bad.... I would have watched GLSS both 8/12 & 8/13. Holy crap.

It will be interesting to see what MTS does as well. In the past they tried not to schedule against SOD. I assume they will continue this practice. My guess is they won't be as kind about scheduling against GLSS. I just hope that we don't have multiple weekends where 2 of the series are running on the same night along with Bulter running their weekly show.

[Can26]

The MTS has a early draft of their schedule on their Facebook page.

[Stevensville Mike]

Not to hijack this thread too much, but I am still slightly venting off steam.

There is a new series in Ohio this year - OSCS / Ohio Sprint Car Series. It is a winged 410 series from what I understand with all races within the state of Ohio.
Now, in Ohio, you have the All Stars (who are pretty much based out of there), the Fremont Attica Series (FAST), and now these guys. Three series.

The OSCS has released a 19 race schedule for their first season.

http://ohiosprintcars.net/Schedule.aspx

One of the races will be co-sanctioned with FAST at Fremont Speedway. That leaves 18 races. Of those 18 races when compared to the All Star schedule, only ONE of them, on July 9th, is on the same night as an All Star race in the state of Ohio. ONE! On the other dates where the OSCS and All Stars race on the same night the All Stars are out of state in either Michigan, Wisconsin, or Pennsylvania. And.... AND.... this ONE race where they both race in Ohio the same night, the OSCS will be at Atomic Speedway whilst the All Stars will be at Sharon Speedway, clear across the state, which for all practical purposes is damn near IN Pennsylvania.

Don't tell me brains and foresight cannot overcome scheduling atop each other. All we need is to find brains and foresight. There might still be time, but the 2016 clock is ticking.

[stoney]

Looks like a lot of small ponds for tiny fish to choose to swim in.

[Stevensville Mike]

Originally Posted by stoney Looks like a lot of small ponds for tiny fish to choose to swim in.

Oh, sure. No argument there, stoney. GLSS is in the same boat, though - a start up series looking for identity and trying to get going. I was simply making a comparison of what goes into making a schedule for 2016 with respect to both parties.