Some Terre Haute News Via 4m

flywheel · 1/22/08, 1:32 PM

holy cow this is great news!!!

welcome back Terre Haute!!

Dirtfan · 1/22/08, 1:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Nunn

The words Day Show, and Terre Haute brings back nightmares of the last day show I attended there.

It was the day after the Million to win at Eldora...

$10,000 to win Late Models, I was working the backstretch for Northern Allstars, there was no cushion, one big black streak of rubber, and NO passing...burnt my hand trying to pull sheet metal off of the right rear of one of the cars. Went right through my glove, thats how hot the right rears were that day. Bob Pierce won by 3/4ths of a track.

Hopefully they have a solution ready for a day race. Looking forward to returning to THAT

See Chris, TT'S strike again:rolling:

Chris Nunn · 1/22/08, 1:58 PM

I dont think it was the fact that it was tin tops, there was dust flying off of the push trucks before hot laps even started.

Looking back at my notes, fast time was 24.232 seconds.

Fast time later on that year at a different NALMS show was 21.343 seconds.

Just a horrible day that I would like to forget

Dyno Don · 1/22/08, 3:29 PM

I remember the Sunday afternoon Sprintcar races and I thought they were great.

They started around 2:00PM and were done around 4:00PM. I could leave Indy at noon and be home before six, what is wrong with this?

The track was in great shape and it stayed that way because they had no support series to wear it out. The pits were in the infield where you could see the teams work on their cars.

And to top that off, the grandstands were crammed packed. When was the last time you saw that?

Some times greed and being misguided have led the promoters down the primrose path to failure.

Seadog · 1/22/08, 3:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy Lowe

Some Terre Haute dates have been added to the midget & sprint schedules posted on USAC's website.

May 22nd - Sprints

October 5th - Midgets

USAC website

This is great. I did notice though that the 10/5 midget date is apparently not the Hut 100, as it is listed as a 30 lap race.

http://www.usacracing.com/component/...le/Itemid,324/

PJ Wright · 1/22/08, 4:07 PM

In my visits to Indiana I've been fortunate enough to see races at 15 different speedways, but one I haven't been to is Terre Haute. With the situation being what it was the last couple of years I was thinking I never would. I sure hope this is the year I'm able to cross the famous action track off my hit or 'bucket' list.

Sprint63122 · 1/22/08, 7:18 PM

I am hoping they can get a early April date for the mscs series there hope we do not have to wait until the end of may I need a action track fix asap.

1/22/08, 1:32 PM	#21 Re: Some Terre Haute News Via 4m
flywheel Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 21	holy cow this is great news!!! welcome back Terre Haute!!

1/22/08, 1:58 PM	#23 Re: Some Terre Haute News Via 4m
Chris Nunn Senior Member Race Count This Year: 20 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,126	I dont think it was the fact that it was tin tops, there was dust flying off of the push trucks before hot laps even started. Looking back at my notes, fast time was 24.232 seconds. Fast time later on that year at a different NALMS show was 21.343 seconds. Just a horrible day that I would like to forget

1/22/08, 3:29 PM	#24 Re: Some Terre Haute News Via 4m
Dyno Don Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 579	I remember the Sunday afternoon Sprintcar races and I thought they were great. They started around 2:00PM and were done around 4:00PM. I could leave Indy at noon and be home before six, what is wrong with this? The track was in great shape and it stayed that way because they had no support series to wear it out. The pits were in the infield where you could see the teams work on their cars. And to top that off, the grandstands were crammed packed. When was the last time you saw that? Some times greed and being misguided have led the promoters down the primrose path to failure.

1/22/08, 4:07 PM	#26 Re: Some Terre Haute News Via 4m
PJ Wright Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,041	In my visits to Indiana I've been fortunate enough to see races at 15 different speedways, but one I haven't been to is Terre Haute. With the situation being what it was the last couple of years I was thinking I never would. I sure hope this is the year I'm able to cross the famous action track off my hit or 'bucket' list.

1/22/08, 7:18 PM	#27 Re: Some Terre Haute News Via 4m
Sprint63122 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 545	I am hoping they can get a early April date for the mscs series there hope we do not have to wait until the end of may I need a action track fix asap.