[Mud Packer]

Originally Posted by nathans1012 Would love to see them back at Illiana. I also agree with Koolaid89 that a race at Hartford (MI) Motor Speedway would be awesome. The clay / dirt track at Hartford in insanely huge. More like a 5/8's mile then 1/2 mile. Tracks I think should always be on the Silver Crown Schedule: Indiana State Fairgrounds Terre Haute Action Track Eldora Speedway Milwaukee Mile Richmond Int'l Raceway Syracuse Mile IRP / ORP / LORP Phoenix Int'l Raceway Springfield Mile DuQuoin Mile Tracks that would be a great addition to those above Illiana Motor Speedway Toyota Speedway ay Irwindale Toledo Speedway Hartford Motor Speedway Belleville High Banks Williams Grove Speedway Bridgeport Speedway Bristol Motor Speedway ALSO what about a race at the famed Martinsville Speedway; in Martinville, Virginia. Now that would be a cool race!

I have been to Martinsville and I really don't think that would be a good match. Flat race track with long straights and extremely tight turns would be difficult to imagine much racing at all. I think it would be tough on equipment and the end result would be a race of attrition. North Wilksboro would have been a better fit except they closed again earlier this summer.

[duel]

That final at Toledo was a barn burner for the championship last year to come down to the last lap. This year they are having an arca show on Sunday with the Big Car final on Saturday afternoon I believe. The silver crown series is just getting strong again after usac tried to back burner the pavement cars. I'm not happy about the sprint car pavement series not being part of the national title this year. It would be nice to see more mile fairgrounds shows but not an all dirt series. Hartford would be a great place but i know the promoter probably won't take the chance on the purse. 2 shows a year at the Indy mile would be great. I always liked the September Hoosier 100.

[mod134]

Someone mentioned Stafford earlier. If they ever make it up to NE, I think a trip to Stafford and Thompson Speedways would go well. PRA ran at Stafford back in 2006. Thompson is a high-banked 5/8.

[wing410fan]

Correct me if i am wrong. Sometime ago they were going to race the pavement cars at nashville. They did a test and the cars were to quick for that track. Couldn`t the same thing be said about bristol? I just think that would not work. But i guess we can think about it happening.

[Seadog]

Originally Posted by mod134 Someone mentioned Stafford earlier. If they ever make it up to NE, I think a trip to Stafford and Thompson Speedways would go well. PRA ran at Stafford back in 2006. Thompson is a high-banked 5/8.

I went to that Stafford PRA race in '06 and it was very cool. Nice Facility. Plus they had NEMA midgets WITHOUT WINGS that night. Santos won both shows and earned a $50K bonus starting last in the PRA feature. Very fun race.

[koolaid89]

Originally Posted by wing410fan Correct me if i am wrong. Sometime ago they were going to race the pavement cars at nashville. They did a test and the cars were to quick for that track. Couldn`t the same thing be said about bristol? I just think that would not work. But i guess we can think about it happening.

Are the fairgrounds Speedway even open anymore? I know it's been in limbo for 10+ years... Bristol is alive and fairly well, not many stock car short tracks have the legacy BMS does.

[Seadog]

Originally Posted by koolaid89 Are the fairgrounds Speedway even open anymore? I know it's been in limbo for 10+ years... Bristol is alive and fairly well, not many stock car short tracks have the legacy BMS does.

That speedway has lots of problems.

I think Sterling Marlin has the leasing rights to the track. But it is in bad shape. It needs millions in work. And the neighbors whine about the noise and traffic. Marlin tried to get NASCAR back but they said no way.

I recall USAC ran a 77 lap sprint race years ago or at least had it on the schedule. I can't recall what happened.

On edit, I remember seeing Bobby Hamilton, Jr. has the lease now, not Marlin.

[nathans1012]

Originally Posted by koolaid89 Are the fairgrounds Speedway even open anymore? I know it's been in limbo for 10+ years... Bristol is alive and fairly well, not many stock car short tracks have the legacy BMS does.

Yes they are still open. I remember seeing on the SPEEDTV.COM and NASCAR websites earilier this year back in february or march that the fairboard decided not to shut down the track and let Stirling Marlin & Bobby Hamilton Jr. have the facility and promote it.

[jlwoolley]

USAC ran the "Music City 150" for sprint cars there on September 12, 2004. It consisted of two 77 lap races. Bobby East won the first race and Dave Steele won the second.

[dus10anderson]

OK...does anyone remember that AWFUL thing that NASCAR convinced USAC to do with the Silver Crown series back in 2006? I DO!!! THAT'S what killed this series. I know a former Silver Crown car owner back here in New England, and if you ask him what killed it/gave us our current situation, it was NASCAR. "Real race cars don't have doors!"