Originally Posted by Pine:
I understand that Hoov, but I've heard numerous times (don't know how true it is) that the track USAC was running wanted to re-do the track for the B-Main or the A-Main and USAC said no. It happened here for the Eastern Swing (So it was said). I think you guys have USAC and the Indiana promotors so brainwashed into getting home at 10:00, that their afraid to do anything that will prolong the program, with the possibilities of losing fans !!!! Even though EVERYBODY at the track knows the track is wore out and needs alittle TLC !!! SLEEP IS OVER-RATED !!!
Last year I worked all during sprint week and went to all but one race and it really sucked. This year I am giving up the $ and taking the week off. There has to be a happy medium there somewhere. I am beginning to think the type(and number of classes) of support class you run has a lot to do with it to. The hornets at Bloomington the last few weeks running just before the sprint cars were perfect. They took a track that was beginning to take rubber and chopped it up better than any equipment they had to work it.
John Hoover
“To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus
Kinda like our CST down here in Evansville, as I gain an hour on the way back from most Indiana race tracks. And the sunsets at abt 8:30 here nowadays. Thanks guys!
...and it's only selfish on my part, but we lose an hour crossing the state line coming from Illinois to anywhere but Haubstadt. I'm still kinda goofed up at watchin' Sprint Car B-Mains in the sunlight.
I thought the whole EST/CST change was for the farmers of Indiana....so now it's about the kids? and no disrespect to my pal Hoover, but racing under the sun is still almost like a day race (at most tracks).
And before he comes on here and breaks my balls, ASQ will ask why I'm worried about it anyway...
It has been proven that schools in the Eastern time zone in Indiana have more delays and closings due to weather than those in Central zones. That extra hour of sunlight in the morning makes a big difference.
Our man Mitch originally said that it would help all of our industry it is based on New York City. Kinda miss getting home from Eldora almost before I left there. When I was a kid we sprang forward and fell back according to that little burg to the north called Chicago.
I always figured Indiana should be on Central time, due to the large Hoosier farm economy and the AG markets being in Chicago. I work in Indiana on Eastern time and live in the Central time area, but it is really not a big deal. At least it is consistent all year. Before Indiana started moving their clocks, half the year was the same and half the year was one hour different. That was confusing.
I'm all for Indiana being on central time. I love the night racing when it's dark around the time heat races start. I also miss that hour I gained leaving work early on Friday.
I'm all for central time. I hate baking in the sun and watching day races that are suppose to be night races. It should be almost dark by heat race time.
Daylight saving time been on and off since 1914 WWI
During WWII it was implemented all year long. I belive they called in War Time. The main reason was to save oil. Now days there is a 100 reasons to have it and 100 not to. Let your vote be counted one way or another.
