Usac in pa - Page 5

6565 (Offline)
#41 6/5/09 9:45 AM

I would agree that it's a cost issue more than anything. The winged cars are running -6 & -7 offset RR wheels-they would have to buy a -4 or -5 off wheel for nonwing. Plus, you have the spec RR tire that they never run in PA, so that is another expense (as well as a new setup variable). I think the biggest thing that no one has mentioned is the head & neck restraints that USAC mandates-probably 75% of non-USAC racers don't have one. I don't know of very many that can just toss out $700-$1000 (roughly), for a 3 or 4 race mandated item. Even if they did, it takes awhile to get used to wearing them.

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SUPERDUKE (Offline)
#42 6/5/09 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by indybound:
yes katie, racing is an addiction; an once you have it in your blood it is very hard to break that addiction. Most racers or race fans i know have been addicted all of their lives and spend a large sum of money each year feeding their addiction either funding a race team or traveling to the races as a fan.

As far as the usac eastern swing goes unless usac waived their membership or licensing fees which i am not aware of, i see the choice the local racers had to make as more of a dollars and cents issue than a winged vs non wing preference. The cost for them to run these four races probably far out weighed the benefit, which is a shame. I have always felt from a fans perspective you have a much more interesting race when you have your own local stars going up against the invading stars from another racing organization. Maybe this was inbedded in me in the 1960's when the mid-west supermodified stars invaded the big o in oswego, the mid-west supers ran wings the oswego regulars ran non-wing supers and threatened to boycott if the invaders didn't remove there wings, in the end the invaders removed their wings. Now fourty plus years later they run a hand full of races a year at oswego where the regulars strap on wings to run with the msa invaders. New york and pa have traditionally been known for wigned sprint car racing, maybe with usac's dwindling car counts they will have to think about strapping on a wing to run with the pa regulars or waiving their fees for this swing to attract more pa regular teams to run with them.

Patti

wrong usac run wings! No more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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racegal (Offline)
#43 6/5/09 7:17 PM

What's happening tonight? (Friday) The schedule says TBA I think! Thank you in advance!

DD FAN-atic!!

Susan St. Catherine
God bless America and our troops

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midgy (Offline)
#44 6/5/09 7:20 PM

Originally Posted by racegal:
What's happening tonight? (Friday) The schedule says TBA I think! Thank you in advance!

No racing tonight Susan.
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racegal (Offline)
#45 6/5/09 7:29 PM

Originally Posted by midgy:
No racing tonight Susan.
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Thank you Lisa!! I appreciate the answer!

DD FAN-atic!!

Susan St. Catherine
God bless America and our troops

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delaware
#46 6/5/09 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by racegal:
What's happening tonight? (Friday) The schedule says TBA I think! Thank you in advance!

usac is racing sat. night at mercer speedway in pa. !!! Randy Smith

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racegal (Offline)
#47 6/6/09 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by delaware:
usac is racing sat. night at mercer speedway in pa. !!! Randy Smith

Thank you very much!! I'm there! I mean I'm here!! Oh you know what I mean!!

I sure hope someone will update us!!

DD FAN-atic!!

Susan St. Catherine
God bless America and our troops

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delaware
#48 6/6/09 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by racegal:
Thank you very much!! I'm there! I mean I'm here!! Oh you know what I mean!! I sure hope someone will update us!!

Wish i was there no job = no play the economy sucks !!!

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