Not one post about "the night before the 500"

team3521 · 6/3/13, 1:39 PM

I purposely set back and waited for over a week to see if someone would post something about "The night before the 500"

Nope! Not one post! In the recent past, this used to be a prestigious event.... now, not one word of it on this website! Not even a post from USAC with the story and the results. Like it never happened?

I have a feeling that the USAC pavement midgets are on the same slope that the USAC pavement sprints were on a couple of years ago.
Wouldn't you think USAC would have learned from their previous errors and made some changes so that the midget series wouldn't suffer the same coincident?

There were only 22 cars at this race with 18 in the feature....a few short years ago, there were over 50 cars at that race from all over the country....
Is the writing on the wall? I understand that the memorial day weekend is one of the best weekends in Indy for watching races as far as anyone on this site is concerned, the Indy 500, the fairgrounds, the little 500, then night before the 500, etc... BUT!?

No one on this website cares about pavements midgets any longer? What's going on!?

throb · 6/3/13, 2:18 PM

nobody cares i reckon....you kind of answered your own question.

axman775 · 6/3/13, 2:31 PM

I think when Usac created a dirt and pavement series, the end was coming. After such a great race in 2012, it was sad to see this years event.

hoosierhillbilly · 6/3/13, 2:32 PM

I used to care but I don't anymore. Pavement midgets are too expensive and to few. Nb4500 needs to go dirt to survive.

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team3521 · 6/3/13, 5:08 PM

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Originally Posted by throb

nobody cares i reckon....you kind of answered your own question.

REALLY?

uh...., thanks Mr. Helper! WOW!

ThrowbackRacingTeam · 6/3/13, 5:29 PM

This race used to be an annual must see for me and I remember the 50+ cars which included many dirt ones. Then, NASCAR ruined the track and USAC does nothing to control costs and now you have low 20's car count. I now skip this annually. The other USAC divisions are also in trouble as far as car count goes. Even the sprint cars will be soon. I predict there will not be enough for four heats at terre haute on the 21st. I'm not sure if 3 heats and the feature are worth a 4 1/2 hour drive each way but I might. Sadly things aren't what they used to be but hopefully someday will get better.

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cleatziff · 6/3/13, 9:12 PM

You are incorrect. I started a thread titled '' any updates from lorp? '' I started this thread the night of the race. Unfortunately due to illness I was unable to attend. The thread had 10 responses and 1999 views. I'm sorry I do not know how to post the link to the thread.

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Danny Burton · 6/3/13, 9:24 PM

https://www.indianaopenwheel.com/showthread.php?t=69074

Midget4 · 6/3/13, 9:26 PM

If you are looking for good pavement midget racing, come to grundy county to watch the STARS series..

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cleatziff · 6/3/13, 9:32 PM

Thank you Danny.

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6/3/13, 1:39 PM	#1 Not one post about "the night before the 500"
team3521 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,873	I purposely set back and waited for over a week to see if someone would post something about "The night before the 500" Nope! Not one post! In the recent past, this used to be a prestigious event.... now, not one word of it on this website! Not even a post from USAC with the story and the results. Like it never happened? I have a feeling that the USAC pavement midgets are on the same slope that the USAC pavement sprints were on a couple of years ago. Wouldn't you think USAC would have learned from their previous errors and made some changes so that the midget series wouldn't suffer the same coincident? There were only 22 cars at this race with 18 in the feature....a few short years ago, there were over 50 cars at that race from all over the country.... Is the writing on the wall? I understand that the memorial day weekend is one of the best weekends in Indy for watching races as far as anyone on this site is concerned, the Indy 500, the fairgrounds, the little 500, then night before the 500, etc... BUT!? No one on this website cares about pavements midgets any longer? What's going on!?

6/3/13, 5:29 PM	#6
ThrowbackRacingTeam Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,002	This race used to be an annual must see for me and I remember the 50+ cars which included many dirt ones. Then, NASCAR ruined the track and USAC does nothing to control costs and now you have low 20's car count. I now skip this annually. The other USAC divisions are also in trouble as far as car count goes. Even the sprint cars will be soon. I predict there will not be enough for four heats at terre haute on the 21st. I'm not sure if 3 heats and the feature are worth a 4 1/2 hour drive each way but I might. Sadly things aren't what they used to be but hopefully someday will get better. Posted via Mobile Device

6/3/13, 9:12 PM	#7
cleatziff Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 458	You are incorrect. I started a thread titled '' any updates from lorp? '' I started this thread the night of the race. Unfortunately due to illness I was unable to attend. The thread had 10 responses and 1999 views. I'm sorry I do not know how to post the link to the thread. Posted via Mobile Device

6/3/13, 9:32 PM	#10
cleatziff Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 458	Thank you Danny. Posted via Mobile Device