Gas Prices

kidrock · 6/9/13, 9:40 PM

Will Gas prices stop you from going to bigger show's and if so, will you go to local show's?

dirt330 · 6/9/13, 9:52 PM

Will still find a way to attend races. Look for ways to cut back and save $$$$ car pool less smokes, beer,coffee and other things but NOT RACING.

Dick Monahan · 6/9/13, 9:56 PM

If the air fares haven't done it, the gas prices aren't going to.

stockracer · 6/9/13, 10:02 PM

Gas prices will effect the # of races as well as USAC's $25. price tag will find myself @ more weekly shows and places like Peru--good cheap racing.

slick01 · 6/9/13, 10:11 PM

What is it about the gas prices in Indiana? We try every way possible to avoid filling up on our trips there by stopping in Kentucky but we eventually have to fuel up with gas that is 30 or 40 cents higher than anywhere else we travel. Having said that, midget week here we come!

johnnythunderhead · 6/10/13, 6:27 AM

no one seems interested in car pooling and while I have no problem with $25 tickets/ gas at 4 bucks a gal will hurt midget week big time! i'll plan on attending my home track (and what ever else I can, if there's a low, or zero percent chance of rain/ but truth be known, usac and at least one track I can think of do not show much interest in getting shows in once your there and they have your $$$$!) so I would like to hear from some of the promoters and from usac this year, as to whether they will give it their all to get shows in, or just toss up their hands and say sorry Charlie over a ten or fifteen minute rain for the midget and sprint weeks? my thoughts are/ these are two very special weeks with fans and race teams coming in from all over to support these events, fans and race teams who deserve the extra effort from both usac and the promoters! once we're there, we will sit and tailgate/ or work to make our cars faster for however long it takes, what else do we have to do? I remember the early days of the ohio sprint speedweeks (the original of these extravaganzas) and I remember some rain delays and some rather late nights of racing, but I don't remember a single rainout. they felt that these events were special and that they should be treated as something special, I see no reason why usac and the Indiana promoters cannot adopt that sort of spirit! I know that track mngmnt at Lawrenceburg will give it their all to get these shows in, but how bout the rest of yinz?

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Sprintcarfanatic · 6/10/13, 6:49 AM

Started that last year with limited traveling. Even if my 2 brothers gave me 10 bucks each just to go to Eldora thats only 5 gallons of gas. The only time they go to Limaland or Waynesfield is for the All Stars or WOO & thats all coming up in the near future.

thebus79h · 6/10/13, 9:57 AM

In no way shape or form am I condoning gas being as ridiculous as it is, I won't be satisfied until gas is below $2.00 a gallon. But do some math on this one.

Gas last week in Richmond was $3.99 a gallon before it went to $4.25. I filled up my 12 gallon tank for basically $47.88. Even with gas going up to the really stupid amount, it only costs $4 dollars more to fill up.

Yeah, it sucks, but put things into perspective, and if you stay home based on principal, that's fine, I understand, but if it takes you two hours to get to Gas City or Kokomo, it's literally only costing you a couple dollars more per trip. Pack some PB&J and go watch Midget Week!

mowerman · 6/10/13, 10:13 AM

Paid 3.75 for diesel in Frankfort in. yesterday .

illinisprintfan · 6/10/13, 11:18 AM

I have been trying to keep to the tracks closest to me so far this year, THAT, TSS and CCS. Every other track is at least a 2 hour drive one way. Spending that much on gas each weekend is just not going to happen. With the prices going even higher, it will probably stay that way. On a side note, I went to Missouri this past weekend to register my kid at college. The gas prices in Western illinois and Missouri varied from $3.44 to $3.60.

6/9/13, 9:40 PM	#1 Gas Prices
kidrock Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 122	Will Gas prices stop you from going to bigger show's and if so, will you go to local show's?

6/9/13, 10:02 PM	#4 Re: Gas Prices
stockracer Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 88	Gas prices will effect the # of races as well as USAC's $25. price tag will find myself @ more weekly shows and places like Peru--good cheap racing.

6/9/13, 10:11 PM	#5 Re: Gas Prices
slick01 Member Race Count This Year: 31 Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 127	What is it about the gas prices in Indiana? We try every way possible to avoid filling up on our trips there by stopping in Kentucky but we eventually have to fuel up with gas that is 30 or 40 cents higher than anywhere else we travel. Having said that, midget week here we come!

6/10/13, 6:49 AM	#7 Re: Gas Prices
Sprintcarfanatic Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 755	Started that last year with limited traveling. Even if my 2 brothers gave me 10 bucks each just to go to Eldora thats only 5 gallons of gas. The only time they go to Limaland or Waynesfield is for the All Stars or WOO & thats all coming up in the near future.

6/10/13, 10:13 AM	#9 Re: Gas Prices
mowerman Senior Member Race Count This Year: 13 Race Count Last Year: 87 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,553	Paid 3.75 for diesel in Frankfort in. yesterday .

6/10/13, 11:18 AM	#10 Re: Gas Prices
illinisprintfan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 884	I have been trying to keep to the tracks closest to me so far this year, THAT, TSS and CCS. Every other track is at least a 2 hour drive one way. Spending that much on gas each weekend is just not going to happen. With the prices going even higher, it will probably stay that way. On a side note, I went to Missouri this past weekend to register my kid at college. The gas prices in Western illinois and Missouri varied from $3.44 to $3.60.