Oh this I great news........ USAC says that "it makes perfect sense". I strongly disagree. It will be impossible to get my group to make arrangements to get here from Michigan. We took pride in doing the 100, little 5, indy(if we felt like it) and Kokomo in one weekend. Now where do we go on Friday? I'm upset. USAC will regret this.
Originally Posted by steve004:
Oh this I great news........ USAC says that "it makes perfect sense". I strongly disagree. It will be impossible to get my group to make arrangements to get here from Michigan. We took pride in doing the 100, little 5, indy(if we felt like it) and Kokomo in one weekend. Now where do we go on Friday? I'm upset. USAC will regret this.
You have Bloomington or Gas City on Friday.I dont agree with their reasoning for moving it, I never had a problem making it from Carb Day to the Fairgrounds, usually in time to see some practice and all of quals but it is what it is. Now if you stay for the concert you would have a problem but there were probably few that were sober enough to make it after the concert anyway.
John Hoover
“To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus
Not happy about this at all. Terre Haute sprints now Wednesday. It just shuffles the whole weekend around. Can't USAC leave anything alone? Might be $35 of my money they don't get this year. Or will it be $40?
Why is everything a conspiracy? Was this USAC's decision or was it the promoters decision? Just because it does not fit into your schedule does not make it completely wrong.
Which of the three conversations makes the most sense
#1. USAC "We are going to change the schedule of the SC crown race for the he!! of it just to make people mad on IOW." Promoter "OK. I never did like the people on IOW all they do is complain."
#2. Promoter "These SC races are getting harder and harder to promote. I would really like to have a guarnateed rain date for the race" USAC "We could give you a rain date, but it would require you moving the race to Thursday night"
#3. Either Promoter or USAC "The Speedway sure is doing a lot more Friday. Some of it is going late into the afternoon/evening" Either Promoter or USAC "I wonder if this is going to impact the crowd on Friday night" Promoter "I really hope not, this race is getting harder and harder to promote" USAC " Would you like to move the race to Thursday night instead and be the first big attraction of the weekend" Promoter " That sounds great. Hey, could you leave Friday open as a rain date?"
I'm not saying it is a conspiracy, I'm saying it is an awful move. I'm in a group of 4 that will not be there. If they subtract us 4 and find 5-6 to replace those tickets it is worth it but I just cannot see that happening. I'm glad that you mentioned the rain date. Maybe this will be one of the many years it gets rained out and it's run Friday. Is there even a rain date?
If a usac, a promotor, or track asked everyone what day or date works best for them we wouldn't have any races. The week of the Indy 500 will have 4 days of racing to choose from. It sure is hard to please everyone when we have racing at least 3 days a week during the racing season. For those who can or can not attend any races be thankful we live in a free country. Its because of our men and women who protect our country.
Dirt330, I get it. There are men and women fighting in a 3rd world country to..... Again, my point is that this is a special weekend. Kinda special. It's Little 500 weekend. Everything else is a bonus including the big cars on the mile on Friday, when everyone is in town. NOT Thursday. I am from Michigan. Until I started back at school, I worked. How the heck can you get fans from 4 hours away to hustle down for a Thursday night race? And....to see so few cars roll 100 laps.
