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March 05, 2008 at
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CONCORD,
N.C. — March 5, 2008 — The Advance
Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series event scheduled for March 14-15
at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn.,
has been canceled.
Given the wintry
conditions that have persisted into March, Volunteer Speedway officials have not
been able to prepare their facility for an event featuring 410-sprint cars
competing at high speeds.
Former Owner/President of FAST and Black Swamp Media
Group. Currently just another fan in the stands.
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March 05, 2008 at
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Maybe some of the guys will head down to the Devil's Bowl.
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March 05, 2008 at
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That sounds like bull! LOL Seriously, two weeks in advance? No way. This is propaganda.
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March 05, 2008 at
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thats next weekend guys!
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March 05, 2008 at
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They have a practice scheduled for next Thursday and a 2 day late model show scheduled to replace the Woo. The late model show is paying 10,000 to win 700 to start both days, same as the Woo. Something is up here.
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March 05, 2008 at
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The smell of BS is getting pretty strong.
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March 05, 2008 at
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maybe the fees are too high?
certainly not the stock price...ooops!
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WRGI.OB
Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
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weather." Van May
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March 05, 2008 at
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Posted By: sprintfan0 on March 05 2008 at 10:16:23 AM
That sounds like bull! LOL Seriously, two weeks in advance? No way. This is propaganda.
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Looks like a good call to me
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March 05, 2008 at
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Y'all might want to look at the weather forecast. Bristol has a 60% chance of rain on Friday and snow showers on Saturday with a low temp in the 20s. Sounds like a good time to be somewhere else to me.
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March 05, 2008 at
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Posted By: Maxspeed99 on March 05 2008 at 08:27:53 PM
Y'all might want to look at the weather forecast. Bristol has a 60% chance of rain on Friday and snow showers on Saturday with a low temp in the 20s. Sounds like a good time to be somewhere else to me.
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This is 10 days from now, not THIS week
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March 05, 2008 at
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Sorry Duane. I'm now on a self-imposed ban from this forum. Don't want to expose my ignorance any more than necessary.
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March 05, 2008 at
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Why is it a good call Stan? Are we going to start cancelling all races 10-14 days out if it looks like inclement weather? Hell, that would eliminate more than half the shows I go to. They must not be to worried about the purse since they have already scheduled a late model show for about the same money.
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March 06, 2008 at
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Posted By: Maxspeed99 on March 05 2008 at 09:31:17 PM
Sorry Duane. I'm now on a self-imposed ban from this forum. Don't want to expose my ignorance any more than necessary.
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No need for that, the title of the thread was misleading in itself.
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March 06, 2008 at
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If it is true that the track has scheduled two late model events for that day instead. Then the WRGI financials could be very telling. Could this be the first kink in the armour for WRGI and could it be the first prelude to possible chapter 11 protection. It sounds a lot like what went on with CART and CCWS before both went under.
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Perma frost in Tennessee, damn this global warming.
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March 06, 2008 at
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This message was edited on
March 06, 2008 at
10:21:57 AM by nodust
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Posted By: Offie on March 06 2008 at 10:13:51 AM
Perma frost in Tennessee, damn this global warming.
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Albore looks more stupid than his normal everyday self!
I wonder how many of his wackos are still belivers in what he wrote?
Even an OKC 12 should be smart enough to just the ship.
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March 06, 2008 at
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Posted By: sprintfan0 on March 05 2008 at 09:39:50 PM
Why is it a good call Stan? Are we going to start cancelling all races 10-14 days out if it looks like inclement weather? Hell, that would eliminate more than half the shows I go to. They must not be to worried about the purse since they have already scheduled a late model show for about the same money.
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As someone who lives in an area where Late Models are the most
popular class with the locals and the frost goes deep I can give an
answer from our perspective. Up here in Minnesota and western Wisconsin
we've had the coldest winter in many years without a lot of insulating
snow cover. Consequently, when our tracks push the openers as early as
possible in April and the frost hasn't come out of the ground tracks
get very rough. Late Models have been known to break suspension parts
from hitting the ruts that develop in spite of the best possible track
preparation. That's just the way it is with frost, until it's out of
the ground the clay is going to roll up.
A Late Model hits a frost hole and breaks an A frame. A Sprint hits
a frost hole and they'd be untangling the car from the catch fence.
Early season Sprint races can get ugly when the frost isn't out of the
ground yet. I can't speak for Bull's Gap but up here we sometimes have
big problems with early openers after cold lingering winters.I heard that several tracks up here that scheduled to open the first weekend of April are not very optimistic that they're going to be able to prepare the track. Those are Stock Car tracks and it's not looking good. 410 Sprints would be out of the question.
Tracks are worried about drawing a crowd in questionable weather. I think it's no secret that this track is in the middle of Late Model country so they probably didn't want to take the risk on getting a good crowd. I think this year with high priced gas you'll see the tracks pull the plug early for specials when teams are traveling. Probably the Late Models are more locally based around that area. Just my guess based on more years of experience than I hate to admit.
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Posted By: Gojira on March 06 2008 at 09:00:30 AM
If it is true that the track has scheduled two late model events for that day instead. Then the WRGI financials could be very telling. Could this be the first kink in the armour for WRGI and could it be the first prelude to possible chapter 11 protection. It sounds a lot like what went on with CART and CCWS before both went under.
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NST shirt and tech trailer is still parked at Steve Kinser's I heard.
Recently when someone wanted to buy the tech trailer the comment was " I think I'll hold on to it for another year".
Wonder why!
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March 10, 2008 at
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Posted By: the instigator on March 09 2008 at 07:44:30 PM
NST shirt and tech trailer is still parked at Steve Kinser's I heard.
Recently when someone wanted to buy the tech trailer the comment was " I think I'll hold on to it for another year".
Wonder why!
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Unless Jack Ass is square with Lamberti/Parsons/Stockbridge....it may not be entirely his to sell.
"As long as I can have a fast boat, a margarita
machine and can light my hair on fire, I'll be just
fine."
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This message was edited on
March 10, 2008 at
05:11:08 PM by StanM
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Posted By: sprintfan0 on March 05 2008 at 09:39:50 PM
Why is it a good call Stan? Are we going to start cancelling all races 10-14 days out if it looks like inclement weather? Hell, that would eliminate more than half the shows I go to. They must not be to worried about the purse since they have already scheduled a late model show for about the same money.
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I live in Minnesota, we struggle early in the season with deep frost when we have a cold winter. The clay rolls up and develops ruts and there's no track maintenance that's going to make a difference until the frost works it's way out of the ground. I've seen the bigger heavier Late Models hit those frost ruts and break front end parts. The track can look great at the start of a race and a frost buckle can develop in just a few laps. They can come out and grade it (ya gotta love frequent grader delays on a 35 degree night with a north wind) and they come back half way through the next race. 410 Sprint Cars hit those things and ruts and they'd be picking up parts all the way out to the road. A few weeks later, some nice mid 70's weather with a warm soaking rain and the same trouble spots are smooth as silk.
The weather in that part of Tennessee looks pretty tough for the next week or so. Even if frost isn't going to be a problem they've still got to draw a crowd on what looks like it could be a cold night. That area is Late Model country so they might be a little nervous about that as well.
I'm looking at the empty seats at Nascar races and wondering how this economy is going to impact the racing this summer. A lot of track owners are keeping an eye on that situation. I think in the final analysis the economy and price of travel is going to have more impact on short track racing than anything else this year.
Disclaimer: I have been wrong before. Just ask my wife...
Stan Meissner
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