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This is poll for race fans on your experiences in 2010. Please post your responses below. Feel free to post for 410, 360, wing or non wing sprint car races.

1. Races attended in 2010:
2. New tracks and/or new events?
3. Best race?
4. Worst race?
5. Best event atmosphere?
6. Biggest party?
7. Best track food?
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver?
9. Biggest surprise of the year?
10. Bucket list race?

1. Races attended in 2010: 24
2. New tracks? 4 - Grandville (PA), Big Diamond (PA), Brownstown (IN), Dirt Track at Charlotte (NC)
3. Best race? Kings Royal - Kinser/Madsen battle, runner up - Tyler Walker PA Speedweeks win at Grandville
4. Worst race? Sprint Car portion of World Finals (but late model & mods were good)
5. Best event atmosphere? National Open (Beer Hill, Keg kickball, two auctions, chili feed, pig roast, packed campground......)
6. Biggest party? Kings Royal (where else can you buy a case of beer in the track & they have a full bar)
7. Best track food? Lincoln Speedway (BBQ stand is awesome)
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver? TK and Johathan Allard
9. Biggest surprise of the year? Jason Meyers winning WoO title, Donny Schatz not and only winning 5 races.
10. Bucket list race? Chili Bowl

That would be Grandview.(PA)

1..... I attended 84 races and didn't leave Pennsylvania.

2....None this year.

3.... I can't remember the date but it was @ Lincoln Speedway (PA) Where everyone in the top five were racing for 1st in lapped traffic. You could throw a blanket over them.

4.....The Late Model Speedweek race at Williams Grove. Real Snooze fest

5.....Williams Grove Natty O.

6......See above

7.....Lincoln Speedway

8...Would've been Cody Darrah on the WoO tour. Fred Rahmer, and Brent Marks.

9.....Steve Kinser

10.... The Knoxville Nats. or Hitting Australia durning winter.

1. 59

2. Bloomfield, Sedalia

3. 50th Nationals

4. there all good.

5. Nationals

6. Nationals. turn 3

7. Chicken bites @ Knoxville or bbq nachos @ Belleville.

8. Tim Kaeding Skip Jackson/Davey Heskin

9. Tim Shaffer winning nationals. Heskin finishing 8th.

10. National Open

-Austin Rankin

1 13...?

2 some track in Pooler GA (near Savannah)...no sprints that night...but bent up wings in the "bar"

3 Gold Cup

4 Antioch GSC July

5 Gold Cup.... though USAC Memorial Day at Calistoga if you like wine..

6 Gold Cup ... "Chili Feed"

7 Corndogs at Chico

8 Favorite touring ... Jason Meyers local Kyle Larson

9 Meyers beating a healthy King... and the NASCAR teams

10 50th Dirt Cup

1. 29 races in 35 nights in the USA, 40+ and still conting in Aus

2. 20+ new tracks while in the states

3. Iron Man finish, Nationals A-Main and even the 360 A-Main @ the Kings royal

4. All Stars at belleville- 14 cars

5. Cornhusker Midgets and Front Row challenge

6. Classic Party @ Warrnambool, Front Row and the Nationals

7. Chilli Cheese dog @ Williams Grove

8. TK & Bud!

9. Tim Schaffer @ the Nationals

10. Chilli Bowl

Races - 26
New Tracks - Tulare, I-96, Lincoln, Williams Grove, rained out at Big Diamond
Best Race - Kings Royal - one of the best I've seen - Double File Restarts one of greatest rule changes in years!
Worst Race - World Finals
Best Atmosphere - Kings Royal & National Open
Best Pary - National Open
Best Track Food - Eldora; Corndogs anywhere
Fav Drivers - Kraig Kinser/Tyler Walker
Biggest Surprise - Jason Meyers stellar performances down the stretch to claim his first WoO Championship; Knoxville Nationlals
Bucket List - Florida Speedweeks; Gold Rush Tour; Keystone Cup

Races - 22
New Tracks - 81 Speedway (KS), USA Raceway (AZ)
Best Race - Knoxville Nationals or Nebraska Cup
Worst Race - NCRA race at 81 Speedway
Best Atmosphere - Knoxville Nationals
Best Pary - Front Row Challenge
Best Track Food - Chicken Tenders at Eagle Raceway
Fav Drivers - Sammy Swindell/ local Jack Dover
Biggest Surprise - Tim Shaffer winning the Knoxville Nationals
Bucket List - any race at Eldora, Lernerville, Skagit and Perris Auto Speedway.

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Outstanding responses.... keep em' coming

Races - 16
New Tracks - Brownstown, Ind.
Best Race - Gold Crown Midget Nats. followed by Brady Short winning Ind. Sprint Week race at Brownstown
Worst Race - Short Track Nationals
Best Atmosphere - Chili Bowl
Best Party - Chili Bowl. It's a party all week long.
Best Track Food - I'd say Eldora still has the best food but I haven't been there in five years Fav Drivers - Daron Clayton/ don't really have a fave that runs local
Biggest Surprise - Tim Shaffer winning the Knoxville Nationals
Bucket List - Oval Nationals or any race I can attend at Kokomo, Ind.

1) 31

2) LA Raceway

3) Knoxville nationals

4) Rock n' Roll 50 finale

5) Knoxville (except for the cops)

6) Short Track Nationals Parking lot/ Campground

7) Its all good after a 12 pack

8) Jason Johnson

9) This one is kind of a bad surprise but I have to say the Rockets passing

10) Australia speedweek

305's are the herpes of sprint cars

1. Races attended in 2010: maybe 6
2. New tracks and/or new events? Marysville GSC and Mel Hall
3. Best race? GSC finale at Placerville
4. Worst race? no bad races here
5. Best event atmosphere? I love the Placerville crowd an of course Gold Cup!
6. Biggest party? no more parties for me with 2 young kids!
7. Best track food? most things at Chico are pretty good!
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver? Jason Meyers plus all our local GSC and CW drivers- I can't pink just one
9. Biggest surprise of the year? the death of Rocket as well- such a sad loss and he was way too young
10. Bucket list race? any race I get to go to

Oakland Sprint Fan - are you going to be able to go to any of the Golden State of the West races?

Looking forward to the new Golden State King of the 
West series schedule! 

Winged sprintcars = the fastest and most exciting 
racecars on dirt! 

interesting answers to this poll , here are mine

1. 20

2. Perris Auto Speedway , great track , everyone so attend the Oval Nationals

3. Knoxville Nationals , a stellar performance by Sammy Swindell & all wingless races

4. World Finals , from what I heard

5. Knoxville , and local races in central Pa ,their is something about the atmosphere here

6. Knoxville Nationals

7. Grandview Speedway

8. Jason Meyers & all local drivers , I support them all

9. Daryn Pittman ,and a great year for Tim Shaffer

10. Indiana Speedweek , these are great races

1. 83 but 13 of those got rained out ....Still have 1 more this Friday for the Rumble in Ft Wayne IN

2. Brownstown IN, Lincoln Park IN, Spartan MI, Haubstadt IN

3. Knoxville Nationals

4. World Finals

5. Knoxville Nationals

6. for me this yr, King's Royal

7. Spartan MI, Eldora, Gas City

8. Sammy Swindell/ locals WAY too many to name just 1

9. Shaffer winning Knoxville

10. Gold Cup

Life's short, race hard!!!

This is poll for race fans on your experiences in 2010. Please post your responses below. Feel free to post for 410, 360, wing or non wing sprint car races.

1. Races attended in 2010: 34
2. New tracks and/or new events? Hagerstown and Selinsgrove
3. Best race? Grove Summer Nationals
4. Worst race? Saturday Morning at Nationals
5. Best event atmosphere? Knoxville Nationals
6. Biggest party? Grove Natty Open
7. Best track food? Lincoln Speedway
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver? Jason Solwold/Brian Leppo
9. Biggest surprise of the year? A Non-Outlaw winning Nationals
10. Bucket list race? Any race at Grandview

1. Races attended in 2010: 43
2. New tracks and/or new events? Track: Shepp's Speedway - Event: Gold Crown Midget Nationals
3. Best race? "Kevin Doty Classic"
4. Worst race? No such thing
5. Best event atmosphere? Saturday of the 50th Knoxville Nationals
6. Biggest party? As usual, FRC @ Osky
7. Best track food? LA Raceway @ La Monte, MO
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver? Touring: Sammy - Local/regional: Too many good ones around here to list.
9. Biggest surprise of the year? Darren Hagen sweeping the Gold Crown Midget Nationals
10. Bucket list race? Winged: National Open - Non-Winged: Oval Nationals

Member of this message board since 1997

1. Races attended in 2010: - 56
2. New tracks and/or new events? - no new events this year
3. Best race? - Vegas WoO race watching Jason Meyers coming from the back (18th)
4. Worst race? - better not answer this one
5. Best event atmosphere? - Deming Speedway
6. Biggest party? - Deming Speedway
7. Best track food? - tie TwoLarry and Deming Speedway
8. Favorite touring driver & favorite local/regional driver? - Brooke T & Brock Lemley
9. Biggest surprise of the year? - missing half of the year do to illness
10. Bucket list race? - Murray Bridge; Avalon Raceway; Borderline Speedway; Sungold Stadium Premier Speedway

Brian 

"TURN AROUND; MATE !"

1. 21 Races. I've cut back attending races at my local track to 4 or 5 shows per year at RRCS in Winnipeg

2. North Central Speedway, Brainerd MN

3. Knoxville Nationals. Honorable Mention, first night WoO show at RCS in Grand Forks

4. NASCAR night at Red River Co-op Speedway in Winnipeg. Boring and way over priced!!!

5. Knoxville Nationals

6. Knoxville Nationals always has the best party for me. Honorable Mention-Making our own party in Brainerd, buying beers by the case at the track. WoO shows in Grand Forks partying with my buds.

7. The food at Knoxville is always good. Tenderloins and chicken tenders are great

8. The King. The Madman. TK

9. Tim Shaffer winning the Nationals. The King's comeback year. Schatz's sub-par season

10. Kings Royal and The Chili Bowl

Knoxville Natioanls attendee since '95
Favorite Tracks...River Cities, Knoxville, Cedar Lake
Favorite Drivers...S.Kinser, T.Kaeding, K.Madsen, S.Smith
Proud Canadian