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10. RESTARTS MOWA uses a restart cone on the front-chute or back-chute depending on the track(this will be decided and you will be notified at the drivers meeting, located about 1 to 2 car widths from the outside barrier of the track. The flagman will signal 1 lap to the green. As the leader exits the fourth turn on that lap, he may fully accelerate anywhere between the turn 4 start line and the restart cone(front –chute) or the exit of turn2 and cone on backchute. NO ON AND OFF THE GAS TACTICS BY THE LEADER WILL BE TOLERATED AND MAY RESULT IN A PENALTY. The leader and the entire field MUST pass between the cone and the outside of the track. NO PASSING IS PERMITTED PRIOR TO PASSING THE CONE. The field needs to be tight NOSE TO TAIL and not allow gaps between cars. Hitting the cone or going on the wrong side of it will result in a penalty, however, committing this penalty won’t necessarily result in a false start. If the leader commits this penalty a complete restart will be called for and he will be penalized two positions. If a car other than the leader should either hit the cone or pass beneath it, a two-position penalty will be instituted (if we don’t go yellow) when the next yellow or red interrupts racing, or at the conclusion if no interruptions.

heard them say something came up in the family...

The Midwest Open Wheel Association would like to thank all of the fans and participants who attended our inaugural race last night at 34 Raceway in West Burlington Iowa. The number and quality of cars and drivers was exceptional and the grandstands looked more than respectable given the weather conditions leading up to and during the event. We sincerely hope that each and every fan in attendance had a great time and received much more entertainment value than the cost of their ticket.

We realize that some circumstances fell into place in order for this show to be the success it turned out to be. Weather issues at other tracks brought in some additional name brand drivers that weren't on our original list and we were fortunate to have the experience and dedication of the 34 Raceway staff at our side as we made our maiden attempt at running a racing series.

We value the feedback of our fans and participants. Although that feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, we will to pay close attention to comments and suggestions on how we could make our shows even better. Sometimes you have to see things in action before you can really notice ways to improve them. Last night gave us an opportunity to see a few areas we will be adjusting going forward.

Considering that it was only roughly 2 months ago that a small group of people met on a Sunday afternoon in Springfield, Illinois with the crazy idea of forming a local sprint car racing series, we are proud of our accomplishments to date, and the success of last night's event only reinforces our belief that we can make this series work over the long term.

Again, we wish to thank all of our fans, participants, staff, volunteers, sponsors and our new friends at 34 Raceway for the support you gave us on the opening night of the Monster Energy Sprint Car Series. We hope it is just a sample of bigger and better things to come in the future.

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See the first round of highlights of last nights action prepared by Ross Wece HERE. Realize that Ross rolled into a hotel in Jacksonville at 3am this morning, then faced a 4 hour drive to Carbondale today and still had this highlight package done before 5pm. Nice work Ross!

We hope to have another video that chronicles the nights events completed in the near future. Stay Tuned.

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As for the question about Donnie Beechler, unexpected family obligations did not allow him to compete last night and his name was removed from our anticipated list of drivers earlier in the week. Donnie will not be running the full series, but will participate in the majority of our events.

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Yes, Matt, Chris and crew are always competitive. If he had his 360 in, they did do a nice job. He is always pretty racy and Chris McGraw usually has the car fast.

It appears to me that the above comments were observations, not complaints. I believe the tone of this thread is complimentary instead of negative

just my $.02