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Should be a great weekend of racing with the IRA. Saturday will be the Kenosha County Fair race at Wilmot which is a larger purse and one of the biggest crowds of the year. Then on Sunday they head to Lasalle Speedway in IL for a $4000 to win show which should have a large car count with the IRA, MOWA and got to figure a few Knoxville regulars.

Anyone got any scoop of outsiders coming?

I would expect to see most of the MOWA boys show up. The IRA pays WAY more than MOWA does. The MOWA officials have nice shirts, nice vehicles, their own food at the track like WoO (lol) and pay out didly for racing.

Trying to remain as professional and objective as possible, allow me to reply to your issues..

1. Nice Shirts - Yes, I am one who wears a new for 2012 MOWA sublimated shirt... that I personally paid for. Last year in our first season, the officials wore white Polos purchased from the shelves of the Jacksonville, Illinois J.C Penney and embroidered in Springfield, Il at a total cost to the series of $0.

2. Nice Vehicles - There is only one vehicle that travels with MOWA and one old red trailer with a logo on the side to carry the personally owed 4 wheelers and scooters of our staff. The vehicle is a 1998 Chevy dually with 2XX,XXX miles that occasionally actually runs and doubles as our safety truck. The truck is owned by an official of the series, purchased with his money as was all of the fire equipment in the rear and the the 24ft trailer. Total value of all 3 items, roughly $10,000. Total cost to MOWA, $0.

3. Food At The Track - The ladies who run the pill draw and handle our fan giveaways travel countless miles throughout our region at their own expense prepare food occasionally for our drivers to eat when they draw a pill. Typical fare might be Chicken and Noodles in a crock pot, or perhaps a some fried chicken. Total cost to the series $0.

4. Don't Pay Out Diddly For Racing - Perhaps that is fair criticism. Our minimum purse was raised by roughly $2,000 in this, our 2nd season. Prior to last season, only one track in Illinois South of LaSalle even held a 410 sprint car race (Jacksonville) with a weekly show of $1,500 to win. Out of our next 6 races, 3 of them will pay at least $3000 to win/$300 to start. We continue to keep our minimum purse in line with what we view our success is at the gate. Slowly but surely we are getting to where we can command higher purses while still having a show that is successful for the tracks so that we are welcome back in the future.

5. Our members and supporters raise the point fund for our series through a fundraiser at our awards banquet the previous season. That money is segregated and not used for any series expenses throughout the year so that it will be there to payout at the following year's banquet. For the 2012 season we will pay out a $10,000 points fund in November that was raised last November. With the continued support off our fans, we can hopefully do the same for next season at our banquet in November.

It's kind of amazing how in a year and a half we can take a group of racers that are happy racing for a certain purse at Jacksonville - raise that purse, take our show on the road but still pretty close to our home base, keep winged sprint car racing alive in Illinois after our home track stops running weekly.... and still have people find things to complain about. Yes, we want to race for better purses, and with your continued support and the support of sprint car fans throughout our area, we will be able to continue on our path to get there.

Trying to remain as professional and objective as possible, allow me to reply to your issues..

1. Nice Shirts - Yes, I am one who wears a new for 2012 MOWA sublimated shirt... that I personally paid for. Last year in our first season, the officials wore white Polos purchased from the shelves of the Jacksonville, Illinois J.C Penney and embroidered in Springfield, Il at a total cost to the series of $0.

2. Nice Vehicles - There is only one vehicle that travels with MOWA and one old red trailer with a logo on the side to carry the personally owed 4 wheelers and scooters of our staff. The vehicle is a 1998 Chevy dually with 2XX,XXX miles that occasionally actually runs and doubles as our safety truck. The truck is owned by an official of the series, purchased with his money as was all of the fire equipment in the rear and the the 24ft trailer. Total value of all 3 items, roughly $10,000. Total cost to MOWA, $0.

3. Food At The Track - The ladies who run the pill draw and handle our fan giveaways travel countless miles throughout our region at their own expense prepare food occasionally for our drivers to eat when they draw a pill. Typical fare might be Chicken and Noodles in a crock pot, or perhaps a some fried chicken. Total cost to the series $0.

4. Don't Pay Out Diddly For Racing - Perhaps that is fair criticism. Our minimum purse was raised by roughly $2,000 in this, our 2nd season. Prior to last season, only one track in Illinois South of LaSalle even held a 410 sprint car race (Jacksonville) with a weekly show of $1,500 to win. Out of our next 6 races, 3 of them will pay at least $3000 to win/$300 to start. We continue to keep our minimum purse in line with what we view our success is at the gate. Slowly but surely we are getting to where we can command higher purses while still having a show that is successful for the tracks so that we are welcome back in the future.

5. Our members and supporters raise the point fund for our series through a fundraiser at our awards banquet the previous season. That money is segregated and not used for any series expenses throughout the year so that it will be there to payout at the following year's banquet. For the 2012 season we will pay out a $10,000 points fund in November that was raised last November. With the continued support off our fans, we can hopefully do the same for next season at our banquet in November.

It's kind of amazing how in a year and a half we can take a group of racers that are happy racing for a certain purse at Jacksonville - raise that purse, take our show on the road but still pretty close to our home base, keep winged sprint car racing alive in Illinois after our home track stops running weekly.... and still have people find things to complain about. Yes, we want to race for better purses, and with your continued support and the support of sprint car fans throughout our area, we will be able to continue on our path to get there.