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Cody Gerhardt, Cody Swanson, Tim Skoglund & JoJo Helberg are the only KotW teams with California roots; all the rest are from the midwest and the south. It'll be interesting to see how many cars they get. If I were the promoter, I'd certainly consider inviting the few supermodified car owners still around out here to participate in the three shows in California. Wot say? 

Would wings on asphalt be faster than on dirt? Seems to me they would.

Wot say? 

=Much= faster. Here's a cut-and=paste link to Brian Gerster's 150-mph lap at Bristol, as well as a wing sprint feature there. I think it was the year before this that Jason Blonde (one of the KotW drivers) nipped one of the winged supers there at about 145 mph. . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK5qu711YfY. . . . . . They won't do 150 at I'dale, but based on what we saw Madera's Troy Regier and the SRL winged supers do there more than a decade ago, they'll pretty likely top 125 mph and maybe get close to 130. Non-wing asphalt sprints were doing about 99-mph laps at I'dale at that time. (If I recall correctly, Bud Kaeding won the sprint feature that night.)  

Saw N/W sprints at I'dale Turkey nite. Faster wings should be a must see.

Picked up from Tim Kennedy's article on Irwindale Speedway:

...Indianapolis 500 veteran Davey Hamilton, who donned his racing uniform and helmet and drove one of three winged 360 cu. in. sprint cars in a rapid, ten-lap exhibition race on the half-mile. As head of the new sanctioning group King of the Wing, Hamilton said he has 27 entrants, including his father Kenny and son Davey, Jr., for the series first-ever winged sprint car race at IS in three weeks.

On Saturday, November 22 IS will host the second of three races for the 360 cu. in. sprint cars. Madera Speedway, a third-mile, will be the site Friday night, November 21. The two-year old Kern Country Raceway Park half-mile will be the third round on Sunday afternoon, November 23. Hamilton said he hopes to expand his winged 360 sprint car series next season. During the second hot lap session at 4:15 pm Fresno-based Tim Skoglund, in the Western Racing No. 60, ran a fastest lap of 14.990 (120.080 mph) on his 11th lap. Cody Gerhardt, of Madera, drove the Western Racing No. 40 and Hamilton drove the Hamilton No. 98. A fourth sprint car blew its engine during the 3:15 practice and did not return for the exhibition race at 7:30.

A ten-lap exhibition race (second race of the night) started the three winged sprint cars and amazed spectators with the speed and close wheel-to-wheel passing. Gerhardt led laps 1-3, 6-8 and 10 and won by a foot over Hamilton, the leader of laps 4-5 and 9. Gerhardt trailed the dueling leaders by four seconds. The fastest lap was a 16.070 in their exhibition run. Hamilton said he expects the fastest qualifying and racing times will exceed 125 mph on November 22 when cars are set-up properly for the progressively banked IS half-mile.

The fastest lap ever turned at IS during time trails was 15.154 (118.781 mph) by Troy Regier in his No. 10 super-modified on April 1, 2000. The one-lap USAC 360 non-wing sprint car track record is16.139 (111.531 mph) by Tanner Swanson on November 25, 2010. Hamilton said he expects the fastest qualifier at IS on November 22 to lower the IS fastest lap record to 14.6 or 14.7.

Kern Country Raceway Park is also a must see. State of the art joint. Day light racing will be a delight.

I've read that wing sprint cars on pavement are pretty exciting (maybe not as much as dirt thought     Kern and Irwindale could be quite exciting with 28 cars, how in the heck do they have that many cars?

The NSRA plays big part of the car count. Humphries, Simone, Beck and I can't remember who else could be thought of as California cars as well. So far the only Florida car I've seen out here testing is the red #91. Should be decent shows.

Geez, I had fun.