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April 09, 2024 at
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This should be an interesting weekend in the Woo vs HL saga. Wonder how the car count will settle out between the two as neither series are in 410 hot bed areas. Last year the Woo had 34 cars at this weekend at Pevely, at least 7 of those in attendance will be in Texas for HL. Guess you only need 24 to fill a field and put on a good show. Get your popcorn ready.
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April 09, 2024 at
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Yea I think the season has officially started now, with local stuff starting and the two series now officially competing against each other. The next few months will be a good indicator as to how sustainable this model will be.
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April 09, 2024 at
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I find I-55 to be one of the best tracks on the planet from a spectator's standpoint. I wonder what the drivers think of it?
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April 09, 2024 at
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Posted By: staggerman on April 09 2024 at 10:47:07 AM
This should be an interesting weekend in the Woo vs HL saga. Wonder how the car count will settle out between the two as neither series are in 410 hot bed areas. Last year the Woo had 34 cars at this weekend at Pevely, at least 7 of those in attendance will be in Texas for HL. Guess you only need 24 to fill a field and put on a good show. Get your popcorn ready.
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I'm not a HL fan at all as most are probably aware, but objectively the debate is not HL vs WoO so much as Missouri vs Texas. Pevely is in an region that has a good number of 410 teams. I wish Texas was a good area for 410 racing, especially since I happen to live here. If both places have a full feature I'd call that good. I would expect HL to do better on car count in Oklahoma though.
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April 09, 2024 at
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Posted By: Dryslick Willie on April 09 2024 at 02:53:25 PM
I'm not a HL fan at all as most are probably aware, but objectively the debate is not HL vs WoO so much as Missouri vs Texas. Pevely is in an region that has a good number of 410 teams. I wish Texas was a good area for 410 racing, especially since I happen to live here. If both places have a full feature I'd call that good. I would expect HL to do better on car count in Oklahoma though.
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Spot on. How far will either of those two tracks pull cars from? Whatever sanction is in MO will have an advantage over TX on days that end in Y.
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April 09, 2024 at
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Posted By: egras on April 09 2024 at 01:26:42 PM
I find I-55 to be one of the best tracks on the planet from a spectator's standpoint. I wonder what the drivers think of it?
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agreed and one of my favorites, standing along the fence in three and four. it was like that in 2010 when i visited the midwest scene,,,
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
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April 09, 2024 at
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Posted By: staggerman on April 09 2024 at 10:47:07 AM
This should be an interesting weekend in the Woo vs HL saga. Wonder how the car count will settle out between the two as neither series are in 410 hot bed areas. Last year the Woo had 34 cars at this weekend at Pevely, at least 7 of those in attendance will be in Texas for HL. Guess you only need 24 to fill a field and put on a good show. Get your popcorn ready.
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Both should be just fine. HL has 18 currently touring plus at least Brown, Holmes, Macri, Hafertepe and Hahn (at least at the dirt track in Dallas) are racing HL. I55 has Hagar, Williamson, Thiel and Randall coming. Plus IRA and Knoxville still off
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April 10, 2024 at
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One thing that will help Hal is being held in conjunction with a nascar weekend otherwise if it was like last weekends powri race there didn't appear to be 20 people in the stands.
im gonna make the trip to pevely from sw Ohio.
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I think Pevely will be a better show, but again that's based on the track and not the sanctioning body. Pevely is a much more exciting track from a racing standpoint. TMS has a great facility but I've never been impressed with the racing surface or any of the racing I've seen there.
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Posted By: Dryslick Willie on April 10 2024 at 10:45:40 AM
I think Pevely will be a better show, but again that's based on the track and not the sanctioning body. Pevely is a much more exciting track from a racing standpoint. TMS has a great facility but I've never been impressed with the racing surface or any of the racing I've seen there.
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Hopefully they both have full fields and good trackconditions. There will be no Cmain. I liked HL week day better purse races Direct competition is a different deal. I think the fans will miss seeing the best !
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Friday HL rained out
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April 10, 2024 at
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Posted By: armyduke on April 10 2024 at 04:38:15 PM
Friday HL rained out
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If these tracks continue to cancell two days ahead of the race they will start to have a hard time getting teams not running for points to travel far for their races.
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April 10, 2024 at
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Posted By: longtimefan on April 10 2024 at 06:06:37 PM
If these tracks continue to cancell two days ahead of the race they will start to have a hard time getting teams not running for points to travel far for their races.
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If the grounds are soaked, it is better to cancel early than to have everyone show up and then tell them we are not racing?
Let's go Sprint Car Racing!
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April 10, 2024 at
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Posted By: BStrawser26 on April 10 2024 at 06:21:17 PM
If the grounds are soaked, it is better to cancel early than to have everyone show up and then tell them we are not racing?
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The people who complain about early cancellations are usually the same ones that would complain if they did not cancel and wasted money traveling to the venue.
From their cancellation notice:
Several inches of rain, standing water, soaked grounds, and a flooded facility has forced the cancellation of Friday’s High Limit race at Texarkana 67 Speedway.
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April 10, 2024 at
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Posted By: lasoskifan on April 10 2024 at 07:51:33 PM
The people who complain about early cancellations are usually the same ones that would complain if they did not cancel and wasted money traveling to the venue.
From their cancellation notice:
Several inches of rain, standing water, soaked grounds, and a flooded facility has forced the cancellation of Friday’s High Limit race at Texarkana 67 Speedway.
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I didn't say a word about fans. I said teams, some of them already traveled to the area for the races.
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April 10, 2024 at
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Posted By: longtimefan on April 10 2024 at 07:58:32 PM
I didn't say a word about fans. I said teams, some of them already traveled to the area for the races.
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They have a race on Saturday. All is good.
Let's go Sprint Car Racing!
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Posted By: longtimefan on April 10 2024 at 07:58:32 PM
I didn't say a word about fans. I said teams, some of them already traveled to the area for the races.
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? Wouldn't the same issues with water pertain to teams as well? It's Wednesday. I'd think that any teams that are there already are the ones following the circuit. The teams are looking at the same weather online as the rest of us.
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I can't wait for the "Mother Nature doesn't like racing" cliche we see trotted out every spring. As though rain in March and April is unprecedented.
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Posted By: BStrawser26 on April 10 2024 at 06:21:17 PM
If the grounds are soaked, it is better to cancel early than to have everyone show up and then tell them we are not racing?
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I feel that cancelling early is a good thing for teams and spectators for events like this. Odds are the ones following the circuit are not always traveling back home again although some may be. I'd bet they plan their schedule well figuring the costs. I would it I ran a team that traveled.
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Posted By: dsc1600 on April 11 2024 at 10:59:31 AM
I can't wait for the "Mother Nature doesn't like racing" cliche we see trotted out every spring. As though rain in March and April is unprecedented.
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That goes hand in hand with "Good job Ratsass Speedway getting the race in tonight after all the rain we've had in the last week. But I really lost a lot of respect for those guys starting the race late and having a rough track".
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