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Topic: 1st Annual Loren Barstad Memorial at I-90 Speedway May 14
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May 08, 2011 at
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From Ron Haustad...
The 1st annual Loren Barstad Memorial Sprint car race will be held next Saturday @ I-90 Speedway - Hartford, SD. Expecting up to 30 (360 C.I.) Sprint Cars for this race.
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May 14, 2011 at
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Posted By: grp on May 08 2011 at 09:43:27 PM
From Ron Haustad...
The 1st annual Loren Barstad Memorial Sprint car race will be held next Saturday @ I-90 Speedway - Hartford, SD. Expecting up to 30 (360 C.I.) Sprint Cars for this race.
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Rained out for tonight. Rescheduled for next Saturday night, May 21st @ 7:00.
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May 23, 2011 at
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Posted By: RHC on May 14 2011 at 07:04:28 PM
Rained out for tonight. Rescheduled for next Saturday night, May 21st @ 7:00.
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HARTFORD, S.D. (May 21) – Hoping that the third time will be a charm, the
Loren Barstad Memorial Race for IMCA Sprint Cars has been rescheduled to
Saturday, May 28 at I-90 Speedway.
Inclement weather forced postponement of the $1,200 to win, minimum $200 to
start feature from May 14 and again from May 21.
Hot laps are at 6:30 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m.
More information is posted on the www.i90speedway.com website.
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May 23, 2011 at
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Kinda sucks that 2 tracks 100 miles, or a hour and a half apart compete on the same nite for the same sprint cars. JMO.
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May 24, 2011 at
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Nature of the beast, try and get tracks to work together...Cant even get two sprint car Assoc. to work together.....They tried it last year... IMCA and UMSS.. Didnt happen this year... WHY?????
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May 24, 2011 at
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I actually would of liked to have seen this race run on Friday June 24th w/the ASCS Midwest regional show @ I-90.
Loren's cars also competed at various tracks throughout the midwest over the years. So it would have been nice to have had cars come in from Jackson, Minneapolis, Lincoln/Omaha, & possibly Knoxville too.
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May 24, 2011 at
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That would have been a heckuva show last Saturday May 21 Ron had we been able to run. A very strong field of 31 sprints in the pits, four heats, a B Main and A Main would have made for a fun night. Darn Mother Nature would not allow us to race though. I walked around the pits ahead of time looking at the cars, then marked down the heat race lineups, and watched hot laps. After that is was pretty much watch the sky and wait for the inevitable. The trip back home was interesting as I dodged thunderstorms and severe weather. Oh well, an eventful Saturday afternoon and evening despite getting rained out.
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May 25, 2011 at
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Where did they get 31 cars from?? Amazing small town, with better car counts than the TwinCities
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May 25, 2011 at
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May 25, 2011 at
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Posted By: grp on May 24 2011 at 09:31:41 PM
That would have been a heckuva show last Saturday May 21 Ron had we been able to run. A very strong field of 31 sprints in the pits, four heats, a B Main and A Main would have made for a fun night. Darn Mother Nature would not allow us to race though. I walked around the pits ahead of time looking at the cars, then marked down the heat race lineups, and watched hot laps. After that is was pretty much watch the sky and wait for the inevitable. The trip back home was interesting as I dodged thunderstorms and severe weather. Oh well, an eventful Saturday afternoon and evening despite getting rained out.
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I was headed out to I90 around 5:30 also. But was watching the weather radar on my computer & noticed thunderstorms developing west of Hartford so I decided to stay home.
It would have been a really good show. Too bad it was rained out. Hopefully the 3rd time will be the charm this Saturday. Have a good show with the UMSS up at Rice Lake this weekend Greg.
Looking forward to the July shows when I come up to Elko Speedway w/the IRA Sprint cars.
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May 26, 2011 at
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Posted By: racerman123 on May 25 2011 at 01:15:35 PM
Where did they get 31 cars from?? Amazing small town, with better car counts than the TwinCities
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I have always wondered that same thing. You'd think there would be at least one weekly Sprint program somewhere around the Cities that could field 25 cars like a lot of the Late Model and Modified tracks do. It really seems like an uphill battle to get anything started and build it up to that point. Of course now with the economy the way it is and gas prices I think we'll see a downward trend before they go up again.
I think the 31 cars out at Hartford is a reflection of a couple generations of Sprints running at several tracks in that area. When all is said and done you can't beat the tradition. Kind of the same sort of deal as the Cedar Lake Late Model tradition or Deer Creek area Modified traditions.
Stan Meissner
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May 26, 2011 at
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Posted By: StanM on May 26 2011 at 08:22:39 PM
I have always wondered that same thing. You'd think there would be at least one weekly Sprint program somewhere around the Cities that could field 25 cars like a lot of the Late Model and Modified tracks do. It really seems like an uphill battle to get anything started and build it up to that point. Of course now with the economy the way it is and gas prices I think we'll see a downward trend before they go up again.
I think the 31 cars out at Hartford is a reflection of a couple generations of Sprints running at several tracks in that area. When all is said and done you can't beat the tradition. Kind of the same sort of deal as the Cedar Lake Late Model tradition or Deer Creek area Modified traditions.
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Hartford has averaged roughly 22 - 26 sprint cars just on a regular Saturday night show the past 3 years, considering the fact that it pays only $600 dollars to win. $125 to start. And for quite a number of the drivers, Saturday is the only night of the week that they compete.
It also helps when the speedway has no walls except for the front straightaway of course, which helps if something mechanically were to break on the sprint car.
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May 27, 2011 at
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It is great to hear about a area that is doing well with the sprints.. I remember when Cedar Lake had 20 to 25 at one time.
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May 27, 2011 at
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Posted By: racerman123 on May 27 2011 at 12:13:46 PM
It is great to hear about a area that is doing well with the sprints.. I remember when Cedar Lake had 20 to 25 at one time.
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Yes, that was last fall when Cedar Lake had 26 UMSS cars at the Jerry Richert Memorial.
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