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July 03, 2011 at
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This message was edited on
July 03, 2011 at
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BREAKING USAC NEWS: Terre Haute Silver Crown Canceled After Crash!
by Ross Wece for Dirt Dog TV
Terre
Haute, IN | Jul 03 2011 5:58pm CT - Ross Wece reports that the USAC
Silver Crown race at the Terre Haute Action Track has been CANCELED
after just a 1/2 lap of action due to EXTREMELY dusty conditions
limiting fan & driver visibility. Officials pushed
everyone back to the infield after San Jose, California's Thomas
Meseraull crashed hard on the back stretch on the opening lap, bringing
out the red flag. (see photo) Ross reports that the dust was so bad
that you could not see the track from the stands or the infield by the
time the cars crossed the starting line at the drop of the green.
Meseraull was OK and we'll have a post crash interview posted later tonight.
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July 03, 2011 at
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I read that the grounds were so saturated that they had to pit on gravel, but the track was dusty enough to cancel the event? Also, Jeff Swindell posted on Facebook that he "just took his last green flag at Terre Haute"......
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July 03, 2011 at
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WOW...
Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
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July 03, 2011 at
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I was there, it was ridiculous. T-Mez's flip was in the middle of the backstretch, not the first corner. As soon as the red flag came out all the drivers got out of there cars and walked away. It was so bad you couldn't see people sitting 5 rows in front of you. At the drop of the green the cars in back were going about 30 mph down the frontstretch under green because they couldn't see anything. The track was saturated at the beginning of the day and they spent 3 hours working it until it was bone-dry. Practice was scheduled for 11:30 but didn't start until after 2:00 so they could work the moisture out of the track, but they seemed to think it was proper to work ALL of the moisture out of the track. This was my first and possibly last time to the action track. I've been to 29 different dirt tracks, and I've never seen anything like it. And the USAC press release blamed it on the rain they got the night before! Ridiculous!
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July 03, 2011 at
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July 03, 2011 at
07:53:51 PM by jackhole22
I've been to the Action Track. It use to be one of the legendary tracks for all of Sprints. Wish I would have pursued getting my Motorsports Marketing degree at Indiana University there. Then stayed to help them run a track.
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July 03, 2011 at
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we can now add RAIN as a n excuse for a bone dry track?
Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
"I didn't move to PA from El Paso in search of better
weather." Van May
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July 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: jackhole22 on July 03 2011 at 07:47:59 PM
I've been to the Action Track. It use to be one of the legendary tracks for all of Sprints. Wish I would have pursued getting my Motorsports Marketing degree at Indiana University there. Then stayed to help them run a track.
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uhhh, Indiana University is in Bloomington. That would be Indiana State in Terre Haute. And I think the Action Track needs more help than you could give them!
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July 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: chilly on July 03 2011 at 08:08:40 PM
uhhh, Indiana University is in Bloomington. That would be Indiana State in Terre Haute. And I think the Action Track needs more help than you could give them!
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Thank you oh so much for the correction. Been 4 years since I looked into it...
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July 03, 2011 at
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July 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: Rogue-9 on July 03 2011 at 10:36:44 PM
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Oh, WOW!!! Might as well try and race in a tornado!
That is bar none the worst video or in person dust bowl I have ever seen! How is it that hard to keep that track wet? It is flat! not like the moister runs down the banking.
I think I just cried a tear, for a legendary track that is going down a $**t drain. Even a lot of NASCRAP drivers can hold thanks to the Old Action track. 'Indy' car drivers too.
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Posted By: jackhole22 on July 03 2011 at 10:52:14 PM
Oh, WOW!!! Might as well try and race in a tornado!
That is bar none the worst video or in person dust bowl I have ever seen! How is it that hard to keep that track wet? It is flat! not like the moister runs down the banking.
I think I just cried a tear, for a legendary track that is going down a $**t drain. Even a lot of NASCRAP drivers can hold thanks to the Old Action track. 'Indy' car drivers too.
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There was still moisture under the surface too, you could see it when they started to dig it up after the red flag.
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July 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: Rogue-9 on July 03 2011 at 11:02:40 PM
There was still moisture under the surface too, you could see it when they started to dig it up after the red flag.
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You mean after the Red they went prospecting for water wells? lol
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July 04, 2011 at
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Posted By: Rogue-9 on July 03 2011 at 07:41:08 PM
I was there, it was ridiculous. T-Mez's flip was in the middle of the backstretch, not the first corner. As soon as the red flag came out all the drivers got out of there cars and walked away. It was so bad you couldn't see people sitting 5 rows in front of you. At the drop of the green the cars in back were going about 30 mph down the frontstretch under green because they couldn't see anything. The track was saturated at the beginning of the day and they spent 3 hours working it until it was bone-dry. Practice was scheduled for 11:30 but didn't start until after 2:00 so they could work the moisture out of the track, but they seemed to think it was proper to work ALL of the moisture out of the track. This was my first and possibly last time to the action track. I've been to 29 different dirt tracks, and I've never seen anything like it. And the USAC press release blamed it on the rain they got the night before! Ridiculous!
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you say you could't see people sitting 5 rows in front of you. from the posted vid that seems to be because there was no one sitting five rows ahead. looks like empty stands.
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Posted By: buzz rightrear on July 04 2011 at 01:33:49 AM
you say you could't see people sitting 5 rows in front of you. from the posted vid that seems to be because there was no one sitting five rows ahead. looks like empty stands.
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I was back farther, I didn't take the video.
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July 04, 2011 at
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I'm confused as to why they ran this race in the day time in the first place?
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If drivers would work together crap like this shouldn't happen.They should have stood together,made a stand,and said we wont pull out on to this track until it is fixed.They had to know how bad it was before they ever pulled out on it to race.Stick together!
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Posted By: dirtybeer on July 04 2011 at 03:03:01 AM
If drivers would work together crap like this shouldn't happen.They should have stood together,made a stand,and said we wont pull out on to this track until it is fixed.They had to know how bad it was before they ever pulled out on it to race.Stick together!
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Holy cow, that is unacceptable. wow.
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