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We wanted to get some information out to the racing community regarding our STP World of Outlaws event on Wednesday May 7th.

We do not have any tickets left for our grandstand. Grandstand tickets will NOT be available for purchase on race night.

Pit passes WILL be available and we are not limiting the number of people in the pits. Please understand that we have limited seating in our pit area and we cannot guarantee you a place to watch the race. However, we have had some shows in the past with a very large number of people in the pits and didn't hear any complaints. Hopefully everyone can find a place to stand, a seat or a trailer that will give them a view. You cannot go from the pits to the grandstand. We have extra food service arranged for those in the pits.

General public pit passes are $50. Why $50? Because the cheapest ticket to our grandstand was $50 and those people got on board early to make this show happen. We simply can't let fans come to the pits and pay less than those who paid a premium in order to support this event.

If you are a driver who is not on the WoO platinum or travel list who plans to race, please contact Kenny at 217-371-3653 to make arrangements for discounted pit passes for you and a limited number for your crew. If you are a MOWA driver who will be at Lincoln or Flora this weekend, you don't need to call because we will give you details at those shows.

We have an excellent modified race on tap to support this show. Names like Allgaier, Leka, Lynn, Fike, Delonjay, Wietholder, Griffin, Blakeman, Schnapp and several more I'm forgetting at the moment. We do not plan to run a B-Main for Modifieds. We will be contacting the Modified drivers that committed to see whether they prefer to close the field at 20 for no UMP points, or run two heats and take 10 from each heat with no B-Main with an open field for UMP Points. We are in the middle of town with a curfew exception for this weeknight race and expect a healthy sprint car count. We just don't have time for a Modified B-Main. Thanks to those Modified drivers who committed to this event.

Event Times:
Noon - Pit gates open
3:00 - Grandstands open
3:30 - National Speed Sport News Pre-Party begins for our VIP ticket holders.
5:15 - Drivers Meeting for World of Outlaws Sprints
5:45 - Drivers Meeting for Modifieds
6:00 - Hot Laps / Sprint Car Qualifying
6:50 - Opening Ceremonies
7:00 - Racing

Rain Date: Thursday May 8th.

Grandstand Ticket Holders:
- Grandstand gates open at 3:00
- Seating is NOT assigned
- You MUST have your ticket or have made previous Will Call arrangements
- You cannot place blankets or stadium seats prior to 3:00
- Do not sit in areas marked as "Reserved" for our VIP ticket holders.
- We have allocated 2ft per person for general admission. Please make sure any blanket or seat stays within this allotment for your group. There is plenty of room to sit comfortably if everyone uses this guideline.

VIP Ticket Holders
- The National Speed Sport News VIP Pre-Party is in the building to the North of the grandstand
- VIP area opens at 3:30
- Grandstand seating has been reserved and assigned for your group with the input of your group "leader". We will have seating charts showing your seat location and your seats will be marked as reserved for your group. We have allocated 3ft of seating for each person with a VIP ticket.
- Complimentary Food, Beverage and Band begins at 4:00 and will continue through roughly 6:30.
- Driver meet and greet in the VIP area starts at roughly 4:15 and continues to roughly 5:00. (drivers meeting is at 5:15). Among those participating in the meet and greet are Steve Kinser, Justin Allgaier and others.
- VIP guests are entitled to pit access for the entire event through a gate North of our grandstand.

We will have plenty of extra help on hand to make this a smooth and enjoyable evening. Your cooperation with our special rules and procedures will help. They are all in place for a reason.

To those who supported this event and purchased a ticket of any type, we want to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Each of you were vital in making it possible. We brought the World of Outlaws to a little joint with only roughly 1,200 seats! We realize you paid a premium for your ticket and we hope you enjoy an event and have an experience worth every penny. We have watched sprint cars race at Jacksonville for nearly 30 years... and for the first time we will finally hear, "Jacksonville Speedway, You wanted the best, you got em four abreast. Often imitated, never duplicated, The Wooooooorrrrrrld of Outlaws!"

Questions? Call or text (text preferred) Ken Dobson at 217-371-3653

I wish Jacksonville luck on this. Gotta wonder how many fans show up thinking they are going to buy a ticket to see a show and be turned away. Only the hard core minority of fans are visiting Hoseheads. This should be interesting.

I haven't been to Jacksonville in years! Unless things have changed watching from the pits will be very difficult at best. I don't understand why you would sell tickets knowing there is no place to watch from or better yet why would you buy a ticket knowing there is no place to watch from. Good luck Jacksonville, I am sure this is one the Outlaws won't soon forget!

Appreciate your thoughs and concerns.  We've thought through the majority of these issues.  We aren't advertising this event and think we have the word out through all of our various outlets locally, regionally and nationally about the details.  It's really not much different than a ball game being sold out. 

We are working on an indoor hospitality area for those in our pits to enjoy refreshments, sit down and be able to watch the race on video in the event they find themselves without a great view.  You never know, it could turn into a party itself. We have had very, very large pits before and didn't hear concerns about not being able to see.  I wouldn't expect this pit to be our biggest, so we should be fine.  We are just wanting people to know the story up front rather than be surprised on arrival.

Bumping for a reminder of details regarding Wednesday's show. 

My reco is to hire extra people to run the concession, beer and tickets takers/front gates.  Maybe set up extra food booths or beer stands like a baseball game.

I recently had my worst racing experince of my life at Sedelia (OK) Highbanks for the recent WoO show.  The track was not prepared for a WoO crowd that included great weather.  They had 4 ticket takers at the front gate (that were very slow) and hundereds of people in line for hours.  It took 1.5 hours to get in the track (we missed practice and barely caught qualfying).  It was then another hour for a beer and another hour for food.  We hardly sat in our seat.... in lines the entire night.  I will never be back to the track as this was my 1st visit. 

Staff is way more than doubled for this event.  Extra food serving areas in pits.  Extra ticket takers, extra this, extra that.  Only issue is that when you get new people doing unfamiliar jobs.... but we've tried to prepare for that.

Jax--You mentioned an indoor hospitality area for the pits that could turn into a party.  Can you serve beer in the pits?  I'm definitely not a track owner/promotor, but I have a hard time believing the insurance company would be ok with this.

Beaver Dam, WI sells beer in the pits at the Woo show. Guess they figure a lot of fans pay extra to go to the pits to watch the races and it is another revenue stream.

Good luck to the Jacksonville team. Really sounds like they have took the extra step in planning this event out to make it a success. I'll be listening on Dirtvision!

This is going to be a crazy unbelievable show

Makes me wish Jacksonville had another 3,000 seats worth of bleachers.... this is going to be a crazy good show. With the MOWA cars in the area there should be an awesome car count of good good equipment, and that little bullring at jacksonville has never disappointed me with the quality of racing. Wish I could go.

Loose is when you hit the wall with the rear of the
car, tight is when you hit the wall with the front of
the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and
torque is how far you move the wall.

Before we do anything out of the box, the first call is always to the insurance company.  It's been done.

Beer can't leave the building.  We will obviously watch for anything excessive.  I don't think this is going to be an area where people spend a lot of time, but maybe a chance to sit down for a few mins and relax.  Not meant as a revenue stream but more as a carrot to get a handful of people out of the pit area at any given moment to make room for others. We are saving the 'party' for after the race. 

Jax--makes sense and best of luck to you.  Wish I lived closer.