Legend Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Blackstar said: That's great. But other than possibly one race a year, they have no television coverage. The general public can not relate to those weird looking winged sprint cars running around on dirt. I'm lucky enough to live in an area I can see them in person every weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Legend said: I'm lucky enough to live in an area I can see them in person every weekend. 410s or 360s? You from pa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, DAVE said: 410s or 360s? You from pa? Both. IRA, which is basically same rules as World of Outlaws, is all over here. They put on a helluva show. 800+hp, 1300lbs. Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Legend said: Both. IRA, which is basically same rules as World of Outlaws, is all over here. They put on a helluva show. 800+hp, 1300lbs. Wisconsin. Sprints are kind of an up and down thing here in MN. When my dad was racing in the 90's, there were a bunch. Not so much anymore. A bunch of UMSS sprints are based in the Twin Cities area though, but a lot of the out state guys aren't racing anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 15 minutes ago, Legend said: Both. IRA, which is basically same rules as World of Outlaws, is all over here. They put on a helluva show. 800+hp, 1300lbs. Wisconsin. Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 10 hours ago, racinfarmer said: Sprints are kind of an up and down thing here in MN. When my dad was racing in the 90's, there were a bunch. Not so much anymore. A bunch of UMSS sprints are based in the Twin Cities area though, but a lot of the out state guys aren't racing anymore. Yeah I'm in SE WI, but we don't get many MN guys over here. There is a lot of sprint guys on the eastern half of state. Dirt LAte models are like you describe here. In the 90s it seemed like they were everywhere. Now, they are only at some tracks. All though car counts are down everywhere here. Every single asphalt track here is hurting bad. All dirt tracks are down too, though some of the good tracks are surviving. I was too young for the 80s, but I think the 90s was probably the golden era for local car racing. At least from a crowd and car count perspective. Stands always full, 30+ cars in every division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 9 hours ago, Legend said: Yeah I'm in SE WI, but we don't get many MN guys over here. There is a lot of sprint guys on the eastern half of state. Dirt LAte models are like you describe here. In the 90s it seemed like they were everywhere. Now, they are only at some tracks. All though car counts are down everywhere here. Every single asphalt track here is hurting bad. All dirt tracks are down too, though some of the good tracks are surviving. I was too young for the 80s, but I think the 90s was probably the golden era for local car racing. At least from a crowd and car count perspective. Stands always full, 30+ cars in every division. When my dad was racing, you could race a sprinter for a living and be racing 4-5 nights a week for $10k+ each of those nights, all summer long. My uncle used to race dirt late models 3-4 nights a week too. The cost of those cars are killing the classes. Who can afford $75,000+ for a late model or even more for a 410 sprinter? There use to be some great late model series in the midwest and they rarely completed for cars. Now there are 2 in MN/ND that schedule around one another and maybe 3-4 dozen guys total that travel a bunch for those races and maybe come to half of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Stewart Friesen making his truck series debut at Bristol today so far practice is going well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 18, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Track is dry and the green flag just dropped....there are 3 people in the stands. Edited August 18, 2016 by Biggie Smails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Track is dry and the green flag just dropped....there are 3 people in the stands. Tough for local tracks to keep the lights on, I can't see how the drag strips or NASCAR does it with the lower series. Edited August 18, 2016 by racinfarmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Larson, Jones, Busch. Bristol and high line is the fast way around. Doesn't seem right. Amazing how much faster the top cars are compared to the field fillers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Jones clips team mate Suarez and now Jones is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 14 minutes ago, Blackstar said: Jones clips team mate Suarez and now Jones is done. Yep...Ross Chastain was in the chase and then he wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Anybody but a Dillon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Fuck...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 WTF....wild shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Bad Brad out of fuel...major fuck up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 What happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 9 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Anybody but a Dillon. Again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Awwww fuck....holy hell look at the little pricks fiancé....damn. Edited August 20, 2016 by Biggie Smails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Good lord, check out Austin's chick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Just now, Blackstar said: Good lord, check out Austin's chick. Wonder if Grandpa bought her too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Oh that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 not a fan of either of the Dillion's . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 20, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 20, 2016 Just now, DAVE said: Oh that... Why don't they ever mention their dad Mike Dillon...former driver...they are always blathering about Childress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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