That's because no one else is racing against them on Friday night other than the 7-8 times Belle-Clair raced..
On Saturday's you have I-55, Highland, Fayette, Farmington, Macon & even Charleston.. If you look thru the results, you will see a lot of these cars disbursed out to those tracks on...
My understanding is Belle-Clair was given a couple of dates as options, but they have to get it approved by the fairboard. Other tracks don't have that issue so they accept a choice for a makeup right away.
This Saturday will be the first time ever USAC Sprints have raced on the highbanks of I-55!! Can't wait to see it.
The only other USAC event ever held at I-55 was back in 1988 when USAC sanctioned late models.
Plus it pays $6000 to win and $600 to start. Hoping for a solid field of cars since...
Also, these guys have run A-Mod or Late Models before:
Jake Seets III
Johnny Seets III
Terry Bolin
John Stanton
John Hobson
Mike Null
Steve Maisel
Billy Knebel
Mike "Wahoo" Jones
Nathan Schmitt
Brett Korves
Justin Durbin
Marty Smith, Jr.
Rob Lee
Cody Stillwell
If that's your rule, don't...
All you people do is complain.. Don't want to pay $20 to see some great racing but will pay $50 - $100 to go watch a lousy pro sports team play.
I'll be there supporting a track that has some of the best weekly racing in the country!
The tracks that already had a Lucas race were allowed to keep them when that unwritten rule was put in place a few years ago. Any current UMP track that did not already have a Lucas race in place was not allowed to schedule one and keep the UMP sanctioning. It's been that way for several years...
This is nothing new.. Why do you think I-55 does not have any Lucas shows. World Racing Group has teh World of Outlaw Late Models, so if you are a UMP track, they expect you to run WoO Late Model show instead of Lucas.
Last year, I-55 and Tri-City were $28 for SN (although I-55's rained out)..
Tri-City is $30 for their SN show this year, so I expect I-55 would be too.
I-55 now has a carb spacer built for teching 602 crates. It has a connection to allow them to check vacuum. They know what a legal 602 crate should pull for vacuum..
It may not tell them what is illegal on the 602 crate, but it will tell them something is wrong.. So if they check you and you...
Valve springs are one of the most common cheated part on the crate motors. They can get away with stronger springs when tech test the rate while the spring is still on the valve.
Also, they are removing lifters and putting in lifters that are just a few thousands longer.. Guys that know what...
I thought Manville & Johns had a great battle for the lead. Manville wasn't running the bottom very much.. He was middle to top..
In the mods, no one had anything for Michael Long.. But I do believe he came from the back to the front in the heat race using the top..