any "big" announcements for 2008?

Can you believe that a lot of people went to the banquet expecting a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT were all disappointed. Mike said that him and krista will be there next year but are not announcing the night of racing until tuesday....tuesday they will announce if they are running friday or saturday nights...

$80 shock claim on mods, MCAR rules so should be the same at AC and Owosso. You"II be able buy some penske cheap!!

Hmmmm no credence to any thing I said huh.

will Dixie allow sticks in the FS class in 08?

yes, 25 lbs weight pently.

Im pretty sure Mike will stay Fridays, but I would offer Joe a cash donation to help with the figure 8 track! I soooooooooooooooo hope he puts one in! Joe if you read this you got at least 6 cars that I know of! DO it!

Joe is building a new tech barn, drove the track yesterday and seen the area section off. And the figure 8 track is going in this year with new lighting.

Awsome! I m going up there one day this week to see it. What you up to this week Joe?

oh no looks like I might be running the fig-8 full time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bombers W/ 400 ci have to run a rochester 2 barrel.

suprise suprise! that is just messed up. justifying why I have not been back.

will the f8 track be a tight, dirt trackF-8, like they use at the county fairs, or a asphalt f-8 track?

Arnold.

I would amagine asfault otherwise the dirt would be all over the track.............Of course it is anyway but it would be worse

Is it true fabricated tail sections will have to add 100lbs in the FS?

Yes, Chad.

what's the logic behind a 100lbs penalty for a fabricated tail section? Where's the handling advantage? Don't most guys pile weight in the back of their cars on the small track anyways?

And, forgetting this tail sectio weight penalty, if I had the right 4 speed stick, could I run FS and Sportsman in the same night with the same car and be competitive in both assuming I'm geared right for both tracks?

Racer72
That may be a stretch, I would think with the difference in the banking, and the difference in cam profiling would be a disadvantage. I think you could be competative but, not a front runner.........course I have been wrong before. Kyle Hayden would be the best one to answer this question, he switched back and forth last season with sucess on both tracks

You would definitely have to set your cam up for the half-mile and just live with it on the quarter.

It would be a lot of work to do it right. I could see a lot of guys just doing it for start money, I am actually shocked that more FS guys didn't do it.

I do think it could be done. It just takes a while to figure out exactly what changes to make on the chassis to get it to work. On my car, I would have to open up the rear stagger around half an inch and turn on the screw jacks to get it right. After a while I got my car to work on the small track with less stagger, though, so that would be one less change, but you really have to figure out exactly what changes in cross weight you would have to make. But then again I was also making shock changes between the quarter and half mile so that would be another thing to do between races.

That would be a tall order, I say if someone were to do it and win both they should get a big bonus or something. Offer a thousand to anyone who can win both races in the same night in the same car. That would be a $300 bonus.

That sucks its the same thing that was going on at tricity a few years ago. Only it was supers and limiteds. The fans dont want to watch the same cars twice.

Well after Mike Kern's stunt on saturday at the banquet, now he promised us he would release the announcement of which day we are running on...on his website today....we will see if this happens or not

Why is everyone so upset that he did not announce what day he was running on at the banquet? I don't remember anyone official saying that there would be a "big announcenemt" at the banquet, just a bunch of rumors about one.

How do you know that he didn't ask some people at the banquet what they thought before making a decision?

I wouldn't call it a "stunt", he just said that the decision will be made on Tuesday.

So what's the big deal?

I agree with you Kyle, In fact Mike did talk to me about what night I would prefer. I must be the minority since I said Saturday would be good for me.

I know two of the champs and they want to know what night Dixie is running, it doesn't matter much to me. I will support AC regardless.

Mike & Krista were present at Sam's funeral today also.

Today may not be the best day to be making any kind of announcement.

Let's try a little patience with this, considering all that has happened in the last few days.

That is true!

well im far from a champion,,but the way i would look at it..what class do you run..for your class whitch track is better...i run ls and i love the 1/4 mile at ac..its faster and has more banking to it then dixie..so i would personally run ac...for my track...but if i ran something higher like a sportsman,mod,ect..i would run dixie for the better track...but i still think it would be stupid to run 2 tracks 13 miles apart on the same night...

I just got the news, and I tell you it's BIG!!!

Dixie Motor Speedway will be host to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with their Tri-State 250, with the ARCA RE-Max Series as their support show!!!

Understanding that this thread is a Dixie thread, this brings to mind that in 2008, I-96 will move to Saturday nights and it is about 30 miles away from Crystal Motor Speedway, a long standing Saturday night track. The real goofy part is about half of the I-96 staff, including all of the scoring staff, also works at Crystal. Things could be interesting on both sides of the state if Dixie indeed does change.

Verwayne
On the pavement side you have a potential of 3 tracks within 45 minutes of each other all running on Saturday nights, if the rumored move is indeed true;

Dixie, Owosso, and Auto City.

Our (ASA Late Model Series) date at Dixie is slated for Friday OR Saturday August 15th or 16th. We're waiting along-side everyone else on the announcement (If there is one).

Dixie is racing Sat
Check the website

As I said earlier, we will support Dixie on Saturday's.

hmmm, didnt whittemore change their rules so that the car counts would be bigger and draw some of the guys from the south? oh not to mention the higher payscale. hmmmm. yea somethings fishy.

I'm with ya

So, Dixie goes to sat. to hurt the cars he lost to Whittemore and also some from Auto city, and that makes it a no brainer for Owosso to change to Friday.

yeah thats not right..i loved going to dixie on fr,saterday ac now ill just go to ac and race..ill go anywhere but dixie i will not even watch a race there..4 tracks on the same night what bs

im with you nate!

Is any tracks running superlate's every week?

I think Saturdays for any track is a no brainer, too many people and racers have jobs that prevent them from attending or racing on Friday nights, race tracks like anything else is survival of the fittest, I know in my own case there was no way I could race on Fridays unless I quit my job, I loved Dixie and would support it if I were still in Michigan, But since im here I support Hickory Speedway on Saturday, I will be racing again in 08 there in the familiar #13 Black Camaro...Bruce

Mike75,

Although this upcomings season's schedule is not yet prepared, Spartan ran the supers every Friday night save for scheduled nights off, (as they did with all classes) last season and likely will do the same this year.

Didn't mean to hijack here, just info for Mike75.

have a good day,

schinde

Sounds to me like Mike & Krista wanted to use the Banquet as all Banquets are intended for, to honor it's champions & provide a entertaining evening for all that raced so hard at the track all season. If you were only going there for a "big announcement", then you were'nt there for the right reasons either. You could have stayed home & checked the website. They showed some class in letting the Champions have their night. Congrats to all the Champions & to all that worked so hard all season. You put on great shows week after week. Although I enjoyed the Friday night races, Saturdays will be much easier to get to with work, family, etc. Congratulations again & have a great off season racers!

Spartan Speedway.

And we are not changing our day to Saturday either. Friday nights have worked there for a long time, and will continue to.

good chance the M-15 lead sled will be making some appearences at Spartan on friday nights this year.

Well sounds like Dixie going to Saturday nights might be a great thing for Spartan speedway. A great little track, maybe this will get some cars that have never ran there before some incentive to try it out.

I think that will depend on Joe not moving to Fridays.

Chad
That wouldn't matter in the least. Spartan and Auto City cars are different breeds, you can count on one hand and have fingers left over on how many Auto City cars would go over to Spartan on Fridays and have ALL of your fingers left as to how many Spartan cars would go to Auto City.

My point is that you will make the trip on Fri if you are not otherwise running. If AC is running they wont go to Spartan, so it really does matter. I know right now alot of people will make the trip if they run AC on Sat. No way if AC running on Friday. Matt if you had been at those invites at Spartan you would see we go to Spartan if there is no races close to home. It does matter in the least!

Chad
My wife and I have been to several of the Spartan Slugfests over the years and while recently it may have lost some of its' luster, they were still really good events. It's just that if given the choice of Spartan or Auto City on Friday nights, Spartan cars won't stray over to Auto City and vice versa.

Auto City would do itself a world of good by ripping out the pavement and going back to what is used to be in its glory years; One of the best dirt tracks in the country. Then it could stay on Saturday nights and prosper.

My Dad said way back when that "It was a sad day in racing in Michigan when Auto City was paved."

How many Flint/Tri-Cities area dirt drivers have to drive to Crystal or Owendale on Saturdays. You'd be surprised at how many dirt cars there are in those two areas alone!

Imagine the fields of cars if Auto City went back to dirt! Late Models, Modifieds, Street Stocks, Led Sleds, and Hornets on Saturday nights under the UMP banner; There would be 120-150 cars a night!

I do agree as well....but I dont want to see it happen!

Auto city going to asphalt was not that bad for the track. Seems like only a couple of years ago they would have an A feature, and B main, and a C main for the factory stocks. 20+ supers, and 20+ late models every single saturday night. I am not sure if there has ever been a great count for the thunder trucks, but Im sure the LS took away from the factory stock class.
The way that some people feel they have been treated by Autocity, dirt or asphalt the counts would still be suffering. Times are different, the staff is different, and the fans are different now.