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(@mike32)
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Dave-the Auto Value cars are 410s-the Oshweken race is for 360s and there is zero cross over between groups. Different chassis, shocks, you name it. And by the time the Cayuga show is finished, there won't be any seats left at Oshweken. Would have made a great Saturday - Sunday deal but promoters know better, right?


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(@mike32)
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(@racingwrench)
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Okay I read Dave's post yeasterday and  it only took until now to pick myself up off the floor long enough to log back on the computer.  Having worked on a dirt sprint car and also an asphalt car and knowing people in the SOS, SOD, AVSS, Sandusky sprints I can tell you that the only teams that have one of each and travel with both are the USAC teams and beleive me when I say that there isn't anything up here that pays like they do.  That's like saying that all (insert local ontario track) racers carry three cars with spares and have million dollar haulers trust me this isn't the case.  Dave you truly don't know beans about open wheel racing I suggest you put your fenders back on and stay in the nascar we'll stick our heads in the stands racing series.


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(@midamerica)
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Hey guys, I think I know the differance between the 2 series and the differance in the chassis, motors and rules. Just for your information, fender racing is new to us as we have only been racing fenders for the past 5 years.
Before that we ran in the Indy Racing League (IRL) and they did not have fenders.
Before that we ran in the USAC Silver Crown Series, and guess what- no fenders.
I started in Atlantics, and again they did not have fenders either.
Sprint Car racing is a way of life when you do it for a living, and racing is what I do for living.
When we are loading up for a road trip and know there is other races close by paying good money we would load up what ever type of chassis, motor, and race parts we needed to run all the shows we could take in well on the road. That is what you do when Sprint Car racing is your life.
Loading up our IRL trailer would mean a Short track/road corse configuration car and a Super Speedway car, along with 4 motors and tooling. That cost would be in the millions as you said...
But when we loaded up our Sprint Car trailer we could load a Ashpalt Car, a Dirt Car, 4 different motor configurations, a bunch of different body parts and wings for less then $300,000.00.
Pick yourself up off the floor- take a whole wack of medication and call your doctor in the morning.
Your Doctor will tell you, think before you speak... it will make you sound much more experanced when it comes to racing.
The Sprint Car racers across North America travel and race for the money and they do it very smartley by taking what they need to compete on the road. That is how it is done when you race and travel for a living.
If you run the 410 class, or a midget class, or the 360 class and have only one car then thats what you do, but for the guys coming in here to run 2 different events on the same day and they are traveling teams, you bring what you need as this is a pure profit deal with regards to travel cost in racing.
I hope I didnt hurt your feelings, but man.... wake up, and if you want to buy some fenders to lean on so you sound like a racer I am sure we can arrange it. 


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(@racingwrench)
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No offence to the two races up here but nobody who is racing for a living with USAC type equipment will be coming up here for either of these payouts.  Simple math would clearly illustrate this.  Yes there will be some high quality Dirt only teams show up but there's a reason for that.  The auto value guys will show maybe one or two Hoss guys and that will be it just do the math and check it out.  You don't have to do this for a living to see that it just doesn't make financial sense.


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