The difference in tires is part of the reason the Flamboro cars wont come, but more importantly they have a scheduled points event that night. Whats makes Delaware think guys are going to miss that to come run the 200? I have talked to some of the Flamboro guys and they say its more than the tires that keep them away.
Even when we were hip deep in that WWS thing, those guys still didn't come as a rule, except maybe for Elliott and Shaw. And this is when you and Jesse and Jamie would go - sometimes we'd have a half dozen Delly cars in their pits. Its depressing to have all these great LMs in the province, and still not be able to get em' all in one place for an event.
Is it just because they see racing at Delaware as being really hard on equipment? I know there's a few guys who have voiced that over the years.
Is there any other options for the format that will make a 20 car or less field more exciting for the fans other than TT's and a 200 lap race?
A water trap on the front straight, or how about applying BoneStock rules - No cautions and play it as they lie.
In all seriousness, I do hope it's a good show and that EVERYONE leaves the event happy.
So what happened to the mid week show with the Nascar stars?? It drew a lot of fans and cars..with the Nascar truckracing at mosport on Labour day I am sure they could hire a few to race at delaware
It costs a lot of money. and the new owners aren't willing to spend it on a one race deal.
It would be nice to hear Delaware's take on this.... they must be confident that all is good and that by some small miracle cars will come out of no where and all will be fine.
The format for the race is still being put together. The ideas here have been interesting to get a look at. The speedway is glad to see there are still lots of people who believe in the Great Canadian Race.
The Great Canadian Race has not truly delivered for the track (or the drivers) in a number of years (arguably since the WWS days). This is something we would very much like to turn around.
There have been some great (dare I say legendary) events on that program over the last number of years but the event has struggled to pull drivers. Interestingly, even when the event has pulled large fields the crowds were still lagging behind the target necessary to make the event strongly viable. The speedway has kept the event going largely out of tradition: this has been an annual event since the 80s and is steeped in history.
Regardless of the Mosport event, the speedway was moving towards a two-day Labour Day Weekend. Statistically in our market spectators will pick one night out of whatever you schedule on the weekend (this is true for the ISMA weekend as well). Further, fans have gravitated towards the cheaper Friday night, usually with local divisions plus King of the Hill for the $16 rather than pay the increased admission triggered by the increase to prizing at the GCR.
Just some thoughts to shape the ongoing conversation.