Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
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While   I am  glad  to see   Greg  Hodnett  win  at  Port  Royal  , once  again  a  50  lap  race  is not  the way  to go for  todays  winged  410   sprint  cars  for  fans   to see  a   good  race . Its   sad  to  see   racing  come  to where   there  is
not  enough  passing because   these  cars  are  too  locked  down .  So  I   say  shorter  races  and  make  changes   to these   cars   for   fans  to see   better  racing  or  maybe  50  laps   could  be   OK ?

Ummmm, what 

If a car is locked down for 50 laps it will also be locked down for 25 laps.  Track prep determines if tack with be moist all night or dry out some in middle.  Track prep is really hard to be correct every night.  Then you have tires and wings.  I do not know of many racers that want to decrease size of wing.  Drivers complain now about tires.  What if they went to rock hard tires.  They would really hate them.  Shocks also are so much better now.  It is a good question, what can you do and still have happy drivers and owners.

LOL. Okay

There have been many of those races that were good right to the end. Track prep had a lot to do with last nights race. With that said anyone who has been to at least two dirt track races of any kind should know that with the weather forecast they had no choice but to pack the track early in the day. It poured rain within sight of the track in two different directions right at race time, they were that close to needing it done that way. I am not sure anyone can predict the weather close enough to know that they didn't have to do it that way.

Thanks  for  all the  great  replies , your right  in your  account  of  what occurred last night .  Track prep  did  play  alot  into  last night's  race   at  Port  .It rained  everywhere  last night , they  were  lucky to get it in , as  I know  they  didn't want to  race tonight  going  against  football  . But  then  all  us diehards  would  have been there  and it would have  been a  better  race  tonight  instead  of last  night .  By  the way  the  track at  Port  Royal  has been  great all  summer , my  opinion  is that  the  Port  is now  the best  track  in central Pa . Why ,  because  they care  more about  fans , making  more improvements  every year and  next  on there  list is  new  RESTROOMS  which  they need  badly  ,as  other tracks could use as   well .

I refer to definition of "sprint"......run at full speed over a short distance....

My personal preference is 25 lap features, 30 max.  My .02.