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More weight, more regulation, more similarity in the 
cars.... that will ensure plenty of thrills for years 
to come.  Only the most average talent behind the 
wheel will be needed with such awesome equipment on 
the track!
minthess 8.28.14

What else do you want them to have? You get weekly high caliber sprints with 2 outlaw shows not includeing the nationals and cappy classic. The hobby stock, stock car, modified shootout in the early part of the year plus the Harris Clash later on, Late model nationals. a hairball concert, a rodeo, and the Nationals. The only thing they took off is I don't see the AMA flat track race.

This is a race track. They have a very good schedual I would say. Tell us about all the creative ideas you have. Who knows they might hire you to run the show so you can create all the things you want. How about a drivers pie eating contest, and bob for apples. I think the schedual is great, now you tell us what you would do.

I agree with wanting the season to be longer, its always so depressing the weeks after the Nationals. They take the next weekend off then race the last one, then theres a month off with beautiful warm weather and no cars on the track. The PA tracks seasons seem to go much longer.

the crowd is another big reason.

The last two weeks of the season are big time $$$ losers, they only get about 1/2 of the normal crowd from the summer months.

I've been attending races @ Knoxville since 1981, one thing has remained constant, once Nationals is over, nobody has anything to look forward to anymore (Fans or Racers), so the car count and fan count dwindle quickly (and not to mention that the local fans are tapped out financially from 2-3 weeks of major events with expensive tickets (360 Nationals, Cappi Classic, Nationals and possibly Monster Jam Monster Trucks this year). Exact opposite of how the year starts, car counts increase as you hit the summer months and more people start showing up in the stands leading up to the Nationals in hopes of seeing some travelers race for a standard ticket price.

As for creativity, what do you want? You want them to race bombers or dwarf cars every other week and drop the sprints?

I wish the AMA was coming back, but I don't think that was a Knoxville decision, I think the date of the race was an issue for the AMA (they wanted a Summer date, so that would have meant no sprint cars in the heart of the season).

The tentative schedule has Monster Trucks (Monster Jam) on it the week after Nationals (how much more diverse do you want, it's nothing like what we've ever seen @ Knoxville). BTW, the people that own Monster Jam own Supercross and Motocross. Ever think if that event goes well that they may think about having a Motorcross race in Kville (that would be AWESOME).

why not race the week after the nationals? the season is about done anyway.

Here are some of my thoughts in answer to your question: track has been raced on 8 nights in 10 days; there have been 10 sprint car races within 30 miles of Knoxville within the past 16 days; 8 nights of racing in 10 days at Knoxville Raceway= worn out employees and tapped out fans. Also it seems to me Knoxville went dark that following weekend because that weekend was the Jackson Nationals in Minn and the tradition of having that weekend off continues for the previously mentioned reasons. Just my two cents worth.