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Mr. Mac
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February 18, 2013 at 12:55:29 PM

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This was my 10th year and perhaps the lowest car count from what I can remember. Quality of cars is always good despite the low number. The weather was horrific with rain and then the low temperatures hurting the attendance. Last night was a fraction of what it normally is. The heat races were more like hot laps for all 3 nights with essentially no passing at all. The feature last night was great with some crazy wrecks, tires going down for Darrah, and Chad missing the cone. Track stayed narrow for the first two nights. We always enjoy the vendors and great food. They run an efficient show and keep the action moving very well. I miss MSPN not being there also. Can't wait for next year already!

BMcLain21
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February 18, 2013 at 01:26:14 PM

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I was there the last two nights and agree with everything above. There is hardly any downtime on the track. The vendors are awesome, especially the asian vendors in turn one. If it wasn't for the heated budweiser tent in behind the grandstand, I don't think a lot of people would have survived. It was standing room only at the end of the night.

Ive been to a lot of tracks, but they just seem twice as fast at that track than any other track, and unfortunately, that does lead to single file heat races. FORTUNATELY though, that means the leaders catch up to the slower cars in the feature a lot quicker. There was a ton of lap traffic racing making for awesome A Mains.

I'll be back next year with more clothes....

Brandon McLain
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LatshPA

February 19, 2013 at 07:51:46 AM

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I really hope to make it to this show sometime in the near future.

As for car counts, I thought they did pretty good this year and when I went back and looked on the WoO results paged that was confirmed. This year they averaged 38 cars a night for the 3 nights. 2012 was only 32, 2011-34, 2010-35, 2009-38, and 2008-44.

I think the money these guys are racing for is ridiculous, but somehow it looks like 410 racing is surviving.

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