Schedules-Sort Of And A Racing Fantasy

ASCS has announced its Midwest Series schedule.  The 360 sprint cars will race 19 times on 7  different tracks in Nebraska, Missouri,I owa, and South Dakota.  Six of the dates will be in conjunction with the ASCS National Series.

An NCRA late model schedule is also out-eight races at tracks in three different states.  That hardly seems enough to crown a champion, especially when the odds are great that the series will not average a full field of cars.  There is a rumor that a 9^th event, a co-sanctioned topless race with the MLRA is in the works, but a promoter I know said he doubted the MLRA would be interested in a topless race. A two night event at Junction Motor Speedway in August is listed on both NCRA and MLRA schedules.

I checked the track website and www.dirtdrivers.com for more information on the I-80 Speedway weekly schedule and fan pertinent information like starting time and admission, but found nothing new.  Maybe this information will be given out at the track’s banquet tomorrow.

One of my favorite racing fantasies is winning the lottery and flying my son and 14 racing buddies to Speedweeks in Florida.  Please note, any of those 14 so inclined to question my having 14 racing buddies will be removed from said list.

Anyway, I foresee chartering a jet, limos for transportation, a nice hotel, good food, maybe a round of championship golf and I would foot the bill for everything.  Of course there would be lots and lots of racing. 

We would fly into Florida on the Wednesday before the Daytona 500 and leave immediately following the conclusion of the 500.  In between there would be four nights of short track action at Volusia Raceway Park, with super late models and big block mods on the bill.  At the big track in Daytona, we would take in the Sprint Cup Twin 150’s on Thursday, the Nationwide Series 300 mile race on Saturday, and of course the Daytona 500 on Sunday. 

At Volusia it would be pits before the races and reserved seats during the races. It would be suites and catering at the big track, with lots of pre-race face and photo-op time with the stars of NASCAR.  I would love to get a photo of Tony Anville with Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Being an accountant I can count to 16-14 friends, Matt and me-so hopefully no one would get lost. I always wanted to be in the tour business and being well organized I already have a plan, just in case the Powerball winner is me. This is definitely on the win the lottery bucket list.

Ah to be old and retired with funds instead of just old.  In 16 nights between February 10^th and February 25^th, dirt fans could watch 15 super late model races, with 3 sprint car and 4 big block mod races thrown in too.  And add in the big track action if you want. Or, if you are like Ivan Tracy, you could park your luxury motor home on the grounds of Volusia Speedway Park on February 12^th and not move it for 12 days, watching 410 sprints, modifieds, late models, and big block mods in action.  From Sylvania, Georgia to Gibsonton, Florida, to Barberville, Florida, it sounds a lot for fun than shoveling snow in Nebraska.

Being poor like me, you can still make it to Florida via the internet.  DirtVision will webstream all 12 nights of theVolusia Speedway Park action. Information is not yet available on the East Bay Raceway Park website, but X.Celerated is supposed to webstream 12 nights of Winternational action from the Gibsonton, Florida track including 3 nights of UMP Modifieds, 6 nights of Lucas Oil Dirt Late Models, and 3 nights of 360 Sprint Car action.

Just to irritate Anville I may purchase both packages.  I will be so far in front of him in the 2012 Super Fan contest he won’t even be able to eat my dust.  Barring rain, none of the Florida events are scheduled for day racing. Arizonans seem to be the only people with a love for daytime dirt track racing.

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