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11/21/22, 10:24 PM |
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No return visit to Huset's for USAC
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Huset's Speedway released its 2023 schedule and there was not a USAC date. They are having a huge 4 day WOO sprint car show paying a record setting $250,000 to win. They are moving in from another track a $53,000 to win late model show.
While not surprised, I am very disappointed that there is not a USAC show. I had decided that if they had the show this year that it was going to be my big racing vacation. https://www.husetsspeedway.com/press/article/121881 |
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11/21/22, 11:02 PM | #2 | ||
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Hopefully the race will be relocated. That being said, I won't hold my breath. We need more support from drivers and fans if you want to see big money non wing events.
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11/22/22, 11:35 AM | #3 | ||
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June 2 and 3 is TBD on Knoxville’s schedule. The new GM of Knoxville said they thought the idea of rotating a big USAC race among different tracks in the midwest, so maybe that’s happening.
Total speculation though. |
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11/22/22, 11:38 AM |
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Isn't that typically midget week? Or close to it
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11/22/22, 12:25 PM |
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Really think there needs to be more paying NW races and this is a loss for sure.
My beef is it should include Indiana Tracks having fifteen to twenty thou races. Kokomo does. I always thought it would be neat if a track wanted more than two USAC races then one of them has to be a much higher purse. Some of this already happens, But I think Sprint Week would be the time to have em. Of course it's always easy to play keyboard promoter. Think a couple tracks ISW is one of very few profitable races for them.
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11/22/22, 12:47 PM |
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I noticed the TBD on Knoxville's schedule as well. It is possible that the sprint cars come back, but I doubt that we will ever see midgets there again. I don't think the track wants them back after Chad McDaniel's death in a midget in 2009, and I don't think that the drivers want to race at a large half mile.
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Last edited by Jonr; 11/22/22 at 12:47 PM. Reason: grammar |
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11/22/22, 6:04 PM | #7 | ||
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Once to Knoxville in the summer is about all I can make for the Nationals in August, but if June 2 and 3 was a USAC sprint show and 100 lappet for silver crown, I’d be there
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11/22/22, 6:04 PM | #8 | ||
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Kokomo already does a great job with what they have, Terre Haute ideally would be the track that could support a big NW race, it just hasn’t worked out. |
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11/22/22, 6:15 PM | #9 | ||
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We made it to the first Huset Nationals,made a vacation out of it,great racing & vacation,glad we went,may never be back.
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11/22/22, 7:21 PM | #10 | ||
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Glad I made it to one of these. Now the question is what will fill the void in 23?
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