WOO at Salina,Oklahoma

[AllenK]

Not to take anything anyway from the races at Brownstown and The Mag tonight,but the Salina Highbanks is a pretty awesome track. It's definitely in my top 5. It's big,high banked,black dirt,and it's bad fast.

The surface has tended to be drier in videos I've seen since we last went there about 15 years or so ago,but it still looks pretty speedy. It's scary fast when hooked up! We went to a MARS show the last time we went,and it came a pretty good storm before the races. They managed to get the show in though,and the cars were FLYING. Even the two man cruisers run at scary speeds here.

The track is so high banked the water truck drives around the top of the track and sprays from there. They had the backstretch cone on a rope and a crane to pull it out of the way because it would fall over due to the high banking. The track sits on a hill,and they would pull spectators up the hill in wagon with a Kubota tractor. Very cool and unique racetrack for sure.

[billetbirdcage]

It's probably been 15 years since I raced there and can't remember if we ran 13.5 or 14.5 laps there when it was heavy early on, but I'd expect them to run under those time in qualifying, just can't remember if it was the 13's or 14's, but thinking it was the 14's if I had to guess. Good race track but I wouldn't expect more then 22 cars, unless Stovall, Jackson and a few others show up.

[AllenK]

Yeah,it's definitely not the easiest track on equipment I would guess. It sure is fun to watch though. It will definitely be interesting to see the lap times.

[AllenK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQF_mqIAc4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv0g4I7PwwI

[Hitemdeep]

Banking doesn't appear to be as much as Tazewell, but it does look like a pretty fast place for sure.

[AllenK]

It's more impressive in person. They could've cut the banks down somewhat since I was there last. When you were in the stands when we went you were looking at the sides of the cars. You couldn't see much of the roofs of the cars.

It's not as steep as Tazewell for sure. I've been to both tracks.

The WOO Sprints have been to Salina IIRC. That would be insane.

[AllenK]

Salina Highbanks Speedway
SalinaHighbanks
Location: Salina, Oklahoma
Phone: (918) 434-7223
Website: http://www.salinahighbanksspeedway.com
Directions: Directions
Track Description: high-banked, 3/8-mile oval
Track Record: 11.177 seconds was established by Joey Saldana on April 26, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urKjLpqrWng

Still rather watch late models though....

[zach51]

I watched the WOO sprints a few years ago there and it was frightening fast.

[Senroc-Systems]

25 cars signed in tonight.

[rickybrown1952]

It's more impressive in person. They could've cut the banks down somewhat since I was there last. When you were in the stands when we went you were looking at the sides of the cars. You couldn't see much of the roofs of the cars. It's not as steep as Tazewell for sure. I've been to both tracks.The WOO Sprints have been to Salina IIRC. That would be insane.How much banking does Tazewell have now I've been going to i-55 at pevelymo for a long time it used to be 23 degrees the corners now it's about 19 degrees

[rickybrown1952]

25 cars signed in tonight.I went to their website it says 41 cars or that's what their website says anyway

[Senroc-Systems]

Going off of WoO Twitter.....

[rickybrown1952]

Oh ok then your info is probably correct

[chupp n bloomer fan]

How much banking does Tazewell have now I've been going to i-55 at pevelymo for a long time it used to be 23 degrees the corners now it's about 19 degreesTazewell is 35-36 degrees.

[Senroc-Systems]

Heat 1:

44
18w
25
99jr
1*

[dirtdobber45]

Thanx for the updates

[Senroc-Systems]

Heat 2:

1s
7
36m
16
12 m

[Senroc-Systems]

Heat 3:

9m
18j
B12
00
20

[Senroc-Systems]

Thanx for the updates

You're welcome, Sir.

[Senroc-Systems]

No B, everybody runs the feature.

[Senroc-Systems]

Feature finish:

Sheppard
Junghans
Eckert
Moran
Madden​
Clanton

[MI Dirt Fan]

#16. Hard to beat that house car.

[#FALSuperman]

#16. Hard to beat that house car.And 23rd overall!

[GottaGoRace]

Went out to Lakeside last night with the hope I wouldn't pay $30 to see Sheppard spank everyone. That worked out well lol. He's having a hell of a season.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Has he broke Richards record yet?

[TerryM]

Driver Of The Year, as of today.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Actually no I think it was 18 wins?

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Richards beat lanigans record right

[MI Dirt Fan]

Richards beat lanigans record right

Last year I believe

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

So richards record is 18?

[dirtdobber45]

Congrats to Bshepp. Pretty sure he'll beat that record

[rickybrown1952]

Congrats to Bshepp. Pretty sure he'll beat that recordOh he'll beat it no problem

[golddirt]

Josh set the record at18 last year

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Josh set the record at18 last year

Ok thanks golddirt

[Soonergirl75]

We live about 45 minutes from there and this is one of my top 5 tracks. I have been asking them to get a Lucas Oil Late Model race there. After the packed house they had last night, hopefully that can now happen.

[AllenK]

I'm glad they had a an awesome show. I love that track.

I don't know how I forgot this,but there was something else about Salina that was pretty crazy. The first time we went was in 2000 for a MARS race. I went to the restroom,and I could hear the awfulest racket while I was in there. I came out of the bathroom,and I saw that the next door neighbor of the track had a huge wall of speakers pointed towards the track. He was BLASTING crow calls towards the track. It was insanely loud. I have never seen or heard anything like that in my life. Same thing on our next visit.

We asked some of the people there what the deal was,and it obviously was a dispute with the track. Don't remember the details,but he did the same thing every week. He owned a Radio Shack in Pryor,and he apparently was an eccentric.

There was also a sweet bird dog named Jenny who was hanging around. Being dog people we showed her some love and she hung around us all night. Sweet girl is probably long gone by now. :(

[powerslide]

I'm glad they had a an awesome show. I love that track.

I don't know how I forgot this,but there was something else about Salina that was pretty crazy. The first time we went was in 2000 for a MARS race. I went to the restroom,and I could hear the awfulest racket while I was in there. I came out of the bathroom,and I saw that the next door neighbor of the track had a huge wall of speakers pointed towards the track. He was BLASTING crow calls towards the track. It was insanely loud. I have never seen or heard anything like that in my life. Same thing on our next visit.

We asked some of the people there what the deal was,and it obviously was a dispute with the track. Don't remember the details,but he did the same thing every week. He owned a Radio Shack in Pryor,and he apparently was an eccentric.

There was also a sweet bird dog named Jenny who was hanging around. Being dog people we showed her some love and she hung around us all night. Sweet girl is probably long gone by now. :(

I kinda forgot about the noise house below the hill. Been awhile back when that was going on. They have for sure taken bank out since the new owners bought it, but i also feel like they have widened the turns i guess when you take bank out that could happen. I used to go weekly to watch when i turned 16 and could drive myself, watching Jason Hughes and Terry Beckham duke it out weekly was awesome, especially if one of them had to come through a B main.

i remember that Mars or Mlra show where it rained before and they went ahead and ran it, guys were ripping oil pans off left and right, i can't remember if Moyer held on to win or not, i remember him leading.

[AllenK]

I went back on DOD,and it says that Mike Bowers won the race. I sure didn't remember that,but I remember it was a race of attrition. It sure was fun to watch though. Those 14 second laps the other night could've easily gone deep into the 13 second range or possibly high 12 second if they still had that banking and that moisture from the 2001 race.

My cousin got married on the weekend of the Topless that year so we made up for it by going to Salina. We spent the night that year,but the year before we drove the 5 hours back and rolled in at 5 a.m. I just don't care about doing that kind of thing anymore! Sucks getting old.

[RCJ]

I was at that race Bowers won also.It was a good one.