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ftfiowa
02-27-2023, 11:31 PM
how big is the track?
anything besides midgets ever ran there?
lurker
02-27-2023, 11:50 PM
how big is the track?
anything besides midgets ever ran there?

Small ¼ mile.
No.
ftfiowa
02-28-2023, 04:12 PM
sure would love to see a lm show there. maybe some sprints too even
HoosierDirtFan
02-28-2023, 04:28 PM
sure would love to see a lm show there. maybe some sprints too even

Track is maybe just a bit bigger than the track for the gateway Dirt Nationals.

The track just inside turn 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
https://i.imgur.com/Cs3eN6p.jpg
Josh Bayko
02-28-2023, 05:00 PM
I don’t know that late models would race it all that well. It’s pretty narrow.
lurker
02-28-2023, 05:31 PM
maybe some sprints too even


The comparison would be, watching a sprint car race from Action Track USA, in Kutztown PA.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=vid&sxsrf=AJOqlzWCOKzTun1vEtEFyqZtYSupM0AX5A%3A1677627 027567&q=action+track+usa+&oq=action+track+usa+&aqs=heirloom-srp..0l5
dirtcrazy4u
02-28-2023, 07:38 PM
No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.
Dlmfan123
02-28-2023, 07:52 PM
No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.They race midgets at night?
Josh Bayko
02-28-2023, 08:53 PM
No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.

The midget race is run at night.
hoosier race fan
03-01-2023, 04:40 PM
The track was designed to be similar to Tri-State Speedway in layout and size. The UMP Summer Nationals visits Tri-State, so late models could certainly race at the IMS dirt track. I’ll make a prediction that it will never happen. Maybe full size sprints, but never late models.
dirtcrazy4u
03-01-2023, 07:35 PM
I didn't see a light pole anywhere in that overhead pic
HoosierDirtFan
03-01-2023, 09:00 PM
I didn't see a light pole anywhere in that overhead pic

You tube the Race.
Dirt Clod
03-01-2023, 10:22 PM
Two temporary / portable Musco light units are brought in for every BC 39. They are on flatbed truck trailers and each unit has multiple lights on each tower. It's not hard to light that small track up.

The IMS dirt track is not as big as Haubstadt. Fast time at IMS: Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Cannon McIntosh (12.136) Haubstadt: Chris Windom, 89, CBI-13.377 (New Track Record)

The IMS dirt track is smaller than the Indy Circle City dirt track. Midget fast time at CC was 12.8. I was surprised last year when the Circle City CJ Rayburn Memorial Race ran about the first 34 laps green, until the first caution flew. Late models were entertaining at CC.
ftfiowa
03-02-2023, 06:32 PM
thanks for all the info everyone
nc mudcat
03-03-2023, 06:54 AM
The comparison would be, watching a sprint car race from Action Track USA, in Kutztown PA.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=vid&sxsrf=AJOqlzWCOKzTun1vEtEFyqZtYSupM0AX5A%3A1677627 027567&q=action+track+usa+&oq=action+track+usa+&aqs=heirloom-srp..0l5

Then they would race great. Sprint car races at Action Track are awesome. Not as good as the 600cc mini sprints, but fun to watch.