Swainsboro …

[TerryM]

… is running seven classes tonight. And qualifying all of them. On a Sunday night.

[dirtcrazy4u]

In this heat ? There's not one good reason to do this. I guess the question is, Will the racers support this ?

[BTExpress]

Why Why Why Why do these Southern tracks feel the need to run so many support classes when a National or Regional touring series is on the schedule? Heck that is too many classes for me to sit though in the comfort of my living room watching on Flo. I just don't get the backgate mentality?

[TerryM]

Just one of the reasons why we haven’t attended a show at Swainsboro in almost five years — despite it being one of our local tracks, and my wife’s home track. Her dad raced there, her aunt worked as a scorer there, her uncle Ollie was flagman there, and it’s a really nice facility. But way too many single file races around the bottom, and way too many nights of cars still on the track at 1:00 or 2:00am. Heck I’ve seen 5- and 6-year olds still racing on the kart track at 3:00am. And the crazy part is, the same fans and drivers support this year after year. I guess they just accept it instead of asking for improvements.

[champion24]

The RACERS want it and every track does it! NO one wants to "race" they just want to ride around!! A track could say they were drawing for positions and very few would show! It's a shame!!

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Southernationals races that pay 10k: 5th place only gets $350 more than a 5k race.

[GrocMax]

6 classes, two of them ran B's, sportmods often had two B's, (100 cars total), no qual, start at 8PM, done by 10:30. Southern OK Speedway when Ronny Gould was promoting. It can be done. Difference between midwest and south is in the south you get 500 spectators for 5 grand to win, north its 5000 spectators for 500 to win.

[Rajflyboy]

Why Why Why Why do these Southern tracks feel the need to run so many support classes when a National or Regional touring series is on the schedule? Heck that is too many classes for me to sit though in the comfort of my living room watching on Flo. I just don't get the backgate mentality?

I agree. One reason I have only gone to big races this year and have skipped the local races.

[Pennsboro32]

The South.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Flyboy
What “big” races have you attended this year-(if any)??

[Rajflyboy]

FL, Charlotte and South Carolina.

[knot]

No qualifying tonight.......rain has won this one.

[adamrobison]

Rockcastle Speedway in Mount Vernon, KY did the same thing Saturday night. 5 classes of cars, over 100 total in the pits and each car got 2 laps on the clock. Heat races didn't start until 10:00. I left at midnight without a feature in sight. The track was terribly dry and slick. I'm personally not a fan of ice racing.

[weatherman85]

Its awful down here in the south. Would take a collective effort to make a change. Track owners/promoters know that if they try and run heats or do a pill draw, the majority of cars will just go on down the road to another track where they can qualify and run.

Most have at least switch to hot lap/qualify so its not quite as long. Still boring to watch though.

[dirtcrazy4u]

They have that Ole down south mentality. Any true northerners move south they all call it the slow country.

[Barbecueboy]

The southerners love how they overpay for land and homes though……..there is nothing slow about the way they take the money to the bank….I promise.

Thanks y’all

[Raceready]

Why Why Why Why do these Southern tracks feel the need to run so many support classes when a National or Regional touring series is on the schedule? Heck that is too many classes for me to sit though in the comfort of my living room watching on Flo. I just don't get the backgate mentality?

They just want to give the fans their moneys worth ? ?

[Barbecueboy]

Flo is perfect for folks that don’t want to sit through races they don’t care to watch……it’s kinda made the griping about too many classes at big races a moot point.

Flip the channel over to Chicago med and come back an hour later when the supers run….no big deal.

[TerryM]

They have that Ole down south mentality. Any true northerners move south they all call it the slow country.

I did most of my growing up in, and most of my life, in Lexington, KY. It’s a weird state, geographically. Eastern KY is Appalachian country. Western KY is way Midwest, Illinois, Missouri, etc. Northern KY is Cincinnati. Southern KY is Tennessee-ish. My hometown of Lexington is the bullseye of the state. I swear, I have no idea what I’m supposed to be lol. But I do know, since I moved to South Georgia in 2014, it’s been quite an eye opener. Down here is like living 50 years ago. I’ve been a Republican my whole life, but I want nothing to do with what being a Republican means in the Deep South. I know there’s normal life down here, but you have to search for it. 😬