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    Default dirt track at IMS questions

    how big is the track?
    anything besides midgets ever ran there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ftfiowa View Post
    how big is the track?
    anything besides midgets ever ran there?
    Small ¼ mile.
    No.

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    sure would love to see a lm show there. maybe some sprints too even
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    Quote Originally Posted by ftfiowa View Post
    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.
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    I don’t know that late models would race it all that well. It’s pretty narrow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ftfiowa View Post
    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&...rloom-srp..0l5

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    No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtcrazy4u View Post
    No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.
    They race midgets at night?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtcrazy4u View Post
    No lights, would have to be a day show. The place was built for midgets.
    The midget race is run at night.
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    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.

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    I didn't see a light pole anywhere in that overhead pic

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtcrazy4u View Post
    I didn't see a light pole anywhere in that overhead pic
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    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.

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    thanks for all the info everyone
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    Quote Originally Posted by lurker View Post
    The comparison would be, watching a sprint car race from Action Track USA, in Kutztown PA.
    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...rloom-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.

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