Belleville In Car Camera

[Clayton_Wetter]

I know it's a sprint car but this is similar to late models.

https://youtu.be/tn-7_jhKFPs

[intel8]

Never lift! lol....

[BerckFan]

Here is an in car view of current I-80 promoter Joe Kosiski at Belleville from 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUG8rbGfdAg&t=8s

[intel8]

Thanks, Nice video. Track is on my bucketlist, would like to see the late models run there, but I don't think they liked the track, especially Birky!

[billetbirdcage]

Thanks, Nice video. Track is on my bucketlist, would like to see the late models run there, but I don't think they liked the track, especially Birky!

They only run crates there once a year now, just not enough open cars and what few regional sanctioning bodies left don't book shows there anymore. It's a fun place to make laps on, but to actually race on it's pretty tough to pass on.

The argument has always been what actual size is the track: is it a 1/2 or 5/8 mile. The track record is higher then the actual lap times you can run as they only qualified there twice since I know off (going back to mid 90's to present). However back in the day, Boen, Purkey, Anderson could run 16.30's at NCRA, MARS, or MLRA shows there. At a 1/2 mile that is 110mph average and at 5/8 it's 138mph, everyone agrees it's bigger then Eldora.

it's also way more banked then any video will show.

[Mod Runner]

I would like to see a video of a race car on the Taswell, Tenn. track. I heard Taswell has higher banking than Bellville. Surely, Bloomquist must have had an in car camera at Taswell.

[sobe92]

They only run crates there once a year now, just not enough open cars and what few regional sanctioning bodies left don't book shows there anymore. It's a fun place to make laps on, but to actually race on it's pretty tough to pass on.

The argument has always been what actual size is the track: is it a 1/2 or 5/8 mile. The track record is higher then the actual lap times you can run as they only qualified there twice since I know off (going back to mid 90's to present). However back in the day, Boen, Purkey, Anderson could run 16.30's at NCRA, MARS, or MLRA shows there. At a 1/2 mile that is 110mph average and at 5/8 it's 138mph, everyone agrees it's bigger then Eldora.

it's also way more banked then any video will show.

https://youtu.be/dtu6lf8F6fw

Found this video shot from the stands in hotlaps. We have always said it is a half mile if you measure it on the bottom but more like 5/8 on the top.

[tb1545]

Its a 305 C.I. sprint car

[Clayton_Wetter]

I would like to see a video of a race car on the Taswell, Tenn. track. I heard Taswell has higher banking than Bellville. Surely, Bloomquist must have had an in car camera at Taswell.

I'll try to find one. Tazewell is a small track but the top speeds are 115 or maybe more on the record lap. The banking is the steepest in the nation. This is a must see track for any race fan period. It is really about 5/16 in size.

[Clayton_Wetter]

That is not a sprint car, it is an outlaw micro sprint car (closer to a go-cart than an actual sprint car).

I really didn't check that out. I just saw the video in what appeared to be a full sprint car. No wonder the top speeds were not as high as what they really do in real sprints and LM's.

[Clayton_Wetter]

Here is Owens at Tazewell. The camera does not show how steep the banking is. Just like the Belleville video does not either.

[Phatdaddy]

I just read where USAC didn't hold the Midget Nationals at Belleville this year. Too big, too fast, too much $$$$ to run.

[fryefan]

Its a 305 C.I. sprint car

You are correct (I should have watched the entire video before commenting).

[fryefan]

I really didn't check that out. I just saw the video in what appeared to be a full sprint car. No wonder the top speeds were not as high as what they really do in real sprints and LM's.

You were correct. I should have watched the entire video before commenting. I looked at the opening part of the video, where it was sitting in the infield and mistook it for a micro-sprint.

With that being said, as another poster correctly noted, it is a limited motor sprint.

[over4T]

What about Golden Isles before they shortened it a few years back? Seems I remember the Street Stocks were hitting something like 130 mph on the straights, not laps times of course. Never was there so just asking.

[Mod Runner]

Thanks for the Tazewell video. Very interesting track. I will have to make it down there for a SLM race soon. Curious to see how passes are made on that track.