Largest car count ever seen in person

[turnleftandgasit]

The annual Spoiler around Halloween at Tri-State Speedway in Pocola,Oklahoma used to draw 400 race cars across all the classes. I even heard 600 once? One year they raced hears until 6 a.m.! Heard it called the "24 hrs of the Spooker." Lol.

I think the first Dream 100 had 175 cars or more. Whatever it was, that was the highest LM count for me.

2002 DTWC had 150 late models,and a ton of mods also.

I got to the hotel as the sun was coming up. That weekend was my first and only time to Tri-State

[latemodelman]

Back in 2006 I went to my first 4 crown rained out Friday. Did not get to start hotlaps til 7p.m. Saturday had 65 mods, 54 Sprints, 38 midgets and 35 silver crown cars. After 2 more rain delays a long red for a modified in the catch fence and a bunch of flips, it was finally done at 7:10a.m. and sun was up over the woods on the backstretch. That was at Eldora.

[dirt crow]

When Dad and I drove up for the original date for the Eldora Million in 2000, there was around 240 outside on Thursday night before Friday times trials. The snow was coming and weekend canceled the next morning.

[bigq11]

220 plus late models at the World , might have been the Dream, in the early 2000. Don't think I ever saw more even when there 3 or 4 support classes.

[GrocMax]

Boone IMCA Supernats by far exceeds all others. 700+. You heavy track, gotta farm it types should go just to watch how to work a track in 10 minutes with 20 tractors and 5 water trucks. Done to the theme song from Green Acres.

[AllenK]

I got to the hotel as the sun was coming up. That weekend was my first and only time to Tri-State

We would always go mainly because it was the last fling of the year racing wise. It is a bad fast track,but the racing was just ok.

[gjohnston]

Boone is nuts. It’s one of those shows every dirt fan needs to have on their bucket list. I don’t care if you’re the type that despises every division besides late models, get to it at some point in your life.

I knew it drew a ton of cars but you don’t quite grasp this until you check the lineups and see that you are in the 24th heat. It’s a heck of a show and it’s amazing how they stay on top of that track throughout.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Yea but they don't run the mods until Wednesday? They run the other stuff earlier in the week on Sunday Monday and Tuesday?

[smith19]

over 700 at the Lawrenceburg funfest in 2006. to many classes to list. lol

[racingfool32]

1995 IMCA Supernationals 756 cars. 426 Mods

[MI Dirt Fan]

1995 IMCA Supernationals 756 cars. 426 Mods

I know the guy who was mod national champion. I believe he said one time he was motor claimed 26 times that year.

[thexfactor0210]

426??? Is that for real? Is there an article on it

[Dlmfan123]

World finals of the steel city stampede. Only been traveling to races for about a year

[huskerdirt]

I know the guy who was mod national champion. I believe he said one time he was motor claimed 26 times that year.

Back in the 90s. Claiming mod motors was the thing to do. In my area you get one of those nights where everybody rained out and all the hitters would flock to one track to get national/regional points. Guys like Murray, Saathoff, Larkins were running for national points and the track locals were ready to claim them when they popped in. Cash in hand. As kid it seemed like quite a big deal when those boys would line up on the front stretch and then a local would play the game as to which car they stop next to claim.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Back in the 90s. Claiming mod motors was the thing to do. In my area you get one of those nights where everybody rained out and all the hitters would flock to one track to get national/regional points. Guys like Murray, Saathoff, Larkins were running for national points and the track locals were ready to claim them when they popped in. Cash in hand. As kid it seemed like quite a big deal when those boys would line up on the front stretch and then a local would play the game as to which car they stop next to claim.

I remember that also. You could run 4 nights a week almost. Some of the motors we're still going around 6-8 years later. Passed down through horse trading and swap meets. I've heard of some putting together 4 dome and 4 flat top motors. All you needed was it to finish running at the end of one night because someone had cash in hand to buy it.