Wild night at Fairbury ends with canceling because of bad track condtions

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  • ptown
    Banned
    • Jan 2011
    • 1906

    #1

    Wild night at Fairbury ends with canceling because of bad track condtions

    Watch this heat race and hope things are better for the PDC.

  • 93Nelson
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 178

    #2
    I've raced on a lot worse
    Just a Sportmod racer at Nelson Boys Racing.

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    • ptown
      Banned
      • Jan 2011
      • 1906

      #3
      Originally posted by 93Nelson View Post
      I've raced on a lot worse
      In a super late model?

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      • King1
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2012
        • 354

        #4
        Spatolas wreck looked like an iracing netcode to me lol

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        • TheJet-09
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2013
          • 1616

          #5
          That was a bad one. Looked like an open wheel type wreck...very easy to wind up with a compression fracture in your back.

          Hope he's okay (once the adrenaline wore off).

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          • MI Dirt Fan
            Banned
            • May 2007
            • 8806

            #6
            Originally posted by ptown View Post
            In a super late model?
            Doubt it.

            That was some air though he got. When did they end up cancelling the rest of the event? Right after that race?

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            • Crash 4
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2007
              • 671

              #7
              Originally posted by MI Dirt Fan View Post
              Doubt it.

              That was some air though he got. When did they end up cancelling the rest of the event? Right after that race?
              Yes. They had a good shower right when they started qualifying, not really the track crews fault. It took them till almost 8PM to get the track packed in again and till almost 9PM to finish qualifying. All the other classes ran their heats with basically no problems. Not the case with the late models obviously. It was already late and they would have to have done some serious track work to safely run the late models again.

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              • reid boys
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2009
                • 647

                #8
                I'm late to the party, crash answered it. Lol

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                • turnleftandgasit
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2007
                  • 1182

                  #9
                  Track wasn't terribile, as every other class had put on pretty good heat races. The combination of the hole going into 3 and the tall wet heavy cushion at both ends just wasn't good for the lates. They got two periods of rain between 5 and 7 that delayed the action and made the track very heavy. Yes they cancelled the races after the first LM heat.

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                  • HoosierDirtFan
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2012
                    • 22186

                    #10
                    After reading many of the comments posted on Facebook. Seem like every driver there understands and supports their decision to postpone the rest of the evenings events. Not worth tearing equipment up when you got the biggest race of the year only a 6 days away.
                    Nathan Stephens

                    Next Race - 7/20 TBA
                    2024 Season: 14 - Brownstown (IN) 2, Fairbury (IL) 2, Farmer City (IL) 1, Grundy Co (IL) 1, Kankakee (IL) 2, & Shadyhill (IN) 6

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                    • rickybrown1952
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2014
                      • 1448

                      #11
                      It's a miracle no one got hurt bad
                      I am what I am

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                      • smoothoperator32
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2013
                        • 717

                        #12
                        looked like only 50 people in the grandstands also.

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                        • kidrock
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2007
                          • 16409

                          #13
                          Wasn't that the front stretch you saw. The back stretch is usually full but, maybe the weather had something to do with it but, I heard their attendance has been down this year for regular weekly show's. I'm sure someone on here can answer if that's the case or not.

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                          • t4g2
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 1426

                            #14
                            On a regular night race the back stretch is half full if that. With new guy in charge an promoter an new track prep its hurt car count and attendance.yes summer nationals an pdc they are full.

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                            • turnleftandgasit
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 1182

                              #15
                              Attendance was down last night. With 2 periods of rain it kept many people at home. Why anyone would sit on the front stretch is beyond me.

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