Lucas schedule

[ClampedUp]

Port Royal is without a doubt the best track East of Eldora and if it keeps going like it has it will soon be the best track East of Knoxville!

[bleedblue55]

Port Royal is without a doubt the best track East of Eldora and if it keeps going like it has it will soon be the best track East of Knoxville!

You got that right

[06Tireman]

A few winter upgrades they have in the plans are removing the stage from the front stretch and making the front straight wider.. also.. Removing the old tunnel from turn 1 and actually making it bigger to allow 4 wheelers and golf carts to pass though.. Also they have added a fence around turns 3 and 4 adding billboards.. They skimmed clay off turns 3 and 4 and sifted it.. Theres a huge pile in the infield right now to be put on the track.. We, several race teams, have been pushing and pushing for a 2 day show up there and we are finally getting it.. Just a heads up for folks who want to camp.. Don't wait to reserve your spot for this race or even to get reserved tickets.. Theres not a bad seat anywhere or even in the infield..

[hoosier race fan]

Moving a big money race to Port Royal is a good thing. I am glad to see they are returning to Kokomo.

Way too many races at the same tracks. 56 races but only 32 venues. 6 at East Bay, which is ridiculous. 4 at Portsmouth, 4 at Lucas Oil (which I understand due to the sponsor), 3 at Florence (and a 4th night if you count the North/South prelim), 3 at Magnolia, 3 at Batesville, 3 at Knoxville. That’s 26 races at just 7 tracks - nearly 50% of the tour. I know the cost to bring in the tour is an obstacle for many tracks that would like to have them, but I would much rather see them have no more than 2 events at any track. Visit some more tracks and expand the fan base.

[bleedblue55]

How is running 9 races in 10 days down south in Feb ridiculous when there are no other tracks even running. 10th straight East Bay coming up, 20th overall. My racing vacation when I happily travel to the race instead of waiting for the races to come to my area.

[huskerdirt]

3 of the 4 at Wheatland are for the show me 100. Do you realize that?

I’m not sure why you are counting multi day shows at these tracks as separate visit. That’s idiotic. All these multi day shows are big events, even Eastbay. Most of them only count for points on the final night.

[dirtSLMracing]

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[turnleftandgasit]

I understand that UMP rules the state and tracks could step up and schedule a race if they saw fit, but only two IL tracks on the schedule is a crime.

[bighalfmile]

New Handicap restrooms for the pits and infield along with a new 32 row grandstands in the pits are two other improvements coming this winter at Port Royal.

[hoosier race fan]

bleedblue55 - 9 races in 10 days puts a huge strain on the teams to run that many nights in a row. Running 10% of the tour all at 1 track on 6 consecutive nights just doesn’t seem fitting for a national, touring series. 3 nights at East Bay would be plenty. In a few years they won’t have any, which will be a shame.

huskerdirt - Yes, I am aware that most of the events I listed are multi-day shows at the same track. I’m not the one counting them as separate races, the Lucas Oil series is. They even titled their schedule release as “56 race schedule for Lucas Oil Late Models in 2020” which makes it sound like 56 separate events. So if it’s idiotic, blame the series because they are the ones advertising it that way. I know they don’t count points for the prelim night of a 2 night show. I didn’t even count those in my totals, which would add another night at a few of those same tracks. I only included the 56 races that are considered separate events. I get that the Lucas Oil series wants to be known as the “big events” series. I just prefer to see races at different tracks instead of the same show for several nights at the same track.

[Dlmfan123]

Nobody forces anybody to race all week at east bay. Fri/sat are the only point shows

[doyle hargraves]

Yeah but if you don’t you are at a disadvantage com Friday/Saturday

[huskerdirt]

56 races is 56 full nights of racing. Nobody is false advertising. Big races need the prelim nights to be successful. When you say “3 nights at Batesville” you are implying 3 separate visits in your argument. The logistics of the series is already hard. You want them to roll into town and be out in 6 hours to add even more races to the schedule. That makes no sense. Not every track can host a Lucas race. For example.... any track west of I-80 couldn’t host a Lucas show. Either because of the facility or they wouldn’t get any cars. When the SDN rolls around, those tracks shut down because they know fans are gonna be at I-80.

[hoosier race fan]

3 separate visits (at different times during the season) is not what I am implying with Batesville, Knoxville, etc. A prelim night for a special event is fine. The extra races at the same track on the previous nights are the ones I don’t care for. And if the logistics are already so hard, then what is the benefit of running 9 out of 10 nights to kick off the season? That’s a quick way to thin out the tour regulars, which happens almost every year. I am sure the tour regulars are fine with the extra nights at those tracks because they don’t have to travel and it gives them extra laps prior to a big event there. As a fan, I love seeing them race at different tracks, especially tracks that are new to the tour. Copy and paste scheduling and many races at the same tracks just doesn’t build any interest for me. I didn’t say you had to agree. Enjoy your 3-4 nights at I-80.

[BTExpress]

So I guess it is now safe to assume that Cody Summers is officially done promoting Mansfield and the Dirt Million is no more?