Summer nationals

[t4g2]

That's tentative schedule doesn't mean official. Farmer city had 1,000 people or so in stands pretty good racing 3 out 4 features came down to last lap passes. They remodeled the woman's bathroom per fb. This Friday illinios goes to next phase. gatherings of 50 and dine in for bars an restaurants. Illinios cases are still declining.

[Mud Packer]

The tentative schedule was posted on the Hell Tour website but was later taken down. It now says that the tour has been postponed 2 weeks. I don't think I would be making too many plans at this point until something official comes from UMP. Brownstown had July 8th on their schedule and then changed it to July 14th. That date has since been taken down and it's now showing up on Plymouth's schedule. Who the hell knows for sure. Sam needs to get something posted other than "tentative" so folks can plan ahead.

[hoosier race fan]

The tentative schedule was posted on the Hell Tour website but was later taken down. It now says that the tour has been postponed 2 weeks. I don't think I would be making too many plans at this point until something official comes from UMP. Brownstown had July 8th on their schedule and then changed it to July 14th. That date has since been taken down and it's now showing up on Plymouth's schedule. Who the hell knows for sure. Sam needs to get something posted other than "tentative" so folks can plan ahead.

Don’t expect anything better out of Sam. The best thing he could do for dirt racing is go away.

[Mud Packer]

Agreed. However I don't expect hell to freeze over anytime soon.

[GEAR_HEAD]

The tentative schedule was posted on the Hell Tour website but was later taken down. It now says that the tour has been postponed 2 weeks. I don't think I would be making too many plans at this point until something official comes from UMP. Brownstown had July 8th on their schedule and then changed it to July 14th. That date has since been taken down and it's now showing up on Plymouth's schedule. Who the hell knows for sure. Sam needs to get something posted other than "tentative" so folks can plan ahead.

We're doing the first 10 shows on that tentative schedule...all of the tracks except Brownstown and LaSalle have confirmed those new dates are correct on social media. I wouldn't think Driggers would change their date again, but who knows?

[Shiny Side Up 18]

Why release a schedule if it's unconfirmed only to take it back down? Seems a tad unprofessional.

[fryefan]

Why release a schedule if it's unconfirmed only to take it back down? Seems a tad unprofessional.

I don't know for sure, but I imagine that it was a tentative schedule and it was not supposed to be posted to the public at that point.

[Zonks32x]

My guess...
WRG and Sam got a call from Cedar Lake.

CL stepped up and bailed WoO out July 3rd and 4th, with back-to-back 20k to win shows for both the Lates and sprints. As many are aware, they also host the highest paying DLM show on the WoO schedule with the USA nats.

I'm sure after ponying up $264K in prize money for the July WoO weekend, they were none too happy that Driggers thanked them by scheduling three SN races on top of the USA Nationals. Especially considering Pierce, Feger, Shirley, and Babb are yearly participants at the USA Nationals.

At a minimum, I'd expect the three IL dates that conflict with the USA Nats to be moved.

Don't think for a moment that Lucas Oil wouldn't love to add the USA Nationals to their schedule. WoO would be stupid to give CL any reason to explore that possibility.

[fryefan]

My guess...
WRG and Sam got a call from Cedar Lake.

CL stepped up and bailed WoO out July 3rd and 4th, with back-to-back 20k to win shows for both the Lates and sprints. As many are aware, they also host the highest paying DLM show on the WoO schedule with the USA nats.

I'm sure after ponying up $264K in prize money for the July WoO weekend, they were none too happy that Driggers thanked them by scheduling three SN races on top of the USA Nationals. Especially considering Pierce, Feger, Shirley, and Babb are yearly participants at the USA Nationals.

At a minimum, I'd expect the three IL dates that conflict with the USA Nats to be moved.

Don't think for a moment that Lucas Oil wouldn't love to add the USA Nationals to their schedule. WoO would be stupid to give CL any reason to explore that possibility.

I had not thought about that, but it certainly is a possibility. Thanks for sharing the theory.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Here is the new schedule that was posted. Had a picture of it on my phone.

DATE - TRACK - LOCATION - PURSE
July 8 - Brownstown Speedway - Brownstown, IN - $5,000
July 9 - Peoria Speedway - Peoria, IL - $5,000
July 10 - Tri-City Speedway - Granite City, IL - $10,000
July 11 - Fairbury American Legion Speedway - Fairbury, IL - $10,000
July 12 - Bullring at Rico County Fairgrounds - East Moline, IL - $5,000
July 13 - OFF
July 14 - Plymouth Speedway - Plymouth, IN - $5,000
July 15 - LaSalle Speedway - LaSalle, IL - $5,000
July 16 - Spoon River Speedway - Lewiston, IL - $5,000
July 17 - Farmer City Raceway - Farmer City, IL - $10,000
July 18 - Highland Speedway - Highland, IL - $10,000
July 19 - OFF
July 20 - OFF
July 21 - OFF
July 22 - OFF
July 23 - Springfield Raceway - Springfield, MO - $5,000
July 24 - Lake Ozark Speedway - Eldon, MO - $10,000
July 25 - Clarksville Speedway - Clarksville, TN - $10,000
July 26 - Belle-Clair Speedway - Belleville, IL - $5,000
July 27 - OFF
July 28 - OFF - WOO LM at Davenport
July 29 - OFF
July 30 - OFF
July 31 - OFF - WOO LM - PDC at FALS
August 1 - OFF - WOO LM - PDC at FALS
August 2 - OFF
August 3 - OFF
August 4 - OFF
August 5 - OFF
August 6 - Jacksonville, Raceway - Jacksonville, IL - $5,000
August 7 - Dirt Oval at Route 66 Raceway - Joliet, IL - $10,000
August 8 - Sycamore Speedway - Maple Park, IL - $10,000
August 9 - Quincy Raceway - Quincy, IL - $5,000
August 10 - OFF
August 11 - OFF
August 12 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, IL - $5,000
August 13 - Macon Speedway - Macon, IL - $5,000
August 14 - Fayette County Speedway - Brownstown, IL - $10,000
August 15 - Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 - Pevely, MO - $10,000
August 16 - Lincoln Speedway - Lincoln, IL - $5,000
August 17 - OFF
August 18 - Kankakee County Speedway - Kankakee, IL - $5,O00
August 19 - Butler Speedway - Quincy, MI - $5,000
August 20 - Thunderbird Raceway - Muskegon, MI - $5,000
August 21 - Tri-City Motor Speedway - Auburn, MI - $10,000
August 22 - Oakshade Raceway - Wauseon, OH - $10,000

[BILL47A]

La Salle Speedway? Must be a mistake. Track has been closed and for sale for some time now. Unless I missed something.

[IL LM Fan]

Track is listed as turn key. Tony is still promoting. He promotes the Mars series. So who knows. It has been brought up on the La Salle FB page, and La Salle has not responded.

[bullring]

I thought maybe somebody else promoting Lasalle SN race. Seems odd Tony owns a series and would bring another series to the track instead of his own.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Could it be that he wants to avoid any conflict of interest claims? Just a thought.

[bullring]

Could be. Remember the good old days when Sr ran the track and the boys raced there. Good times.