Low car count at I-80...

[thexfactor0210]

Why only 43 cars for over 500 grand in purse money this week? It pays crazy good money on Saturday with 5300 kust to start and a 5300 to win non qualifiers race. It is kinda upsetting more guys did not support it with all the money being paid out..

[BirkyTime15B]

Have to remember that Open Late Models race nowhere out there. Or in Iowa for that matter. I guess 50 cars by the weekend.

[TerryM]

Do they have to be there tonight, in order to race Saturday?

[HoosierDirtFan]

Do they have to be there tonight, in order to race Saturday?

Terry from what I understand no. Just basically a regular show tonight.

[TerryM]

Terry from what I understand no. Just basically a regular show tonight.

That’s what I thought.

No reason for people to freak out because there’s “only” 43 cars for a $7,000-to-win Tuesday night show. How many did they expect tonight?

[Paradox28]

Tonight and tomorrow are earning points for the 30k show Thursday. Technically, can show up just Friday and Saturday to race for the 53k. I'd say the car count won't change much from now til then

[TerryM]

My boy qualifies fastest overall and has to start 6th in his heat, on a track you can’t pass on. Ugh.

[Josh Bayko]

There aren't a whole lot of super lates in general these days. Anything over 40 is a bonus.

[EDERDS]

Is it out of the question that there might have been a lil calculated sandbagging in qualifying trying to get better starting positions for the heats?

[Highside Hustler25]

TerryM, he's on the pole. You think they should give him a 1 lap head start?

[intel8]

Finish, Overton, O'Neal, Thornton, Bronson. Overton half throttle to the win, guy is way smooth!

[EDERDS]

Overton could run his car anywhere he wanted and he is getting unreal bite coming out of the turns

[huskerdirt]

90% of the field gathered at I-80 is from east of the track and it’s always been like that. The car count hasn’t been over 50 since MLRA was dropped the co sanction. When you have a Heck Tour swing, and 10k, 20k to win dotted on the map it makes a huge difference. Outside of Moyer Sr retiring, pretty much every guy that was at I-80 last year is racing somewhere else. I don’t blame them either, money makes this thing go around for the drivers.

FWIW, the race had 46 cars last year and looks like 45-46 cars will be total number by the time we are done for the week.

[Mod Runner]

Five days is a long time to be at one track unless you are independently wealthy. Look for the less funded teams to show up on Thursday.

[fryefan]

Five days is a long time to be at one track unless you are independently wealthy. Look for the less funded teams to show up on Thursday.

They had better show up tonight or Friday. Thursday's show is based upon results from Tuesday and Wednesday. If a new team shows up on Thursday, then they will start at the very back in a b-main (or c-main depending how they title their non-qualified races).