Late models indoor in St. Louis

[CIRF]

CIRF, I completely agree with you about Du Quoin. Absolutely unbelievable and cant wait for March 19th! Will be our 5th time there! I've long said that Chili Bowl is the best event I go to every year, but Du Quoin is the best race I go to every year.As far as STL indoors, well.... I was at Indy Indoors. I'll be at STL Indoors. Some things will be worth the $$ to say you were there in 40 years...

Really looking forward to March 19th at Du Quoin right along with you FourDeep. We got our reserve seats the day they went on sale!

We have to get rooms for the Du Quoin indoor races 'cause DQ is over 4 hours one way for us. We are virtually certain the racing at Du Quoin is going to be exemplary and well worth the cost of staying the night. A deal like what is being planned for St. Louis is yet to be determined how good or bad the show is going to be. However, the total expense of attending will be significantly more than Du Quoin given the location of the venue, ie., lodging, food & drink.

Really hoping that this deal goes off without a hitch and becomes an annual event. As has been mentioned above, the pitting accommodations, dust clean up and carbon monoxide will probably be the foremost concerns. The support class might also create some problems, especially if track maintenance and carbon monoxide become problematic. Not much down time with 2 large classes competing.

An early to mid afternoon starting time might be an advantage. An indoor show is completely flexible in that regard.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Racing indoors can be done. Picture below Pontiac Silver Dome - Believe it was 1984 and was an NDRA invitational race <> not sure though.

PICTURE BELOW.

[huskerdirt]

Racing indoors can be done. Picture below Pontiac Silver Dome - Believe it was 1984 and was an NDRA invitational race <> not sure though.

PICTURE BELOW.

It was 1982. Jack Boggs was the winner.

This was the only time dirt late models raced indoors.

[wheelpackin]

It'll be a cluster that's for sure.

[FourDeepInTheFluff]

CIRF, We are 4 hours away from Du Quoin and made the drive home when it was over every year but last year. Stayed in the Super 8 just past the Fairgrounds. Not the best, but it did well for one night. Luckily we went into Indy Indoors with the frame of mind that the fumes and size of track may cause problems. We were prepared for that with growing up racing karts indoors. Although they dont get as bad as the midgets when you get the Unlimited All Stars out there it gets pretty bad pretty quick. Also most the indoor kart races are held in rodeo arenas so that are quite smaller. What we did not take into consideration was having full fields on the track at once. Essentially creating a log jam 3-4 cars deep in line entering corners and causing many problems. Given the circumstances and scheduling with PRI I would go again. Buy cheap tickets and leave when I have had enough. As far as starting times for STL Indoors... Many kart races start very early in the day like 10:00 am. Hopefully thats the case here if the do have around 200 cars like is expected. STL is a 5 hour ride for us without pulling the car, we currently have a block of 5 rooms at the Drury Inn across the street, and currently 15 committed to going. I suspect that number to drop to about 7-8 and 2-3 rooms needed by time we go. Either way, I am looking forward to it.

[Clayton_Wetter]

1.7 million square feet big

That is a little less than 1/16th of a square mile.

[old fan]

How do you come with that fiqure the foot ball field alone is a 1/4 mile , which is only a smalll part of the complex

[CIRF]

CIRF, We are 4 hours away from Du Quoin and made the drive home when it was over every year but last year. Stayed in the Super 8 just past the Fairgrounds. Not the best, but it did well for one night. Luckily we went into Indy Indoors with the frame of mind that the fumes and size of track may cause problems. We were prepared for that with growing up racing karts indoors. Although they dont get as bad as the midgets when you get the Unlimited All Stars out there it gets pretty bad pretty quick. Also most the indoor kart races are held in rodeo arenas so that are quite smaller. What we did not take into consideration was having full fields on the track at once. Essentially creating a log jam 3-4 cars deep in line entering corners and causing many problems. Given the circumstances and scheduling with PRI I would go again. Buy cheap tickets and leave when I have had enough. As far as starting times for STL Indoors... Many kart races start very early in the day like 10:00 am. Hopefully thats the case here if the do have around 200 cars like is expected. STL is a 5 hour ride for us without pulling the car, we currently have a block of 5 rooms at the Drury Inn across the street, and currently 15 committed to going. I suspect that number to drop to about 7-8 and 2-3 rooms needed by time we go. Either way, I am looking forward to it.

FourDeep, for the March 19th race at Du Quoin you might look into the Rend Lake Resort. They have rooms for $70.00, that includes taxes. These are really nice rooms and they're located about 12 or 14 miles east of The Southern Illinois Center right on Rend Lake. The Fairgrounds Inn is much more pricey and the rooms aren't as nice as Rend Lake Resort and the Super 8 is no less expensive and the rooms aren't even in the same galaxy as Rend Lake. Don't know what direction you'll be coming from but anything due East the Resort is a good option.

Also, if you have some free time during the March Du Quoin race weekend google the St. Nicholas Brewing Company. It's a micro-craft beer brewery in what used to be the St. Nicholas Hotel in downtown Du Quoin. They have renovated the building into a brewery and restaurant and it's really a nice, fun place. Some great tasting beers and a very nice atmosphere and good food. Search for St. Nicholas Brewing Company and you can see the menu and the different beers, etc.

Hope it all works out well for ya'll at St. Louis.

Sorry for the thread hi-jack.

[WisWildManFan]

CIRF, We are 4 hours away from Du Quoin and made the drive home when it was over every year but last year. Stayed in the Super 8 just past the Fairgrounds. Not the best, but it did well for one night. Luckily we went into Indy Indoors with the frame of mind that the fumes and size of track may cause problems. We were prepared for that with growing up racing karts indoors. Although they dont get as bad as the midgets when you get the Unlimited All Stars out there it gets pretty bad pretty quick. Also most the indoor kart races are held in rodeo arenas so that are quite smaller. What we did not take into consideration was having full fields on the track at once. Essentially creating a log jam 3-4 cars deep in line entering corners and causing many problems. Given the circumstances and scheduling with PRI I would go again. Buy cheap tickets and leave when I have had enough. As far as starting times for STL Indoors... Many kart races start very early in the day like 10:00 am. Hopefully thats the case here if the do have around 200 cars like is expected. STL is a 5 hour ride for us without pulling the car, we currently have a block of 5 rooms at the Drury Inn across the street, and currently 15 committed to going. I suspect that number to drop to about 7-8 and 2-3 rooms needed by time we go. Either way, I am looking forward to it.

Where are you coming up with 200 expected cars?

[huskerdirt]

Where are you coming up with 200 expected cars?

The number being thrown out is over 100 modifieds and 50-65 Late Models.

IMO.... I don't think they will reach the 200 mark. But it will be closer to that than not.

[a25rjr]

What motels are within walking distance? Why do you have to pay to park at them? Are the parking lots owned by different entities?

[FourDeepInTheFluff]

CIRF, I will be looking into the Rend Lake Resort. The location is a little out of our way as we are coming from the south (Memphis, TN) but good accommodations and cheap pricing could make it worth it to us. We opted out of the reserved seating due to the uncertainty of how many will be traveling with us. WisWildManFan, Podcast with the promoter claims he expects 100 modified's on the very low end. He also said he expects 50-70 late model's. Nick Hoffman podcast he said he expects 100 modified's. I agree on the 50-70 number for late model's and I expect 150 modified's. On the basis that they allow the G-60 and KK-704 tires and do away with the UMP stamp wheels to attract IMCA/USMTS/USRA/Outlaw Style modified's. If they do not I think it could hurt the car count. Then I would expect somewhere around 80-100.

[old fan]

st louis is in the heart of UMP country , with that said they said it was non sanctioned and by the way Kevin Gundakers mod mania gets 80 plus mods and it only about 1/2 with event pays with a lot larger track as far as pay ing to park downtown motels well welcome to the big city lol

[a25rjr]

st louis is in the heart of UMP country , with that said they said it was non sanctioned and by the way Kevin Gundakers mod mania gets 80 plus mods and it only about 1/2 with event pays with a lot larger track as far as pay ing to park downtown motels well welcome to the big city lol

Don't know about St. Louis being a big city! My town has 3 times more people and we don't pay parking at downtown motels. We have a Ruth Chris on the top floor of a Hyatt Regency on the river, and we never pay for parking, just to eat there.

I was just wondering if the parking garages were owned by the motels or not.

[Nasty55]

Don't know about St. Louis being a big city! My town has 3 times more people and we don't pay parking at downtown motels. We have a Ruth Chris on the top floor of a Hyatt Regency on the river, and we never pay for parking, just to eat there.

I was just wondering if the parking garages were owned by the motels or not.

st Louis charges for everything Jr...