Fairbury (IL): POWRi National Midgets $3000 win. Sat., 7/16

[old fan]

good racing but the late model fans must've left early no crowd to speak of

[old fan]

what happened to the 35 midgets cirf

[HoosierDirtFan]

good racing but the late model fans must've left early no crowd to speak of

the video was towards the front stretch stands. There was a bunch on the back stretch stands. P.S. if it wasn't for USAC Indiana Sprint week they might have had 6+ more cars there.

[CIRF]

good racing but the late model fans must've left early no crowd to speak of

How do you know? Were you there? That's what I thought.

what happened to the 35 midgets cirf

What 35 midgets?

the video was towards the front stretch stands. There was a bunch on the back stretch stands. P.S. if it wasn't for USAC Indiana Sprint week they might have had 6+ more cars there.

You're right on the money on both counts, HDF. There was a very good crowd in the backstretch grandstands. Not so much on the front stretch. I talked to a couple of Fairbury track personnel that stopped by our campsite Saturday afternoon and they were aware that the Indiana Sprint Week race at Haubstadt would probably hurt both the car count and the crowd but there was no other scheduling options available.

Great show. Fair board member said on FALS fb page that talks for sprint cars are in the works.

In the same conversation with the FALS people the subject of a 410 wingless sprint car race being held at Fairbury came up. They said there are some safety issues that will need to be addressed prior to any attempt at scheduling a sprint car race. With the POWRi show being such an overwhelming success the seed has been planted and some diversity in regards to race car genre' appears to be in the making at FALS. It's good to see that happening.

Just finished watching the midgets at Fairbury and was a pretty good show to bad Tanner had to flipped it because he and Daum had a heck of a race going.

Thorson, Daum and Bayston were REALLY mixing it up in a big way during the early and mid portions of the A-main. The best racing I've seen all year to this point.

There seemed to be more than a few hard core Fairbury late model fans that left FALS with a newfound appreciation and acceptance of midget racing.

Can a USAC National Sprint Car race be in Faribury's future? After the quality of Saturday night's POWRi show I think there is a good chance.

[old fan]

I saw the video no crowd on the front stretch you could count the people the PDC won't be like that with rea l race cars as the headliner and yes cirf you said there was going tobe 35 midgets like Macon gets lol

[kidrock]

There seemed to be more than a few hard core Fairbury late model fans that left FALS with a newfound appreciation and acceptance of midget racing.


I knew they would. Anyone that likes racing will leave a midget race and usually say that was some darn good racing right there.

[old fan]

yeah for the crowd that has their head in the sand midgets always do run a great show but most of the time they run them d@mn micros with them sorry those engines to need be on a bike where they belong

[kidrock]

yeah for the crowd that has their head in the sand midgets always do run a great show but most of the time they run them d@mn micros with them sorry those engines to need be on a bike where they belong

Really, It gives Kids a way to move up to midgets or sprints. think about others for once instead of yourself all the time.

[EATIN DIRT AT FALS]

I being a Fals homer was very impressed with the Powri show. Hats off to them all. We had a great crowd and the die hard late model fans didn't leave. The Powri ran the first feature.

[old fan]

Really, It gives Kids a way to move up to midgets or sprints. think about others for once instead of yourself all the time.

betcha the micros cost more than the level 2 midgets think about that one check mate and many of them are not kids I know one that that also has a champ car

[CIRF]

I saw the video no crowd on the front stretch you could count the people the PDC won't be like that with rea l race cars as the headliner and yes cirf you said there was going tobe 35 midgets like Macon gets lol

I'll ask again, were you there? If not you prolly..... no, you definitely don't know what you're taking about, which is almost always the case.

The comparison you make is of an event that has been going on since 1990 and has slowly evolved into the biggest dirt late model event in the area to the very first time a particular sanction has raced at Fairbury and the first time midgets have raced at FALS in over 15 years. You want to make a bull$hit comparison like that then we'll compare the PDC to The Chili Bowl. Chili Bowl is widely considered one of the two biggest dirt track events of the year, draws 11,000+ people for 5 straight nights, gets 340+ cars and is broadcast live on national TV. Winning that event has the potential to dramatically advance the career of the winner. That has been the case several times. Whereas the PDC will draw about 1/4 the cars that The Chili Bowl draws and although they may fill the place up it's only 2 nights and if they're lucky they might have half as many people on Saturday night as The Chili Bowl draws on Tuesday night. PDC has never been broadcast on network TV and to my knowledge has never advanced the winners career beyond the dirt late model ranks and the winning purse. And just for the record the winners share of The Chili Bowl purse is right around half of what the PDC pays to win. It's the prestige and exposure that makes CB so desirable to win.

How's that for a bull$hit comparison? And that's what it is, a bull$hit comparison just like the one you make of the PDC and the POWRi show.

I was amazed at how everyone was congregated in the backstretch grandstands. We generally set on the front stretch but since we were camped on the backstretch we sat back there.

Please show where I said there would be 35 midgets at Fairbury.

However, there were 35 midgets at Macon in June and that's a fact. We were there.

[kidrock]

betcha the micros cost more than the level 2 midgets think about that one check mate and many of them are not kids I know one that that also has a champ car

You might be right as far a cost but, it still gives kids a place to go and move up. Good they all might not be kids but, it give racers a place to go that they like. is that better

[old fan]

yeah get in a level 2 midget what will they learn by driving a winged motor cycle noise box

[old fan]

why did you delete your post cirf about fals getting 35 midgets

[old fan]

I'll ask again, were you there? If not you prolly..... no, you definitely don't know what you're taking about, which is almost always the case.The comparison you make is of an event that has been going on since 1990 and has slowly evolved into the biggest dirt late model event in the area to the very first time a particular sanction has raced at Fairbury and the first time midgets have raced at FALS in over 15 years. You want to make a bull$hit comparison like that then we'll compare the PDC to The Chili Bowl. Chili Bowl is widely considered one of the two biggest dirt track events of the year, draws 11,000+ people for 5 straight nights, gets 340+ cars and is broadcast live on national TV. Winning that event has the potential to dramatically advance the career of the winner. That has been the case several times. Whereas the PDC will draw about 1/4 the cars that The Chili Bowl draws and although they may fill the place up it's only 2 nights and if they're lucky they might have half as many people on Saturday night as The Chili Bowl draws on Tuesday night. PDC has never been broadcast on network TV and to my knowledge has never advanced the winners career beyond the dirt late model ranks and the winning purse. And just for the record the winners share of The Chili Bowl purse is right around half of what the PDC pays to win. It's the prestige and exposure that makes CB so desirable to win.How's that for a bull$hit comparison? And that's what it is, a bull$hit comparison just like the one you make of the PDC and the POWRi show.I was amazed at how everyone was congregated in the backstretch grandstands. We generally set on the front stretch but since we were camped on the backstretch we sat back there.Please show where I said there would be 35 midgets at Fairbury.However, there were 35 midgets at Macon in June and that's a fact. We were there.

run the chili bowl in july and what would you getyou deleted the post because you knew you would be wrong the midgets like running on 1/5 miles and no bigger even then you may not get the car count