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Author Topic: Bring back a real 100 mile race  (Read 6007 times)
unpaidbill
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« on: September 07, 2010, 03:45:04 PM »

The new format is a loser.  Two 50 mile races (actually, one 51 and one 49) with an almost-inverted restart is a bummer.  Part of the race strategy is making the tires/fuel/etc. last for 100 miles.  It makes for a really boring event.  Bring back a real 100 mile race.  Please.
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fordman
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« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2010, 06:34:25 PM »

Amen! I have been attending the Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin since the mid 60's. Sunday nights race was really screwed up by the lap 52 red flag. Lets go back to a 100 lap race where the stategy is to make the car last 100 laps and be good till the end. Come on this isnt a stick and ball sport with intermissions. Drop the green on lap one and the checker on lap 100, Lets Race
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jstone
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2010, 01:03:45 PM »

I attended the Ted Horn Memorial race at Duquoin and have been there almost every year since 1956 or 1957, and have seen a lot of good racing. I want the 100 mile race back again ! The mechanics job is set the car up to handle well, AND finish the 100 miles. A drivers job is to run as fast as he can, BUT keep the tires in as good a shape as possible to move forward in the last 30 or 40 miles. USAC, please don't copy NASCARs trumped up "safety pit stop" show ! - Thanks, Jan Stone.
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lucycat9
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2010, 10:42:48 PM »

Does anyone know why the IL State Fair race has not been rescheduled yet?  I don't know who to contact or where to write this question.  Thank you very much. 
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