Big 2 Day Labor Day Event At Showtime!!!

[Frasson118]

Scott.... first off, you are GREAT for this support and effort you keep giving.

Secondly, I love your idea of a Turkey Derby weekend event. Set up a campground area, make it VERY fan friendly to where it's a happening... not just another race. And make it a big show for several divisions. Thompson Speedway runs a World Series on the same ideas. It goes over very well in both places. NSS has come along lately with their Gov Cup weekend, but it's still on a growth phase.

I think the Winged/Wing-less idea is also a great idea. There are some racers that will do one, or the other, or BOTH (I KNOW Boneman would be in for both). This way, we will see different fields of cars each night. Not just 2 nights of the same..... and the 2nd night is ALWAYS weaker on car count if all else is equal.

I'm seeing some outside-the-box thinking, cooperation between tracks, races on supposedly "off" days (4th of July for one)..... and this is the kind of stuff fans have been begging for.

Now, let's support it....!

[Trash Inturn4]

From the Showtime Speedway Facebook site....There won't be any Late Models running on the 2 day labor day show.

[Trash Inturn4]

I'm hearin legends at Showtime that weekend also........... We'll see.

The Legends are on the program both Saturday and Sunday.

[scottgarrity07]

@Frasson118. Thanks for the kind words. Just doin' my part as a racer and race fan to try and help. When things go smooth, we all win. Now as far as the Thompson World Series is concerned, aaaaaaah a topic near and dear to my heart. Think I've been to it like 15 times, camped about 10 times and raced in it 5 times. I almost won the Outlaw Late Model Race there in 1997 as a rookie. Passed late to finish second. Still was happy as a clam. For those who don't know it's a three day event with 15 Divisions of racing featuring a 125 Lap feature for the Whelen Modified Tour and a 50 lap feature for the Super Modifieds on a super fast high banked 5/8 mile. As a local racer it's like you're getting to run NASCAR with the size of the track, size of the crowd and the amount of people camping at the track. You cannot imagine the magnitude of this event without experiencing it. Usually draws about 500 race cars! Man could I tell you stories. I think that Showtime could be the only place in the state to have the room for something even close to this. To even be mentioned in the same breath as the World Series it would have to be a 3 day event and include everything that runs on asphalt in the state. Would need features for Super Late Models, Pro Late Models, Sprints, Modifieds, Sportsman, E-Modifieds, Legends, Street Stocks, Bombers, Modified Mini Stocks, Mini Stocks, Strictly Stocks, Pro Figure 8s, Street Stock Figure 8s and Trucks. You would have to provide plenty of space for Free Camping and have some kind of Breakfast Buffet in the A.M.. Thanksgiving weekend would be absolutely perfect weather and time wise. Practice, Qualifying and Some features on Friday. Practice, Qualifying and some features on Saturday and features only on Sunday. Hope this is more than a pipe dream. Would be really, really cool to see this become a reality. One can only hope. Yoho are you listening?

[scottgarrity07]

The Ever Changing Labor Day Weekend Schedule

Latest Update. Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stocks and Kids Mini Stocks have been taken off the Sunday portion of the Labor Day Weekend at Showtime and School Bus Figure 8, Pro Figure 8, Mini Stock Figure 8, Legends and Bandalero's have been added in their place. Only the Sprints and Street Stock Figure 8 remains as scheduled. (No Sportsman on the schedule at Showtime in September).

[Frasson118]

They just killed it. Instead of races, it's novelty crap.

Count me OUT for that show. It had potential, but it just went down the tubes. I'm not traveling 2 hours for School Bus Figure 8's.

2 steps forward, 1 step back....

[openwm53]

Agreed

Sportsman and mods are a REAL show.

[MOE #15]

Just Saying

Jerry EASY most of our bus races are better than most tracks hole show.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Jerry EASY most of our bus races are better than most tracks hole show.

Uhh...I respectfully disagree.

This kind of stuff, to me (like Jerry says), is "novelty" racing - like an Enduro or something. It's more for "entertainment" than it is *real* racing.

Late Models, Sportsman, Modifieds, Street Stocks, the old Thunder Cars, Super Sixes...hell, even *Mini Stocks* (no disrespect to Rex ) is more *RACING* than "school bus figure 8". Sure, these other classes "entertain" - but they do it with REAL hard, side-by-side, fender-to-fender *racing*. Not trying to take each other out (well, most of the time, anyways).

[Trash Inturn4]

(No Sportsman on the schedule at Showtime in September).

Showtime is indicating on their Facebook page that, the reason there isn't any Sportsman on the schedule in September, is because they are scheduled every weekend in September at either A-Dale, Citrus or Desoto.

[John Berti]

Just saw it announced that Showtime Speedway will be hosting a big 2 day event on Saturday Sept 1st and SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! September 2nd. Show on Saturday starts at 7 p.m. features (tentatively Sprints), Trucks, Mod Mini's, Street Stocks, Street Stock Figure 8s and Mini Stocks. On Sunday the show starts at 1 p.m. and features Super Late Models, Modifieds, SPORTSMAN, Street Stocks, Street Stock Figure 8s and Kids Mini Stocks. There has been a lot of talk here on KARNAC about Sunday shows and it appears that Robert Yoho has the cojones to put one on the schedule. Whether your a car owner or a fan and you like the concept of a Sunday show here's your opportunity to prove why your right and all the other promoters/owners are wrong. C'mon people you got Monday off to recuperate so LET'S GO RACIN'. For more details stay tuned to www.showtimespeedway.us

I've been an advocate of Sunday shows, but not at the starting time that Showtime Speedway is going with. I feel that 1 p.m. is to early what with the people who attend church on Sunday mornings. The other drawback to starting at 1 p.m. is that is during the hottest hours of the day.

The best time to start a Sunday show would be at 6:00 p.m. as the weather begins to cool down around that time. With the efficient way that Showtime Speedway has been running their race program it would be over by 9:00 p.m. barring a night full of accidents. That is plenty of time for people to get back home and get the necessary sleep to face the new workweek on Monday.

[racin24dev]

Sunday Time

The best time to start a Sunday show would be at 6:00 p.m. as the weather begins to cool down around that time. With the efficient way that Showtime Speedway has been running their race program it would be over by 9:00 p.m. barring a night full of accidents. That is plenty of time for people to get back home and get the necessary sleep to face the new workweek on Monday.[/QUOTE]

They have actually changed the starting time on Sunday to be at 7:00 in the evening...good idea considering MOST people have the following day off.

[scottgarrity07]

Well I guess if Yoho is not going to conflict Sportsman dates with Auburndale, Desoto and Citrus then the class won't be running at Showtime until 10/27 (since that's the first Saturday night that there's not a conflict). So I guess it's just not going to be a regular class at Showtime. Funny thing is that on 11/10 Desoto, Citrus AND Auburndale are ALL running Sportsman on that night. They certainly don't care about stepping on each other. I think it's commendable to try and not conflict with other tracks but this is just not feasible with this class. With all due respect to Roger Welch, who is leading the points at Desoto and is the sole person responsible for getting Sportsman racing at Showtime at all, why is Yoho worried about Desoto? They get like 5 or 6 Sportsman when they run the class. It's not like it's going to hurt your car count. Why not have a race and see who is really committed to running Showtime? The purse is better than the other tracks and the crowds are waaaaay larger so it should be a no brainer. And besides NO TRACK AT ALL is running on Sunday September 2nd, so he could run Sportsman on that night and not have a conflict. He had no problem running Mods against Citrus a few weeks back and both tracks had good car counts. There seems to be a double standard here. I wanted to make Showtime my home track to run my Sportsman car, but I don't want to be sidelined that much of the time, Oh well.

[scottgarrity07]

The Ever, Ever Changing Labor Day Weekend Schedule

This just in from Facebook. Sprints off the card altogether for the (Big?) Labor Day Weekend at Showtime. No Sprints on Saturday OR Sunday.

[openwm53]

Lol

Seems the modifieds are back on sat the 1st