PLEASE NOTE!!! - Change to New Smyrna Speedway Weekly Schedule

[ancrdave]

SCHEDULE FOR 6/21/14 - note changes in practice times and addition of heat races...

PIT GATE / TECH / FUEL/ REGISTRATION OPEN 4:00
DIVISION PRACTICE 5:00-6:45
DRIVERS MEETING - MANDATORY
NO ENGINES OR GENERATORS RUNNING 7:00
GRANDSTAND GATES OPEN 6:00
PARADE LAP / NATIONAL ANTHEM 7:20
RACING BEGINS 7:30

7:30 PRO LATE MODEL 5 LAP SCUFF SESSION…CARS REMAIN ON PIT ROAD UNTIL RACE…FOR SAFETY REASONS TEAMS CAN WORK ON PIT ROAD PRIOR TO HEAT RACES AND DURING INTERMISSION ONLY.

HEAT RACES:

MINI STOCKS 8 LAPS
E-MODIFIEDS 8 LAPS
SUPER STOCKS 8 LAPS
STRICTLY STOCKS 8 LAPS

INTERMISSION: KIDS/PARENTS TIRE RACE

FEATURE RACES:

MINI STOCKS 25 LAPS
E-MODIFIEDS 25 LAPS
PRO LATE MODELS 25 LAPS
SUPER STOCKS 25 LAPS
STRICTLY STOCKS 20 LAPS

[kendo]

SCHEDULE FOR 6/21/14 - note changes in practice times and addition of heat races...

PIT GATE / TECH / FUEL/ REGISTRATION OPEN 4:00
DIVISION PRACTICE 5:00-6:45
DRIVERS MEETING - MANDATORY
NO ENGINES OR GENERATORS RUNNING 7:00
GRANDSTAND GATES OPEN 6:00
PARADE LAP / NATIONAL ANTHEM 7:20
RACING BEGINS 7:30

7:30 PRO LATE MODEL 5 LAP SCUFF SESSION…CARS REMAIN ON PIT ROAD UNTIL RACE…FOR SAFETY REASONS TEAMS CAN WORK ON PIT ROAD PRIOR TO HEAT RACES AND DURING INTERMISSION ONLY.

HEAT RACES:

MINI STOCKS 8 LAPS
E-MODIFIEDS 8 LAPS
SUPER STOCKS 8 LAPS
STRICTLY STOCKS 8 LAPS

INTERMISSION: KIDS/PARENTS TIRE RACE

FEATURE RACES:

MINI STOCKS 25 LAPS
E-MODIFIEDS 25 LAPS
PRO LATE MODELS 25 LAPS
SUPER STOCKS 25 LAPS
STRICTLY STOCKS 20 LAPS

More track time for the drivers in a more condensed show...Nice change NSS !

[ocalasp76]

so we are doing heat races now? ... Kewl!!
-JIM-

[S/East37]

Is this gonna be every week for now on

[Frasson118]

I hope so. 'Features Only' shows suck, both for the fans, and the racers that only get to go out and race once all night.

Not worth $15 to see 5 or 6 total races.

At Volusia, you'll see 10 or 12 heats, and then 5 features.... for the same $15 (and I think that price includes my drive-in parking cost too).

Dollar for dollar.... I'll take 15-17 races over 5 any day of the week.

[kendo]

I hope so. 'Features Only' shows suck, both for the fans, and the racers that only get to go out and race once all night.

Not worth $15 to see 5 or 6 total races.

At Volusia, you'll see 10 or 12 heats, and then 5 features.... for the same $15 (and I think that price includes my drive-in parking cost too).

Dollar for dollar.... I'll take 15-17 races over 5 any day of the week.

Actually,VSP is $12 at the front gate and also cheaper for the kids $8 (12-17) .Consessions are much cheaper at VSP also.

You are correct though,I will be headed to NSS this weekend instead because of the change.

[tccaz]

I hope so. 'Features Only' shows suck, both for the fans, and the racers that only get to go out and race once all night.

Not worth $15 to see 5 or 6 total races.

At Volusia, you'll see 10 or 12 heats, and then 5 features.... for the same $15 (and I think that price includes my drive-in parking cost too).

Dollar for dollar.... I'll take 15-17 races over 5 any day of the week.

ABSOLUTELY I will not drive over 100 miles one way for features only.

[Kim Brown]

S/East plan on it for the regular nights and possibly nights with 50 lappers. I'm going to watch the time on the regular shows and see if we can keep things moving and still get the fans/racers out at a reasonable hour.

To everyone thanks for your input we were wondering how features only was affecting our attendance.

[Frasson118]

2 weeks ago, VSP had a rain delay of about 2 hours. NSS show was already done that night before VSP even started.

If I'd have been a crystal ball owner, I could've caught BOTH complete shows in one trip. Would've been cool....

Point being, that if you can have a Features Only program done by 9:30 or so, it doesn't take much tweaking to get Heats & Features in by 11:00

Keep things ROLLING like VSP does. One one race if finished, the next is already lined up, in position, NO pace laps (in heats anyways) and the GREEN comes out.

Very few laps are used for pace laps and/or organizing the restarts. There's no reason for 5 caution laps for a simple spin out that's already fixed itself.... go back to RACING.

[UREZ2PASS]

Heats are a welcome addition !

Kim for president ( if she's a republican )

[S/East37]

Thank you....This will motivate me get my car finshed and back to track sooner. Now we just need work on getting the purse up

[kendo]

I'm going to watch the time on the regular shows and see if we can keep things moving and still get the fans/racers out at a reasonable hour.
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Races complete by 10:30,home before 11pm...Great job.

[turnleft]

Heat races

The only way I would ever want to watch heat races, if they determined, who would make the main/feature. Like, the top 5 from each heat will advance to the main. In my opinion just to have them to take up time is a waste.... Vince

[Jimmy McKinley]

The only way I would ever want to watch heat races, if they determined, who would make the main/feature. Like, the top 5 from each heat will advance to the main. In my opinion just to have them to take up time is a waste.... Vince

Not when you've only got 10-12 cars in the class to begin with....Run ONE heat race with all 12 cars, inverted. Then, base your feature lineup on heat race finish, and invert *that*.

It gives guys some track time, especially if you've been trying to correct a setup issue ever since you unloaded.