Posted for Ricky Brooks Auburndale

[Rick Anges]

Friday, November 6
2:00 Pits open
5:00 Open Practice Rotating
8:00 Pit Party (Band with free beer,hotdogs and hamburgers)
10:00 Track Closes

Saturday, November 7
12:00 Pits Open
12:15 Tech Opens (Must Tech before practice)
1:00 Late Model Practice Only Begins
2:00 Late Model Practice Only Ends
2:15 Late Model Drivers Meeting
2:30 Rotation Practice Begins All classes
4:45 Practice ends for all classes
5:00 Officials Meeting at the Tech Building
5:15 Local Drivers Meeting
Late Model Tires Released and Cars to Qualifying Tech by 6:15 in order.
5:30 Qualifying Local divisions
Order(mod mini,mini stock,scrambers,v-8 bombers,mini cup,sportsman)
7:00 Racing Begins
Sunoco 100 Qualifying

Features
Mod Mini 25 Laps
Mini Stock 25 Laps
Scramblers 25 Laps
V-8 Bombers 25 Laps

Sunday, November 8
10:00 Pits Open
12:00 Latemodel tire release cars to Tech and impound by 1:15 or start in the rear.
1:30 Drivers Meeting all classes or start in the rear.
2:00 Racing Begins

Features (Complete invert from Saturday night finish)
Mini Cup 20 Laps
Sportsman 50 Laps $1000.00 to win
V-8 Bombers 25 Laps
Mini Stock 25 Laps
Scramblers 25 Laps

Intermission (Sunoco 100 Autograph Session)

Sunoco 100 100 Laps

[01mod]

Sunday Racing

Is there any practice on Sunday for all classes including LM?
Can LM's that raced somewhere on Saturday night come and
start in the rear for this race?

[Ricky Brooks]

There might be a short practice sunday but not sure yet and yes cars that show up sunday only can race just start in the rear.

[OldSchool+]

Sat night--is there a Sportsman race, or only qualifying laps?

[Ricky Brooks]

Qualifying only and race sunday

[modmini55]

Sure does make for an expensive weekend! $30 a person just to qualify!

[Jason R]

sportsman race

Is there an entry fee? What does this race pay to start?

[Ricky Brooks]

Superlate and sportsman only practice Sunday from 11 to 12.

[truckmonster]

Any word on the car count and qualifying results for today's race?

[modmini55]

Late models 30,42,5
Sportsmans 28,56 and think 157 sportsman race was a lot better than the late model race!!

[Weftracing96]

Late models are a waste these days. 12-14 car fields for $3000 to win just ain't gonna cut it. Better to shuffle that money to the Sportsmans.

[OldSchool+]

Agreed.

Figure out how to de-tune the late models to run with the Sportsman, and call the Sportsman cars "Late Model Sportsman".

When the Sportsman cars hit the track, I asked the person with me what class of cars they were.

The instant answer: "Late Models".

[exnyer]

Agreed.

Figure out how to de-tune the late models to run with the Sportsman, and call the Sportsman cars "Late Model Sportsman".

When the Sportsman cars hit the track, I asked the person with me what class of cars they were.

The instant answer: "Late Models".

OS:

Why de-tune the supers to run with the sportsman? If we wanted to run with the sportsmen we would have built them and saved a truck load of money. The pro lates and the sportsman class are more compatible with each other.

Between the supers and sportsmans, two totally different classes in both the chassis and the engines, nevermind the body styles.

As I have said before, if you run the supers less more cars will show up to the tracks, running them every weekend is time consuming and expensive.

[Weftracing96]

Exactly. A track or 2 needs to give up the late model idea and focus on Sportsmans. Not to mention with less tracks running them, you can lower the Super late model purses instead of the game they are playing now. $1,500 to win and a better through the field spread is more realistic.

[OldSchool+]

"Why de-tune the supers to run with the sportsman? If we wanted to run with the sportsmen we would have built them and saved a truck load of money."--Exner

You answered your own question: To save a truck load of money.

To be sure, I highly respect the folks that make the $acrifice to run a late model, and love to see and hear them run. Drove all weekend to watch the late models--twice.

But I believe it is going to take care of itself--the track owners are going to move to sportsman for relatively guaranteed high car count and lower purses, and the high dollar SLM is going to largely go away.

Back in the day, 30's model sportsman 6 cylinder cars went to V8s (like my avatar). They called them modifieds. Then they let special built tube frame bobtail modifieds run--essentially sprint cars. Then all the old cars got parked. Then the class died for decades due to expense and lack of cars. Now, save for an economy class of these cars at East Bay (I think), they are extinct.

Sell it now, build a winning Sportsman, take a nice vacation and/or pay down the mortgage with the change...