The problem with midway was the old owner was too damn cheap to pay for the glue and let the starting line guy do his job the right way. If the track opens back up then track prep wont be a problem. Ask anyone who raced out at Lowcountry when Ray prepped the line, there was never any problems with hooking and that's how it will be if it re-opens I'm pretty positive. What about a T&T/grudge every Friday and bracket every other satuday with some kinda event (10.5 shootout, true street, etc.) on the saturdays there arn't brackets?

If it were me, I would do a 10.5 race once a month with a free entry fee and a decent pay out. It might take a couple races to get the fans interested, but it will work. Dorchester use to do it, did hardly any advertising, and still packed the place out.

The payout has to be good enough to get the cars there that the fans will follow. With so many "events", it is spreading the racers thin.

i dont see the need for midway to turn into a 1/4 mile track... lowcountry was ran just like i said earlier t&t on fridays and had events once a month...
I like the idea billy had to bracket racing twice a month with a different event on days there arent bracket races... lowcountry was ran like this too. I remember now

i agree with all said but still the 1/4 would be nice. agreed that lowcountry did damn good robert with the 1/8th but just think how much more bad ass it would be with the 1/4 for those who wanna try

Orangeburg was setup to run a 1/4 before the huge remodel and I don't recall them ever using their 1/4 traps, I could be wrong though. It seems like 1/4 is what they run up north and 1/8 is what we do in the south, don't know why.

its not going to be turned into a 1/4 mile track so there is no need to carry this on any farther.... the man thats going to get it knows how to run it

Since when has orangeburg ever had 1/4 mile traps?

i was wondering the same thing... there is no room with what is there now

insurance costs. a northern track will have a turnout 3x that of a south eastern track

If thats the case then why do the up north guys come down south to race? The south is where its at, but you must not know...

If you look on youtube.com the bleachers are dead at those up north races.

1/4 mile would be cool; but I am from up north. 1/8 mile is fine. I have not been out to Midway; but, from my experiences around here, many tracks are missing all of the pieces. Top notch track prep, racer-friendly pits and staging lanes, clean restrooms, good concessions, nice grandstands, functioning scoreboards, and "headline" events are key to a track being successful. Not to say that any of the tracks around here are not any good, but noone seems to have all of the pieces in place. Maybe I got spoiled by running at Route 66 two days a week, but they definately knew how to get it done. T&T two nights a week with car counts around 300, or so, in the height of race season was not unheard of. They also ran a weekend bracket championship and many special events. One of my favorite events was known as the "Sherriff's Challenge". The local Sherriff's department (Will County) would host an event at the track to raise funds for the Wish Apon a Star Foundation. There would be a car show, open T&T, gambler's races, and exhibition races (even a 'grudge' race between local PDs). It was typically sponsored by one of the local dealerships. This event always had a high car count, and everyone involved had a good time.

Sorry to ramble on, but just a couple of ideas I had rattling around in my head.

From reading some of the comments about not wanting 1/4 mile tracks it looks like a few have their cars set up to go 1/8 and not much more. They must be afraid to get gapped in the 1/4. Just my observation from reading this thread. I may be wrong but I call it like I see it. :)

Gap deez nuts in the quarter!


And BTW- i went 8.31 at 97mph in the quarter with the parachute out at the 1/8th mile last Sunday. I bet that is still the fastest 1/4 mile pass on this forum. LOL!

I can tell you something else that will reduce the amount of track prep, and clean up. Thats teching the cars before they run, maybe not in too much depth, but check for major leaks, overflow cans, ect. But that will never happen, so better get some good clean up equipment..:bigthumb:

I must have missed where you said anything negative about 1/4 mile. So the comment wasn't directed at you.

I feel the only reason someone would be against having a 1/4 mile track locally is if they just couldn't compete on the 1/4. They only want to run 1/8 were apparently their car runs out of gear at the traps. we need options locally. If someone wants to run 1/4 mile there are no options for them within 2 hr travel time. Sorry I grew up near Raceway Park Engishtown, NJ. I guess I'm spoiled. :roll:

I don't care for the 1/4 mile. When your junk is slow like mine the second 1/8th is just riding anyway.

:cheers

+1.
Thats what I have always said. I usually pop in a DVD movie for the 2nd half of a 1/4 mile track.

I really dont know what you want me to tell you, there might not be as many in the stands but the car count is uncomparable.

You can always shut it down after the 1/8...it would be real nice to have a 1/4 mile track here local..definatly draw more people

I agree I would personally like to have a 1/4 track locally. The drivers always have the option of shutting it down at the 1/8 if thats what they choose to do.