Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

If they did it right, I would love to watch the prerace show. Make it like the NFL preshows. Provide some substance and information, not Digger.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

We were talking at the B&M about how they can spice things up by splitting the field in two and have them race in opposite directions.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

:r..We call that Wednesday night here at the local track.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

Sounds similar to a Figure Eight race. If you've never seen a figure eight race, I would advise you to do so. Benny Parsons used to run these style races before he hit the big time. Entertaining and sometimes brutal. Head-on collisions are common.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

They do a figure 8 race at the fair every year. I would love to get into it someday.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

They run figure eights every weekend at Beech Bend racetrack in Bowling Green, KY. Always some old junk cars, but they get up and go. Takes some skill to navigate through the intersection.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

http://www.rockfordspeedway.com/

We have figure 8's, school bus races and my favorite, the midnight ride of pail revere. It;s a figure eight race with nothing but a beacon on the car, in the dark. The trailer races are pretty hilarious too.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

They do the school bus races down here too at a track a few miles away from Darlington. They have the buses go around the track clockwise (they say they do this to keep them from tipping over).

Thanks for the link, Sean.:tu

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

There is a track up in Dayton, OH where they do the figure 8 school bus races. My brother's friend entered one year. He made it through the figure 8 race, but didn't finish the school bus demolition derby. His radiator failed him. One guy in the demo derby was playing possum. He turned his bus off about 2 minutes in, then with about 2 minutes left, he fired up the bus and came in second :r

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

If you are afraid to get hurt then figure 8 racing is not for you.

Re: Nascar @ Las Vegas 3-1-09
 

They're actually pretty safe. Some people may be sore the day after, but it's actually a safe sport.