Saturday Night Racer - Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09

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Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
04/16/09 at 12:40pm

After receiving several calls from drivers we have decided to cancel the IMCA Mods this weakend 4-18-09. In the best intreset of modified raceing Kings Speedway has decided to go OUTLAW Modified racing. 1200.00 to win 100 to start, same payout that is already being paid at other tracks. With the catch of $200 extra on top of the purse to the first IMCA legal car to finish in the top 5. See everyone May 23 for the first OutLaw Modified show at Kings Speedway. More info will be posted on Monday April 20.

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sj_valley_dave LMR God Offline Love the smell of nitro in the air Posts: 1700	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #1 - 04/16/09 at 1:45pm Wow. Does it look like the IMCA mod deal has peaked? Is the modified racing scene starting to change and take on a new look?
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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #2 - 04/16/09 at 2:16pm

Hardly any tracks here in oklahoma are IMCA ,,most are outlaw style mods. Everyone wants to go faster and loose the claim rule, They love it but fewer and fewer guys are stepping up into the class because of the cost, Most tracks here also have a B-mod(sportmod) class that runs aswell as the Full on run what you brung Mods..

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fan_of_4p LMR God Offline Where's the next race? Posts: 1719	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #3 - 04/16/09 at 3:21pm this could get intertesting??????????? the only problem is there is 3 WSM races in Tulare that month
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robbySAWYER Ex Member	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #4 - 04/16/09 at 4:54pm its still kings speedway... but congrats on trying something new... but its still kings
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scottwoodhouse LMR God Offline Posts: 1284	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #5 - 04/16/09 at 5:29pm Robby...go check it out once this year. The track has improved a lot! We had a good show there for the GJM.
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robbySAWYER Ex Member	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #6 - 04/16/09 at 5:40pm oh i probably will, as soon as they pack the stands. ill see what your car count is for the first one and listen to feedback i am sure we will make one
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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #7 - 04/16/09 at 10:19pm

Kings is not only my home track but where I started racing. I have mixed feelings about this but what it comes down too is I have spoke at great lengths with Jon and Frank and we thought the best way to bring cars back was to show what they have done over the winter. Tom has done an awesome job on the track. This track was one of the premier tracks in the state and they have worked very hard to try and bring that back. Running the weekly shows after trying to rebuild after DS left the track in its condition was not working, so they have decided to try this to bring cars back to show them how hard they have worked on the track. They are trying to do whats best for car count. That is why they are looking at local schedules and only running on off weekends. This weekend I am running the IMCA WWMT down in Mohave, 1200 to win each night. Just my opinion, I have a racecar that I can take anywhere in the US and Canada.

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bluebyu LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 929	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #8 - 04/17/09 at 8:33am I raced twice at kings this year and the track was awsome both times. Well be back next week with some of our friends. Hey Robbie Kings could say the same about you. lol
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Wizard LMR Senior Offline Wizard Motorsports. Posts: 253 Tigard, Oregon	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #9 - 04/17/09 at 11:52am Blue leave my boy alone....Freedom of Speech I love America. HAHAHAHA
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LanceAG LMR Rookie Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 12 Arroyo Grande, CA	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #10 - 04/17/09 at 12:36pm Sounds like the beginning of the death spiral of the Frank and Jon era at Kings. At least the Swindler has some spare time on his hands; maybe he can come in an pick up the pieces.
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formercrewguy LMR God Offline The shrub brothers are punks Posts: 4293 Arizona	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #11 - 04/17/09 at 12:41pm He tried to steal the grader.............I doubt he would be LET back.
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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #12 - 04/17/09 at 1:17pm

LOL!! Ya, I do not see them letting him back in, unless he had a new grader to give them...LOL....Why do you see the beginning of the end for the Frank and Jon era???? They have had a terrible turn out of mods this year and the track has been soooo much better. Tulare, Marysville and Chow are showing that the non IMCA mod deal is not a bad thing......Tom S at Chow ran mods w/o the IMCA kiss of approval and did very well with them for most of the yeras he was open......

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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #13 - 04/17/09 at 1:36pm

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oh i probably will, as soon as they pack the stands. ill see what your car count is for the first one and listen to feedback i am sure we will make one

Well Robby - let the promoter know you are going to grace their track with your presence and let him advertise it and the "Robby Factor" alone should pack the stands.......................or not !!!

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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #14 - 04/17/09 at 3:52pm

like I said earlier there is MORE to the story I'm sure. I do get to 12-15 tracks a year and around 50 races.

there a saying that comes to mind that goes " if you burn the bridge, it's hard to cross the water"

And for all you Robby fans out there, the printer is waiting for a part to come in, but when it does the cost is $15 for " Robby Sawyer"s #1 fan" shirt.

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dirt33 LMR Senior Offline Posts: 265	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #15 - 04/17/09 at 5:19pm My observation from other parts of the country.... When a track dumps IMCA and opens up the rules for its modified class, it is the beginning of the end. Costs get way out of hand and it drives guys right out of racing. Not saying that will happen for sure in CA, only stating what I have seen in the Midwest.
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FlatBlackMod15B Ex Member	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #16 - 04/17/09 at 6:23pm i think its great, i wish all the tracks would drop imca and run wsm rules. i dont think it will kill the mods in cali, the majority of them want this.
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Reply #17 - 04/17/09 at 6:31pm

dirt33 wrote on 04/17/09 at 5:19pm:

My observation from other parts of the country....

When a track dumps IMCA and opens up the rules for its modified class, it is the beginning of the end. Costs get way out of hand and it drives guys right out of racing.

Not saying that will happen for sure in CA, only stating what I have seen in the Midwest.

i agree with brad, the rules are the same except no claim, and tire grooving is alowed, it will not die cause of it being a non imca sanction... more money and you come home with what you went there with... its smart, tulare 40 cars chow 30 cars, those are large car counts...

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Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09
Reply #18 - 04/17/09 at 6:40pm

dirt33 wrote on 04/17/09 at 5:19pm:

My observation from other parts of the country....

When a track dumps IMCA and opens up the rules for its modified class, it is the beginning of the end. Costs get way out of hand and it drives guys right out of racing.

Not saying that will happen for sure in CA, only stating what I have seen in the Midwest.

That will never happen here, unless your running for Regional or National and racing every weekend and I don't see alot of that happen in CA.
The car counts and extra money will prove to be the ticket in this economy and going home with your motor and more money, seem like a winning combination. Mentioned to Bakersfield last yr to switch and tie in with Tulare open mod, but he choose to go with IMCA again.

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Noodle Motorsports LMR Rookie Offline Posts: 64 Santa Maria, CA	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #19 - 04/17/09 at 11:04pm 1. Does anyone know how this will affect King's points for the mods? 2. Status Quo or will they start from zero on the first non-IMCA race? 3. Are the rules, as far as the car itself, the same? (besides claims and tire grooving) 4. Are any modifications required to go from IMCA to Outlaw?
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AJ55 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 564	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #20 - 04/17/09 at 11:27pm Better motors cost more money and no claim means more bucks in there motors
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14pGRT LMR Rookie Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 90	Re: Mods Cancelled at Kings 4-18-09 Reply #21 - 04/18/09 at 12:19am theres not a competitive modified driver out there, IMCA or WSM, that does not have money in there motors...the money factor is regardless..
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