150 Lap Late Model Special at Sauble

[ShortTrackFan]

I noticed the news on the Sauble Speedway website and www.whowon.com that there will be a 150 lap Late Model special on Saturday May 31. That could be a war of attrition! Maybe they will split it into twin 75's.

More details to come according to the website.  Any thoughts on why they chose that date?



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My 2007 Final Track Count: 20 - New Smyrna(FL), Volusia(FL), Bristol(TN), Toledo(OH), Delaware(ON), Flamboro(ON), Merrittville(ON), Kawartha(ON), Humberstone(ON), Ohsweken(ON), Sauble(ON), Cayuga(ON), Ransomville(NY), Albany-Saratoga(NY), Oxford Plains(ME), Barrie(ON), Little Valley(NY), Wyoming County(NY), Winchester(IN), Five Flags(FL)

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[smokinjoe00]

was at the meeting when jason the new owner talked about it>>>he is going to run 150 laps with competition reds at laps 50 and 100 i think or maybe just at lap 100..i know it wont be twin 75 or anything...he said 150 laps...

[SpencerLewis]

too bad its on a saturday

[Mobil1fan]

Sounds like it could be a good deal...

[Kahnefreak]

competition reds are silly.....why not have triple 50's instead? reverse starting orders from the first to the 2nd and then accumulate points for the first 2 50's....the guy with the most points starts on pole for the 3rd 50, down to the guy with the least points starting at the back.....if your going to throw reds, then making it like this would be much better for both the fans and the drivers........that's my 2 cents on the matter.

[latemodel28]

competition reds are silly.....why not have triple 50's instead? reverse starting orders from the first to the 2nd and then accumulate points for the first 2 50's....the guy with the most points starts on pole for the 3rd 50, down to the guy with the least points starting at the back.....if your going to throw reds, then making it like this would be much better for both the fans and the drivers........that's my 2 cents on the matter.

Good Idea but as far as Sauble Speedway goes that just triples your chances of getting wrecked. last years final 75 lapper had taken over an hour to run, and if they let the LLM run again then i don't think there will be much left of the cars by the third 50 lapper lmao.

[slapdown]

Where are the late models ( true late models ) going to come from for a Saturday show? Flamboro is running a regular points night. Of the Kawartha cars only Mercer comes to mind as anyone of them that travels ( he is thinking about it ) and only a few Delaware cars travel ( Brown and Sheridan ). I can see it being the Sauble regular LLM's with 5 or 6 LM travelers at best. Someone should help the new track owner with scheduling. I would hate to see his first LM invitational be a flop, never to return.

[northernracer11]

I agree. I go to Sauble often in the summer but the Saturday
after the long weekend in May is no guarantee of much of a
crowd or quality car count

Its a great place for races on warm summer nights

[Mobil1fan]

I could see some guys from Flamboro skipping that Saturday night as one of their drops to run Sauble. Not all of them, but 3 or 4. Also, there's probably still some guys who only do one-offs (ie. Octoberfest, APC 300, Autumn Colours) who'd be able to run (assuming they're not committing themselves to anywhere full-time for '08). I guess it'll depend on what rules they use and the payout, I guess...

[slapdown]

Not nit picking but want to know for interest sake. They say this race is the longest in Sauble history but didn't ACT run there in the late 80's early 90's ? I swear I went to that race and Kevin Lepage either won or came second. Wasn't it 200 laps ?

[SpencerLewis]

Where are the late models ( true late models ) going to come from for a Saturday show? Flamboro is running a regular points night. Of the Kawartha cars only Mercer comes to mind as anyone of them that travels ( he is thinking about it ) and only a few Delaware cars travel ( Brown and Sheridan ). I can see it being the Sauble regular LLM's with 5 or 6 LM travelers at best. Someone should help the new track owner with scheduling. I would hate to see his first LM invitational be a flop, never to return.

that was my initial thought as well

as soon as i read the thread title i figured this would somewhat replace the holiday invitationals from last season....but no dice....

[Mobil1fan]

I think they'll find at least 20 cars from somewhere...

[scottmacgillivray]

will be the same group from last years lm specials. only a couple of flamboro guys showed up,theyll use a dropped night . delaware runs friday. kawartha act rules doubt any of those cars. most of the true lm guys that were there only ran specials.

[LM18Fan]

Not nit picking but want to know for interest sake. They say this race is the longest in Sauble history but didn't ACT run there in the late 80's early 90's ? I swear I went to that race and Kevin Lepage either won or came second. Wasn't it 200 laps ?

ACT did run there, one of the best nights of racing that Bruce Bennett ever put on.  How many laps they ran I'm not 100% sure, I just remember being there and the heads turning when Jr showed up late with a 6ft trophy from the night before sitting in his hauler.

Those were the days.  I wish Jason good luck and one way or another I would think they'd get 20+.

[Mobil1fan]

I'd like to see him move the LLMs back up to a LM-spec within a couple of years, do something to set them apart from the Barrie/Sunset/Mosport/Varney Sat. night LLM deal. Of course, that'd mean jacking up their purses a TON....