[vincesanity82]

Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage met with NASCAR president Brian France last week and, as usual when they get together, requested an earlier date for the Dickies 500. Gossage, of course, wants the race to remain one of 10 in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. But since TMS got a second Nextel Cup date in 2005, the race has fallen on the opening weekend of deer hunting season in November. "We need to get off that date because it affects some of our fans," Gossage said. "We hope something can be done about it at some point, but I don't think it will change for 2008." -- Dallas Morning News

Around the tracks | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay: Motor Sports

[bob101]

I've often wondered about this too. It does fall on the opening weekend of Deer Season in Texas which is a state and religiou holiday. With Texas being so big most of those participating from the Dallas area are 5+ hours away in South Texas on that weekend. If your from a state that doesn't have much hunters it won't mean much. Hunting in Texas is a $2 Billion dollar industry annually. Friday afternoon on that weekend you face long lines at gas stations and traffic on I-35 heading south out of Dallas well until midnight in places.

I've never attended the fall race for that very reason, only the spring race.

[jks812]

Ms. is the same way about deer hunting, so I can understand what he's saying.

[Racer Duck]

another "addiction" of Texans that's caused many a local racetrack problems in the fall is Friday Night High School Football.

[thunderfoot]

Do you guys remember when the next to the last race of the season was at Phoenix? It was a combined event of Winston Cup and Winston West. It always fell on the opening weekend of elk hunting up here in Wa. Many of the guys that were not in the points chase in the west would go hunting. We usually did. Only got to go there 3 times. So you can see what became important when the last lap was run and we were not in the hunt for the title. We got in the hunt for the elusive Wapiti. Of course I had to show them all up and get my elk on opening morning, before 9:00 A.M. for 6 six years in a row. Great things come about when in the mountains. Bench racing made its appearance almost nightly. Always made some excuse to make the 50 mile trip into town on monday to get the paper and see what the finish was. Then the speculation of who did what and why was always good for the rest of the week. Whith me being the "Great white hunter" I would always wind up being camp ***** for the rest of the week. That meant policeing the camp, vacuum the motorhome and cook either breakfast or lunch. Yes guy's, we have a motorhome to go elk hunting in. No tents or trailers for us. Golf carts would make their appearance when it wasnt predicted for snow. Makes things easy and quiet when sneaking up the mountain side in the morning. Otherwise it was a caravan of 4x4's every morning. Roughing it is leaving the steak sauce at home dont ya know.

[clutch]

Originally Posted by thunderfoot

Roughing it is leaving the steak sauce at home dont ya know.

I like your style TF

[thunderfoot]

Originally Posted by clutch

I like your style TF

Great minds think alike Buddy