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Bryan Smith on the #42 Screamin' Eagle XR750 leads eventual winner and 7-Time Grand National Champion Chris Carr on the #4 and 2000 Grand National Champion Joe Kopp on the #3 Screamin' Eagle machine during final action at the Labor Day running of the Springfield Mile in 2007. Smith will be on the Werner Springsteen Racing Kawasakis this weekend, Kopp will again be on one of the Lloyd Brothers Ducati's as team mate at this event to Larry Pegram on the mile, and Carr will be tough on his own team equipment as he always has been.
Springfield hosts the TT at the Arena today and tomorrow the best sport on wheels hits the infamous Springfield Mile for 100 mph+ action on the world's fastest dirt track. You can follow all the action via the links below.
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This is the beautiful Illinois State Fairgrounds Arena that hosts the AMA Flat Track TT race tonight and also hosts the short track over Labor Day weekend. The 'rodeo' track started hosting the AMA races in 2001 and some of the best TT and short track action in the country has taken place at this glorious little venue. Permanent seats in the stands only number roughly 3-4 thousand, but the entire area is a natural amphitheater that doesn't have a bad seat in the place. Bring your lawn chairs and kick back to a beautiful view of beautiful racing. As with all events hosted by the IMDA, the facilities overall are first class, and the Illinois State Fairgrounds is a wonderful host as well.
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Not able to get away this weekend to Springfield? Me neither, but I'm still going to follow the action from here in Indy thanks to the wonders of the information highway. And even if you are lucky enough to be there, you can follow all the Springfield action via the links below as well.
Practice is happening as of this writing at the arena for the TT tonight.
Enjoy and I will have some race highlights and links after the weekend is over.
Everyone have a Happy and SAFE Memorial Day weekend and remember the people who have given their lives for our country protecting the citizens and the soil of the United States.
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Springfield TT event info and entry lists:
http://amaproracing.com/ft/events/event.cfm?eid=2010021015
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Springfield TT AMA Live Timing and Scoring (this should work for the mile on Sunday as it doesn't look like they have been changing the string.....):
http://laptraxtg.racersites-cluster.com/LapTraxTG/AMA/livescoring.html?LAPTRAXID=2010021015
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UPDATED Sunday 5/30/2010 10:05 A.M. EDT
Springfield Mile AMA Live Timing and Scoring feed:
http://laptraxtg.racersites-cluster.com/LapTraxTG/AMA/livescoring.html?LAPTRAXID=2010021016
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Nicalee's Grand National Flat Track Twitter feed (DUDE, YOU ROCK!):
https://twitter.com/GNC_Flattrack
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Cory Texter's Twitter feed (thanks Cory!):
https://twitter.com/CoryTexter
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Illinois State Fairgrounds Arena Cam:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/isf/webcam/mpa1.php?cam=12
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Illinois State Fairgrounds Map:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/isf/maps/
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Springfield Mile event info and entry lists:
http://amaproracing.com/ft/events/event.cfm?year=2010&eid=2010021016
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Springfield weather thanks to the great folks at Weather Underground.com:
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=62701
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IMDA (Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Association):
http://www.illinoismda.com/
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Where is the Illinois State Fairgrounds?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=801+Sangamon+Avenue,+Springfield,+IL&sll=39.823104,-86.331297&sspn=0.008108,0.013754&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=801+Sangamon+Ave,+Springfield,+Sangamon,+Illinois+62702&ll=39.835745,-89.644661&spn=0.008107,0.013754&t=h&z=16
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