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May 18, 2012 | 06:03 AM

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wildstang

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Good morning and have a fantastic Friday Iowa

May 18, 2012 | 06:12 AM

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TGIF Iowa ! Have a wonderful day All

May 18, 2012 | 06:12 AM

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Good Morning Iowa and TGIF!

May 18, 2012 | 07:42 AM

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Good morning IA & all that stop in!

Happy Friday and have a great weekend.

May 18, 2012 | 07:49 AM

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Opening race weekend at the Iowa Speedway, looking forward to it!

May 18, 2012 | 07:58 AM

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Good morning Iowa, happy Friday! Roger, I saw the ads for that on tv.

May 18, 2012 | 08:00 AM

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We have season tickets, which are a way better than buying individually. Less than half price.

May 18, 2012 | 08:01 AM

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Where are those held, anyway?

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May 18, 2012 | 08:51 AM

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They send out tickets for each individual race. If you are asking where the races are at, it would be Newton, just east of Des Moines.

May 18, 2012 | 08:54 AM

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Good morning Iowa, TGIF!

Howdy Roger!

May 18, 2012 | 09:49 AM

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Back atcha Rob!

May 18, 2012 | 09:56 AM

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Morning Rob! Roger, that's what I was wondering. I figured it was somewhere near Des Moines.

May 18, 2012 | 10:02 AM

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I want to say Newton is 20 miles east of Des Moines. We pull from all over, get a lot travel in from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, as well as Iowa of course. They also have camping facilities. You don't have to eat at the track either. There is a lot of tailgating type activities going on... I just bought an awning last fall to use, those July and August races get a little hot... Last year, the July race was the hottest day of the season. They filmed for a movie through that even. Had to set up sprinklers under the bleachers for people too cool down. Then the idiots that were policing the area were chasing people out from under the bleachers when the races started. My wife was called up on emergency staff by the hospital that is in charge of the emergency care due to all the heat exhaustion and stroke cases. She had a few choice words for the staff...

May 18, 2012 | 10:04 AM

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I see people still out there that don't bother to use common sense.

May 18, 2012 | 10:10 AM

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"but they wouldn't go watch the race".... I figure, they paid the money for the race, they can surely choose to not watch it. Heck, no different than all the beer and bathroom runs that so many feel the need to subject themselves to...