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Weather (13) (3,114)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Weather
10/4/21, 6:13 AM
By moving the times up a track also has to have employees to put on the shows. Many of which have family activities and jobs that require them to plan around. Many don't arrive until about hot laps...
Mike’s Elephant (25) (4,650)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Mike’s Elephant
9/2/21, 12:21 PM
In today's modern society, would people be tempted to go to any event if it wasn't broadcasted?

Would people flock to the Indy 500 today if it HADN'T been televised say, at least the last 10...
Thorsen Language (46) (10,563)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Thorsen Language
7/30/21, 5:24 PM
I love the moral high ground that people are trying to take when they themselves have never put themselves in a similar situation.

Adrenalin is a helluva drug... kind of gets in the way of the...
Kyle Larson is the greatest driver of all time (34) (6,096)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Kyle Larson is the greatest driver of all time
6/16/21, 6:11 PM
Strictly speaking as a fan or motorsports, for me, a real difference between Larson and Stewart vs a Foyt/Jones/Andretti is how well documented and the coverage of their careers is.

The old guard...
Tracks Unite to Modify Tire Rule (19) (5,989)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Tracks Unite to Modify Tire Rule
2/16/21, 7:32 PM
When I was soaking tires in the Modifieds we never soaked a new tire, it was always to breath life into an old wore out tire to squeak by another week. It did wonders for hand-me-downs that had been...
For the COVID avoiders, when do return to the track? (67) (19,634)
Posted By Spi-nex
I sure do miss talking with him.
12/22/20, 12:24 PM
I sure do miss talking with him.
For the COVID avoiders, when do return to the track? (67) (19,634)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: For the COVID avoiders, when do return to the track?
12/21/20, 7:38 AM
It's been over 2 years since I went to my last race. My motivation to get back involved with the sport is just non-existent, COVID or otherwise. If I do go I won't be forced to wear a muzzle that's...
Bloomsburg, PA - Old PA track coming back after 40 years. (23) (8,078)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Bloomsburg, PA - Old PA track coming back after 40 years
11/5/20, 7:16 AM
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a "cinders" surface? :11:
New dirt track in Indy??? (18) (7,115)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: New dirt track in Indy???
9/15/20, 6:16 PM
I wouldn't either. However the notion of a figure 8 being promoted conjurers up a feeling of "hillbillyism" to which inevitably bleeds over to the circle track side.
New dirt track in Indy??? (18) (7,115)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: New dirt track in Indy???
9/14/20, 6:21 PM
They lost my interest at "Figure 8."
Larson pass dirty on Leary? (49) (13,798)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Larson pass dirty on Leary?
8/25/20, 6:13 PM
Thank you very much sir. Exactly what I was looking for as I don't have Flo. :6:

The move certainly put Mr. Leary in a bind. His choice was hit the inside wall, hit Larson, or get on the binders...
Larson pass dirty on Leary? (49) (13,798)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Larson pass dirty on Leary?
8/25/20, 6:42 AM
Anyone happen to have a video clip of said pass for those of us that weren't able to attend?
Larson in a Late Model. Tested a Longhorn & Rumley #6. Pics. (20) (6,236)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Larson in a Late Model. Tested a Longhorn & Rumley #6. P
8/19/20, 6:30 PM
Sure hate to see Larson getting out of a racecar....

I mean, anything with dead weight like a battery and starter can't possibly be a racing machine right? :)
Wilbur Shaw and Tony Hulman save the Indianapolis 500 (0) (828)
Posted By Spi-nex
Wilbur Shaw and Tony Hulman save the Indianapolis 500
8/19/20, 6:01 PM
A fun 15 minute video uploaded today by my favorite YouTuber "The History Guy" recounting the saving of IMS.

Enjoy: https://youtu.be/D-xzn1nILwM

(You may get addicted to watching his other...
Was Anyone at Butler Saturday Night? (6) (1,887)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Was Anyone at Butler Saturday Night?
6/23/20, 6:17 AM
As long as Donaldson is still involved with the track (which he is behind the scenes) I don't see that ever happening. Which is sad, because Butler is my favorite Michigan track.
A year ago today..... (4) (1,708)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: A year ago today.....
6/15/20, 7:29 PM
Insurance through my employer? What's that? :3:

Personal safety should be a personal choice. At all levels.
Would you go? (109) (28,999)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Would you go?
5/11/20, 7:15 PM
National Weekly Covid-19 Infection Averages:

Last Week- 25,667/day
2 Weeks Ago- 28,600/day
3 Weeks Ago- 31,919/day
4 Weeks Ago- 29,023/day
5 Weeks Ago- 31,965/day
6 Weeks Ago- 27,837/day
...
Daugherty Speedway Racing (62) (25,395)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Daugherty Speedway Racing
5/6/20, 6:09 PM
Sounds like a good way for a cop to get shot.
best guess (36) (9,488)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: best guess
4/15/20, 5:47 PM
All this fuss over something that has so far affected 0.2% of the population of the United States (328 million populous, 641,299 confirmed cases as of 5:30PM April 15th). That is an extraordinary...
Larson FIRED!! (41) (12,099)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Larson FIRED!!
4/15/20, 6:20 AM
I was watching a stream of someone practicing, PRACTICING, for a road course race over in Europe. They had over 100k people watching. A lot of you need to wake up and realise just how big the video...
What do you all thing about this? (13) (4,872)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: What do you all thing about this?
3/4/20, 9:39 PM
Lets see how much power that 'lil crate has when you hook the cushion at Kokomo and rip the fence down because you don't have the power to turn out of it.
Question re: lapped cars to the tail (28) (7,642)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Question re: lapped cars to the tail
1/30/20, 7:43 AM
If some of you would watch something other than sprint cars (like those support classes so many of you bemoan) you might realise this is pretty standard procedure across the board and it's worked out...
Faccinto (38) (14,440)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Faccinto
1/18/20, 11:35 AM
If anyone lets words offend them, then clearly there should be an evaluation of life priorities.

Last thing I want to see is racing dominated by easily offended snowflakes who need their safe...
Montpleier Motor Speedway: Any word if their racing in 2020? (4) (3,450)
Posted By Spi-nex
I don't know about that. It's a lot easier to...
1/9/20, 11:41 AM
I don't know about that. It's a lot easier to accept week to week racing when you know the head honcho is having health issues than it is for political or officiating reasons.

Hopefully Harold...
Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Sprints 2020 Schedule... (5) (2,352)
Posted By Spi-nex
Re: Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Sprints 2020 Schedul
12/25/19, 11:44 AM
When I was still working for Hartford we pushed HARD for an IRA show several years in a row. The biggest reason they refused was the track still being a half mile at the time and Steve just didn't...