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7/19/18, 8:37 AM |
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Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21,356 |
I remember pushing for Chase in the PEAK challenge here and on Facebook and I'd never met him. only seen him race a couple times and both times he'd blown up or had problems Once at LPS he flipped out of the park in turn one. I do know his dad and grandpa as both a outstanding racer and car owner and Chase was a Openwheeler who needed a shot.
I honestly didn't know Chase had that much talent in him, He proved himself. First driving a few races n ARCA then the Championship, Then ROTY in Trucks with a win and many close battles up front. Last nght kinda had the same effect as the old thurs thunder as it's the only thing going in racing, nationally televised etc. Anyway, Congrats Chase! His team, and the rest of the Briscoe family.
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7/19/18, 10:15 AM |
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I found it very interesting that Dean Roper's 1981 USAC Stock Car 1 lap track record is a second and a half quicker than the pole speed of the trucks at Eldora last night. 37 years and huge leaps in technology seem not to have made the racing machines even as fast as they were then. Could it be a difference in the racing surface?
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Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
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7/19/18, 10:43 AM |
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7/19/18, 10:47 AM |
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I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that it's the only NASCAR race I watch from start to finish. Special congratulations to Chase Briscoe, but kudos to all the participants. Naturally, I'm partial to, and cheer for, the open wheel guys, but I wouldn't have been disappointed no matter who won. Having watched Mr. Seavey hustle a midget several times, including 3 times last week, I'm not the least bit surprised at his performance last night. All in all, a very entertaining evening.
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7/19/18, 11:36 AM |
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Do track conditions negate a full 1.5 seconds and 37 years of technology? Maybe. But the comparison is quite striking, nonetheless.
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Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
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7/19/18, 12:34 PM |
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But I'd even venture to say that the USAC stocks in 81 may have been more set up for dirt than the trucks are today, as dirt was part of the diet for USAC more than once a year. |
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Sometimes you have to be slower to be faster. The taxicab lead sleds have way too much horsepower to hook up to the track.🏁🏁
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Congrats Chase! It’s nice to see a racer making it the old fashioned way! Woulda been even cooler if that car was white with a red 5 on the doors!
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7/19/18, 11:02 PM |
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7/20/18, 6:11 AM |
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You have to remember the trucks are still on a truck arm 3 link style suspension, panhard hooked to the right side and behind the rear end. Those truck arms are much much longer than anything you would see on dirt and will never provide the forward drive or side bite that even a stock 4 link would from 81.
What size tires where on those stock cars back then? |
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