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11/6/22, 9:38 AM   #1
JG- 2022 USAC sprint car champ
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I wanted to say congratulations to Justin Grant and TOPP motor sports for their championship season. It was well earned and deserved.
 
11/6/22, 11:05 AM   #2
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He proved me wrong. I didn't think he would get one because well. Like most teams, he has a stroke of bad runs. Not this year. Solid.

Congrats Justin Grant on your USAC championship. It really is a select group and with more cars being competitive as ever. One of the hardest to win. PS. Still need to give the Hery car a spin on a USAC off night once in awhile
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11/6/22, 1:35 PM   #3
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Congratulations to Grant and his team. He has paid his time during his racing career. 🏁. He definitely wasn't a fan favorite a couple of years ago when he was a bludozer but he had a great racing season and definitely deserves it 👍. Thanks 🇺🇸
 
11/6/22, 8:47 PM   #4
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I wonder if he would have recovered from the penalty for juiced tires in Florida, if Spridge and the boys didn’t find a fourth test to clear him. I’d be pissed if I finished second this year.
 
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11/6/22, 8:55 PM   #5
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It’s hard to believe how quick this season went. Congratulations to Justin and his team.
 
11/6/22, 11:06 PM   #6
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This doesn’t have anything to do with Justin Grant, but I would really like to see USAC return to pavement with a handful of points races for the national sprint and midget series. I know they’ve done a few special event (non-points) races with the midgets at IRP, and the 500 sprint tour had what seemed to be a good first season. Car counts probably wouldn’t be anything to write home about, but the pavement races just added to the demands of winning a championship. I wouldn’t want the sprint races to take away from the 500 tour. If they had 3-5 pavement races for the sprints, I think it would be a nice addition to the schedule. Same for the midgets.
 
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11/8/22, 10:39 AM   #7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by yeleyfan76 View Post
I wonder if he would have recovered from the penalty for juiced tires in Florida, if Spridge and the boys didn’t find a fourth test to clear him. I’d be pissed if I finished second this year.
Do you have any facts, or are you basing this on social media gossip? What was the infraction? Have you seen all the data? Do you even know what lab it was sent to? So, without a shred of true evidence, you slander a guy who just won a championship, and a group of officials.
Maybe you should find something that you actually like to follow. This form of racing sure isn't it. Most of us do this for enjoyment. You seem to find bad in everything that you say. You are either a super miserable person, or a wannabe internet celebrity who will drag successful people down to draw attention to yourself. You drive like 8 or 10 hours to watch races out here, and all it does is make you come up with conspiracies.
Life is too short to be miserable all the time. Good luck
 
11/8/22, 1:59 PM   #8
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Way to be JG!!!! Awesome awesome season!!!! Congratulations to JG, TOPP Motorsports, and all employees and families involved!! Pretty kool feeling to know I was given JGs Hoosier neckband on my 40th Birthday with him writing Happy 40th Birthday and end up winning the Championship in the same season, definitely piece of history for me!! Congrats again to the entire team and their families!!
 
11/8/22, 2:17 PM   #9
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JG and Team were cleared from any wrongdoing by USAC during the Florida opening weekend. However, the fact does remain he and his team did cheat just days earlier while racing with a competing series with similar rules. Now, unless there has been some type of contraction by WRG that I am not aware of, this is still the case.
 
11/8/22, 2:30 PM   #10
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If memory serves me correctly, there were multiple teams DQ'ed from the Extreme race as well. It is possible that they had the same issue and did not look into as deeply as USAC did. I don't believe that Topp Motorsports ever appealed either charge, USAC went the extra mile on their own because something didn't seem right.
Either way, it has nothing to do with the Championship that he won. Just as Bacon did last year, Grant had to overcome several issues this year, Flat tires while running up front at Atomic and Port Royal and his own run in with Ballou at Circle City to name a few. He and Dylan earned this and I would hope that they wouldn't let conspiracy theorist with something against USAC cheapen it in any way.
 
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