Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Originally Posted by Wallsracing:
Yeah yeah yeah excuses

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It's good to see the passion for and after the smackdown. it can to nothing but make it better for next year. did anyone read the part about Levi having surgery next week? maybe, just maybe his problem had something to do with what happened on lap 35. I still haven't seen a defined video of what happened. yes i was there.

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

I;m not a fan of Levi or Stewarts but hope surgery turns out ok with levi. I am thinking Tony can put bunch of drivers names in his helmit and keep throwing it till only one names left :D

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Originally Posted by REALDEAL:
If Cummins, Burton, and Cunningham are so good.... where were they last week? Not proving themselves against the best.......

While a lot of guys was living the dream racing Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I say they were facing reality at work Thursday and Friday making it not worth there while to come for one day...

Originally Posted by REALDEAL:
If Cummins, Burton, and Cunningham are so good.... where were they last week? Not proving themselves against the best.......

Well all this talk about low budget Burton is low budget as they come they had to work
But tell me how many low budget rookies win two races and we are not talking about paragon
I am talking about winning with the likes of Stanbrough,dd shu and all the rest there I would say that's not bad
For a rookie
Burton has ran top ten with usac several top fives has usac,and kiss heat wins and again remember he is still a rookie
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Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Originally Posted by REALDEAL:
If Cummins, Burton, and Cunningham are so good.... where were they last week? Not proving themselves against the best.......

REALDEAL thats kinda harsh!!!! As i'm sure you have no idea what i do through the week to get to the races i can make. I started my own machine shop right out of college and i fund my own ride with the money i have left after paying the bills. With the help of a few sponsors i am glad when i can just get to a track once a week. I wish i could have been there. i love kokomo, but to take off thursday and friday was impossible for me. I am very thankful for the fans i have that support me no matter where or when i run.

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Thanks for that response ^^^^. That's exactly the point of saying that these guys deserve a shot. Because They haven't had the stuff handed to them to go out and run with the big boys. I'm sure those guys at one point were just like the cunninghams, cummins and Burton's and working hard at their 9-5 or more just to be able to make it to one race during the weekend. So that's a pretty crappy response realdeal asking where they were. Seems to be so simple to you to drop everything so why don't you get out and step up and help one of them thru a race weekend.

And I'm not bashing the great big name guys or middle guys that have had better opportunities. I know you have worked hard and appreciate the great racing I get to go see very weekend with my family. I'm trying as one of the low budget guys to get out and run too. So thanks to everyone that is or has raced and been out there battling in front of the crowd.

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Why not Tony, he's alread run Terre Haute this year in a 20 car.

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Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Originally Posted by terrell854:
Well all this talk about low budget Burton is low budget as they come they had to work
But tell me how many low budget rookies win two races and we are not talking about paragon
I am talking about winning with the likes of Stanbrough,dd shu and all the rest there I would say that's not bad
For a rookie
Burton has ran top ten with usac several top fives has usac,and kiss heat wins and again remember he is still a rookie
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Im not going to bash anyone here, but are you sure your facts are right about several top 10's and top 5's with USAC?

On to the real issue, love him or hate him, Levi probably just made the hardest decision of his life by having to sit out the rest of the season while contending for another championship. This will be something that will weigh on him and hopefully he can recover quickly from this, because he is good for the sport as a whole with his huge fan base. I will also say that all speculation will be laid to rest come tomorrow night, assuming the rain holds off to get Granite in.

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

Originally Posted by on_the_edge:
Im not going to bash anyone here, but are you sure your facts are right about several top 10's and top 5's with USAC?

On to the real issue, love him or hate him, Levi probably just made the hardest decision of his life by having to sit out the rest of the season while contending for another championship. This will be something that will weigh on him and hopefully he can recover quickly from this, because he is good for the sport as a whole with his huge fan base. I will also say that all speculation will be laid to rest come tomorrow night, assuming the rain holds off to get Granite in.

I think he was saying he has several top 5's AND has run in the top 10 in USAC.

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

What?

---------- Post added at 11:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 AM ----------

Originally Posted by bsmith8:
Windom !!! I still say Calistoga will out run him, just read Calistoga's post from a couple of weeks back, Oh wait Windom is not from Indiana he is from ILL. and Calistoga did not say he could outrun and out drive non-wing driver's from ILL. so Calistoga might not get the job done since the Sprint-Cars are at Granite City Ill. and the Silver Crown cars are at DuQuoin on Sunday. How about Windom Friday and Sunday and Calistoga Saturday since its the Action Track , Terre-Haute Indiana. I better quit playing on the keyboard and get back to work cause my boss (EP) visits this site.:19:

What?

Its a joke :-)

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Sorry, wasn't tryin to offend anyone, especially the racers themselves. But I feel like realistically you HAVE to be at these big shows, especially in your home state, and run well against the top teams to be considered for a position in a top notch paid ride. I do understand where you are coming from Kyle, I worked on a sprint car team with a very limited budget for 13 yrs and then raced 600 mini sprints for 5 on my own.... its tough out there.....once again, my apologies .......And, there are also many racers who spend every dime they earn and go into debt chasing these coveted rides. It seems like the people who have fought their way up and deserve the rides rarely get them.

Good luck on your surgery, your health is more important than racing and you will be back next year stronger than ever.

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It's cool. Sometimes it's hard to judge how things are said as there's no emotion behind these typed messages. It's a hard game but everyone here knows what it's like to have the itch and will do whatever possible to wheel anything they can. We all hope to find that ride or sponsor to help out but unfortunately it doesn't always happen that way. I'm proud to be from Indiana and be surrounded by such great racing and even greater drivers in the area. I hope to be able to say I am out there every weekend let alone be able to run with some of the best drivers in the country at one of our local dirt tracks.

Hope everyone has a good weekend and once again congrats to Chris on the ride and best wishes to Levi during his procedure and recovery.

Re: Levi Jones Done For Season
 

very reliable source says... Jones got fired from the ride and using this neck injury as an excuse... he wont be back in the TSR next year,

Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
In all fairness, I arrived about an hour and a half before hot laps on Thursday and the story was already going around the pits about Levi having neck pain, due to bulging discs. Nobody said anything, however, about him ending his season four days after Smackdown was over.

Jerry

Well I was in the pits as well and you must have been the only one to hear it...

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Originally Posted by Curt_Bullick:
Well I was in the pits as well and you must have been the only one to hear it...

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Well I know for a fact he was in pain as we talked about my upcoming surgery and his going back to the doctor to see when his was scheduled, we saved them a spot ate with them and talked all weekend, maybe you are the one that does not have a clue Mr. Bullick. Just for the record how many wins do you have under your belt? Good lord when does this crap stop.

Jerry Spencer