Indiana Open Wheel - Any updates from Eldora

Originally Posted by BrianBSU23:
I was rooting hard for Weir as he drove a heck of race. I thought he was going to get around Smith and in the wide open I doubt anyone would have caught him.

Weir had the smallest open trailer in the pits and it looked like he had a total of two extra tires with him. Ballou is fast around Eldora, but a couple of guys cut him huge breaks on several of his slide jobs.

Does anyone else miss Larry Boos on the microphone?

I couldn't understand anything the Late Model announcer was talking about. Very hard to follow the commentary!

The interesting thing about Scotty's run was the fact that he was in a 2002 Maxim with a home-built motor that was assembled in 1996. This was the same chassis that Matt Westfall won numerous races with in 2003, including running second at Oskaloosa that same year. My brother Steve raced the car a few times in 2007 and it has been "mothballed" ever since. My dad Jim and Paul Fortney built the motor with the help of their late friend Jerry Bowser; it dynoed at a whopping 680 hp. This was the first race for the motor since freshened by Jeff Claxton.

Scotty had never even seen the car before Saturday night. Steve hot-lapped it Friday night to accomplish a "bucket-list" item:6: (Run @ Eldora). Dad and Steve and Kyle assembled the car recently. We just wanted to have some family fun with Kyle and Landon racing the "Big E" that night, also.

It would have been fun to see what Scotty could have done up front. He looked strong in his heat ...Who knows, maybe things will turn out differently at the 4-Crown ... hmmmm ...:33:

The little trailer was borrowed from Jimmy Snead. THANKS Jimmy! :8: Also, THANKS to Aaron Wright for all of his help over the weekend!

This was Kyle's first time ever at Eldora, and only Landon's second time. Good to bring home three intact race cars from Eldora!

Everyone have a blessed week!!

Chris Simon