Kokomo 9/1
 

Cloudy...no rain on the radar. Track looks pretty wet right now. I'll try to update as much as possible.

Kokomo 9/1
 

29 cars....at least that many mods too
H1
Gurley
Leary
Weir
Taylor
Donelson

H2
WesMac
Jarrett
McGee
Spencer
Byrkett

Tmez scratched
Cottle in 10e tonight

H3
Cottle
Grant
Robbins
Keen
Andretti

B
Bares
Whited
Karraker
Cruea
G miller

Grant gurley
Leary jarrett
WesMac cottle
Weir mcGhee
Robbins Taylor
Spencer keen
Donnelson Byrkett
Andretti bares
Whited karraker
Cruea g miller

Pushing off the A at 9:10

Donelson flipped on 1st lap he is out of the car on his own

Yellow on lap 4 cottle spun this should mAke it interesting. Spencer 11th to 6th so far
Grant Leary wesmac Taylor
Weir to pits with motor issue
Weir made it out but motor sounds like ****
Red on lap 8
Andretti gets sideways cottle collected
Both out of cars and done for the night
Weir done that gives wesmac the track championship
10 to go yellow for Byrkett
He'll of a battle between grant and Taylor
Grant Taylor wesmac top. 3

Finish
Grant
Taylor
Keen
Wesmac
Leary
McGhee
Spencer

WesMac had fast time with a 12.558...I think. TMez went upside down in his heat..

Heat 1
Gurley, Leary, Taylor, Weir, donnelson...top 5.

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heat 2

WesMac jarrett McGhee...didn't get the final 2 of the top 5

Heat 3

Cottle, grant, Robbins, keen, Andretti... Top 5

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Cottle is the one to beat tonight!!!

Semi top 5

Bares whited karraker cruea miller

Oh well Shane should think!!!

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Should be interesting!!!

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Where's Jerry?

Originally Posted by Melmo:
Where's Jerry?

Duquion

Feature

Grant
Taylor
Keen
WesMac
Leary

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Thanks for the updates John. You stayin' for the fireworks? :5:

Originally Posted by racefan20:
Duquion

Oh!!!:14:

How about cruea from 20th to 8th drag race with Spencer to checkers for 7th... congrats you put on a good show tonight.

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Originally Posted by Al Pierce:
Thanks for the updates John. You stayin' for the fireworks? :5:

Naa HalfFast tried to talk them into running them early for my benefit but thank goodness they didnt :D

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Great show!!

Was just thinking, 29 cars, with all that was going on this weekend was nice to see.....Wonder how many cars they would get if they ran a unsanctioned race for like $10,000 to win and a $1,000 to start. Maybe even a 3 day show?

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Congratulations to Justin Grant and J.W. with the win at Kokomo and to Wesmac for the 2013 Championship. Todd Keen followed up G.C. with another good run and A. Cruea was also impressive with his run. Lots of good racing throughout the field and as always thanks to Reese and Rowdy for another good prepared track.

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Originally Posted by ossuks:
Great show!!

Was just thinking, 29 cars, with all that was going on this weekend was nice to see.....Wonder how many cars they would get if they ran a unsanctioned race for like $10,000 to win and a $1,000 to start. Maybe even a 3 day show?

You could rent the track from them. Let me know when and I will be there. With your expertise, all you would have to do is count the money. Now lets see how much confidence you have in what you say.

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
You could rent the track from them. Let me know when and I will be there. With your expertise, all you would have to do is count the money. Now lets see how much confidence you have in what you say.

I think it was just an idea. You don't have to own or rent a track to be able to come up with intelligent ideas that could be successful.

That being said, a 3 day show, unsanctioned, $10,000 to win would probably still draw 29 cars. Unfortunately, it seems that a bigger purse does not translate into that many more cars. Many track regulars figure some high budget teams will show up, reducing their chance to win or even make the show, so they stay home.

Moving the smackdown a week later and running Friday, Saturday, and Sunday might be something to consider. I don't own or rent racetracks though, so I'm sure it is fine and can't be improved as it is.

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I attended the Smackdown and I thought it was pretty sucessful. I agree more money rarely means more cars. Paragon is a perfect example. The post I was refering to was by a former disgruntled employee of USAC, who was with them when they changed the pavement Silver Crown cars, and now has an ax to grind. Non sanctioned might work in March, but the weather is iffy. The crowds were good, the on track product great, and once again someone who was not there is finding fault. All I am saying is, if you really believe in your idea, and think it is a money maker, why wouldn't a person do it. I can tell you why,because he knows it wouldn't work.