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Has everyone already seen the video for the final night of the fall nationals that Loudpedal put together? I found it here: http://www.sprintcarinsider.com/news...l-productions/

Ballou and his slide jobs. Kid's an animal.

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Great video. Thanks! It kind of amazes me how the midwest guys keep going out west and bringing back the money. I don't mean that as a slam to the west coast guys but it is very hard to go into someone's backyard and beat them. They have done the same to the midwest guys but lately it seems the midwesterners have had the edge.

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Originally Posted by wrtracing:
Great video. Thanks! It kind of amazes me how the midwest guys keep going out west and bringing back the money. I don't mean that as a slam to the west coast guys but it is very hard to go into someone's backyard and beat them. They have done the same to the midwest guys but lately it seems the midwesterners have had the edge.

If I recall correctly, Robert is from Rocklin CA originally.

Originally Posted by Sausage:
If I recall correctly, Robert is from Rocklin CA originally.

Correct...and he mostly ran wings while living in Cali ...

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Kinda looked like a regular Friday Saturday night Indiana slidejob

Originally Posted by Sausage:
If I recall correctly, Robert is from Rocklin CA originally.

with Hoosier dirt under his nails and in his sole.

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Originally Posted by wrtracing:
Great video. Thanks! It kind of amazes me how the midwest guys keep going out west and bringing back the money. I don't mean that as a slam to the west coast guys but it is very hard to go into someone's backyard and beat them. They have done the same to the midwest guys but lately it seems the midwesterners have had the edge.

Midwesterners like Ballou, Clauson, Boespflug, T-Mez, Grant . . . . .

Originally Posted by cmakin:
Midwesterners like Ballou, Clauson, Boespflug, T-Mez, Grant . . . . .

I see what ya did there...but...
How many sprint car races did Clauson run while growing up in Cali???...
I'll give ya a hint...it starts with the letter Z...

I think the point made is that we see these guys on a much more consistent basis than say a Mike Spencer.
But the point that a bunch of our "locals" come from other regions is well taken and indeed something to be grateful for.
We'd be glad to adopt Mike, the Demon, and or the Vanderweerd's for 2015 too if the track lights align!!

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OMG, we're having a fight like the PA Posse vs WoO fights on Hoseheads! :5:

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I think a lot of it has to do with dollars, cents and hunger. The top guys who live and race in the Midwest are doing it for a living. Don't perform and they do not eat. Out here if drivers - with the exception of one - do not perform well, they still have a job they go to Monday through Friday.

Most drivers in Indiana have regular jobs too. I think the difference is they race three times a week and don't need to drive 3 or 4 hours , one way, to do it.

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Originally Posted by robert gatten:
Most drivers in Indiana have regular jobs too. I think the difference is they race three times a week and don't need to drive 3 or 4 hours , one way, to do it.

By the end of June they have already driven the equivalent of a full season in Cali.