If my memory is correct. Didn't he sell 200 million dollars of stock to fund a F1 team? What it amounts to is the teams get a cut of the tv money. They don't want to reduce the money the teams...
I am sorry for the lost to his family. Chuck Wilson was a long time racer in the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana area tracks. He raced many years with SOD in the beginning of that series. Also put a lot race...
It has been a few years. At Butler motor speedway. In hot laps, saw Doug Wolfgang hook wheels with a backmarker. They both flipped down the front straight away. As they flipped. The kid In the...
It was not a usac race. But the race was run with silver crown cars at Berlin a few years ago. It was a good race. It was run on a weeknight the week of the nascar race at MIS. Can't remember the...
Hey Captrat, I just moved down to Cape Coral 2 days before the hurricane. If I can find my open wheel 1# in our boxes. It's yours free. My internet is still screwed up, hit and miss as far as when I...
Racing has always been more expensive to do then the money made doing it. We want others to help cover the cost to do it. Sponsors to help pay for the race cars, sponsors to help pay the race purse,...
If I understand the news story. He is looking to sell 200 million in "stock" for the entry fee. After he pays 200 million, he has 2 years to fund, build a team. So he needs about 1/2 to 2/3 a billion...
So if I understand correctly for a non wing sprint car race to be well attended in the middle of America. Everyone that can see the same cars and stars an hour or so from their home, needs to travel...
If you go back far in time. ASA promoted sprint car racing and the little 500. ASA was like the woo, was run by one guy. Rex Robbins and his family. He got old, sold off the sanctioning body. With...
I may be wrong on this part. The DRC Chassis cars did not hide the tubing size that was different in a few areas on the car. Reutzel has taken a known illegal car and done things to hide it. It was...
For me growing up it was race trips with my dad. Butler on Saturday nights. Sundays at Kalamazoo for the old tri-sac time period. A special road trip was Warsaw or Eldora. The early days of SOD....
I wish. I got my loser ticket at Meijer. Also my wife and daughter do not have lucky numbers as far as birthdays. Lol I did live near novi for a while. Some racing trivia for you. The town where the...
I would think the connection with Kyle Bush may have something to do with his son racing carts on dirt. Kyle is at top of the Toyota racing pyramid. Seems early, but may be making connections for his...
It is cold and snowy here in Michigan. Any race is better then none. So it was not just me that found the camera work to be odd?It seem to be so fast switching from one camera to another, you lost...
So lets say next year at a sprint car. Its a big $$$ paying race. At the end of the race, a sprint car wins by a 1/2 a car length. The driver that came in second place drives into victory lane. Grabs...
what I remember about the dust. that I thought was funny was the seat ushers had a small feather duster. would use it to get the seat clean before you sat down.
I would think it has to do with $ and if he has to pay or is some other person is paying. Hendricks has said he can race dirt next year. His now closed down WOO team had a chevy sponsorship that he...
