Originally Posted by riskybrisky5:
Just got to add my opinions on all these subjects. First of all I think Larwrenceburg Speedway has done a great job of promoting this year. Getting more fans involved and trying to make the races an event. I also know Mel is working his tail off on the track. He admitted he made a mistake to me before the bs. He said the cloud cover after his last water run killed him. My problem comes with a couple of things. Before Hot laps Dave let everyone go look at the track in turn 4. Once all the mech and drivers seen the track we knew it was not ready to race on. I over heard some telling Dave it wasnt ready. Dave looked at his watch and said get back we are going hot lapping the track is ready. Well the track was not ready. But we all hot lapped any way. The track never did come in until part of the way through the feature and still at that point you had to have someone make a mistake to pass them. My question is this and I suggested to an official in red and black. Why not before every race have officials on the track forcing the racers to pack the bottom then when all cars are on the track line them up and race. Every yellow send fficials to force cars to pack bottom until line ups are ready then give one to go and race. If we would have done this by the c and b main times you may have seen 2 grooves. Before anyone responds I did by myself usually run the bottom on most yellows trying to pack it in. Then you might have seen Stanbrough and Clayton able to transfer from the tail of their bs. But because of blind draw they both had to load up early. When it is a blind draw race it is a must to make your track a 2 groove track. I have read some post from fans that the racing was great, I agree anytime I get to see a race car go around the track it is great for me also. But I didnt see passing all night until the feature. Look at it from the racers perspective and see if you think the track was great. When Clayton and Stanbrough walked up to the line up board the probably got a sick feeling and thought well my shot for $10,000 is over, why because they knew the track conditions. I know some of you are going to say but look at Gaines and Shuman they came from 12th to 3rd and 2cnd in there heats. This is not putting either driver down because I think they are both great drivers, many people know I would hire Dickie in a heart beat. But I watched Dickies race and he never passed any of those cars unless they pushed off the track or fell out. I was in Shumans race and he ended up starting 6th with the crashes before the start. He came out running second on the start. Because if you started on the bottom you were screwed, that is why Neely was trying to jump because he knew if he didnt he would be running 3rd going into 1 and not able to pass for the rest of the race. Shuman was much faster than Darland but couldnts pass him like countless other cars in other races. Starting postion determined who was making the show. If a car didnt make a mistake you were not passing him. That is why you seen packs of cars one slow car would hold a pack of cars up. Bottom line is someone should have stepped up from the track or MSCS to make the track raceable for all. Your draw should not determine if you make the race or not. Another thing about the blind draw I would like you promoters, organzations, and fans to think about. Was it fair to Shuman because he was unlucky and drew a bad number and was in the 6th heat that he had to start 12th in the A, while the guy that ran 2cnd in the first heat got to start 7th. That is 5 cars Shuman had to pass that the other car didnt. If Shuman starts 7th as fast as he was Sat. he might have had $10,000 instead of what he ended up with. Again sorry for all grammer and spelling errors.
WOW, Just wow! What a way to put the truth, The whole truth and nothing but the truth. Insulting nobody and making good points.
I know the All star show they hotlapped twice and the officials made the following heats wheelpack before starting the race. it was racy bottom to top.
Chuck