Sorry if you miss understood I was not dissagreeing with the call. That 1 strap definitely wouldn't hold even in a simple crash. I was stating what I did and have been second guessing my self ever since. And what an effort that team did trying to get the car ready. USAC has done a good job but from what I saw these past few weeks they need to do better. Didn't see anything being checked while I was there and I got there just after the gates opened at Gas City. USAC Officials were al standing around with their hands in their pockets. My name is Randal Cronk and in the past was an official and Mike Devin was a great help to me. If I had a question he helped me and I am grateful. After I quit Rick Ferkel asked me if I was looking for a job and I said no. Then I found out he was heading up the Gumout series. Also the late Art Braithwaite was a good ear to talk to. I sat in Marshall Campbells shop while he was assembling an engine. He told me I was one of the better officials he'd seen. I can look up the date if you want, he was building an engine for Darren Long for the tournament race at Lima.
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