hahahahaha On the Steve Lewis mentality. We have run three of these combo shows so far this season and everyone who has seen or participated in these events has given it a thumbs up. After the first event at Twin Cities there was a thread on IOW with a lot of participation from race fans who were in the stands watching that event. All of them gave the racing a thumbs up.

The only nay sayers that have come on IOW doubting the validity of these race meets are the ones who haven't seen the racing in person. I have not heard, read or talked to one person that was in attendance at one of the three races that didn't endorse the racing that took place.

Scott, contrary to what you think and you weren't at any of these events, these are not slam dunk events for conventional midgets. We ran used tires (a RR that had several races on it, paid a very low pit pass fee and no entry fee). I am not going to give a blow by blow account of what took place at these events, but I will tell you that these races have not been about who spends the most money. In fact overall I spent the least amount of money for the US 24 race than just about any race I've ever entered. The US 24 race was not about money, superior conventional midgets or the Steve Lewis mentality. It was about driver and car setup. In fact I thought going into the feature that we had about a 5% chance of winning based on what I had seen so far for the evening. The competition was tough to say the least. Shane Cottle was just in front of us and there was a major battle for position for seven laps in the feature. Neither Shane or Jacob Wilson could shake out the minis in front of us. But after the tangle, Wilson seemed to rise to the occasion and did a superior job of reeling in the mini. They battled for several laps and finally he got the lead for good. The fact is that Jacob's driving, his bro Clint turning the wrenches and advice from Mike Cray via cell phone on setup.. the three of them combined got the job done and we won. It was not a walk in the park. Furthermore, Cottle, who was involved in the wreck, went to the tail and there were 13 laps left of racing. If it was a walk in the park, Cottle would have driven past everyone and won the race. That didn't happen.