Originally Posted by Racerrob:
We pushed back from the trailer at exactly 5:51. I know this because there is a clock in the trailer that I just happened to look at as the pit PA announcer was going nuts. They made the decision to cancel hot laps as we were rolling back to the 4 wheeler to push up to the push off lane.
I know for a fact that Keith Bloom was in the push off lane well before that and a second car (I can't recall who) was joining him right when they canceled.
I will have to call out the KISS official - since the driver's meeting occurred at 5:30 and if they made the first call 27 minutes before they canceled hot laps per the KISS official, they would have had to made the first call at 5:24, 6 minutes before the driver's meeting started.
Perhaps Derek Fisher should ask the KISS official that stood in his kitchen how or why the PA announcer would call for the sprint cars to wheel pack before they had their driver's meeting. Or perhaps he should take the time to ascertain the facts and following the logic flow down the proverbial river before lambasting others for "asinine opinions".
As for his statement that I should know what my car will do in the first turn, I would like him to know that I have made MAJOR changes to the car over the last 3 weeks and the set-up data that I have collected for the last 8 years with this type of chassis no longer applies. I truly did not know if the car would turn over or slide right into Dave Darland (who started outside of us) when Daron set it into the first corner. In view of this information, he may want to reconsider what qualifies as an "asinine opinion".
To the best of my knowledge the O'Conners have done a tremendous job overall with Kokomo and I wish them well. I just won't be back for any show (other than Indiana Sprint Week) until I hear things have changed in the way competitors are treated.
Rob Hoffman
Just so you know, Derek Fisher is a shill for the Kokomo Speedway. I'm not sure if he is a real employee or not, but he does or did the weekly write ups on the Kokomo Speedway website.
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Originally Posted by reeserx:
This is just my two cents... I don't agree with the decision to pull hot laps like that...I go to Kokomo just about every Sunday and the pit boss was hollering for wheel pack which is my time to go in when I hear that, that was at around 5:45 I do believe...to leave simply because you don't get to run hotlaps seems kinda dumb to me if you made the long haul to kokomo, I was really looking forward to see Gardner run too, but it's not my money or my car so my opinion doesn't matter.. The o'Conner family is a class act and its sad to see them getting thrown under the bus for one bad decision, just a couple weeks ago we were all just talking about how lucky we are to have the o conners...I'm sad to see that the Hoffmans won't be back to Kokomo unless it's sprint week, but oh well I'm glad with the drivers we got on a weekly basis
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This is just my two cents... I don't agree with the decision to pull hot laps like that...I go to Kokomo just about every Sunday and the pit boss was hollering for wheel pack which is my time to go in when I hear that, that was at around 5:45 I do believe...to leave simply because you don't get to run hotlaps seems kinda dumb to me if you made the long haul to kokomo, I was really looking forward to see Gardner run too, but it's not my money or my car so my opinion doesn't matter.. The o'Conner family is a class act and its sad to see them getting thrown under the bus for one bad decision, just a couple weeks ago we were all just talking about how lucky we are to have the o conners...I'm sad to see that the Hoffmans won't be back to Kokomo unless it's sprint week, but oh well I'm glad with the drivers we got on a weekly basis, again this is just my opinion and know I probably will get tore up like everytime I post lol
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There is nothing classy about the O'Connors. I know several people who have been cussed out by the old man in charge, myself included. My transgression was having my blanket taped down on the top row of the main grandstand.