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Jerry Shaw (Offline)
#22 8/12/11 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam:
Ok. My turn to set the record straight. Yes they didn't do near enough work on track prep at Osky but it was also sunny and 30-40mph. wind gusts all day. That will make any track dusty. It was no worse than THAT sprint week which was also sunny and windy. I'm sorry but in those conditions there's not much you can do. This was the first time in the 10 year history of the race that there was dust so lets just give them another chance. It was tacky monday for the wings because it rained like hell sunday night. The winged fans I heard in the stands know the non-wing cars put on a better show when there's something to get ahold of and I assure you it'll be better next year. The racing there is better when it isn't too tacky like last year. McCarl gives each race equal billing and pays more for the non-wing race. The crowd at Knoxville was very good. I believe the front stretch grandstand holds over 20,000 people so a crowd of 7,000 may not look very big from the pits Mr.Gulick. I garuntee they made money that night only paying the standard USAC purse. In contrast they admittedly loose money every week on their weekly winged shows. The real reason the Iceman is headed back to Indiana is the lack of success he's had all year long and it's probably a good idea for him to get some more experience with different set-ups before trying to run USAC full time. Don't blame it on the race tracks that gave you a good track to run on Sunday and the highest single day purse of the year Tuesday. Have fun sharing the bill with 3 or 4 classes of fender bender's in Indiana! Hope to see you at Terre Haute though.

Terre Haute was considered by many to be the best race of Sprint Week. There were drivers running from the bottom to the top. Several came from deep in the field to contend for top 5 positions. Ballou, Darland, Clauson, Scheurenberg and Cottle to name a few. Drivers, team owners and fans alike have described a race at Oskaloosa that wasn't even remotely like the one at Terre Haute. And that no effort was made all day at track prep. So, you're trying to say that these people all drove most of the way across the Midwest just so they could lie about a track in your state? Coming from a guy that also needed to take a professional shot at a young driver and insult the Indiana racing scene to make your point, that kind of thing doesn't surprise me, I guess. I've been to this race multiple times and know that I'm not going back until they have a couple that prove they actually care about non-wing racing. Hopefully USAC will side with driver safety and not go back there, either.

Jerry

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Winston Churchill

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