Originally Posted by Tony Barhorst:
Here is the story on the illegal tire. It made it past our tech, and was only reported to me by a long time veteran of the sport after the race on night 1
. I went over to look at the car, and asked that kit be taken off. They replaced it with a legal tire, and still went out to win night 2.
I was upset our tech missed it. They were told to watch for it this year. It hust got by us. Hoosier gave the tire to Tony.
I wish I had the video of 1999 when Jon Heydenreich let Tony hop into the Wild Goose, a totally conventional car. He started 17th and put on a CLINIC on slicing through the field with NO contact on the way to the lead.
The exhibition brought a tear to the eye of a few hardened veterans of midget racing.
There is a reason Roger Penske offered Tony a ride in the Indy 500. He can flat out drive anything.
Peeps cheating @ racing say it ain't so LOLLL !!!
Chris Economaki used to point out Sprint Cars drew huge crowds before it became homogenized cookie cutter like
Same with Indy Car when innovation & out thinking or down right cheating was killed off so went the crowds
NastyCar is doing the same thing with the COT
Different approaches to cars is good (like diff tail shapes)
Remember Peeps want to Boo the Black hats more than they want to cheer the white hats