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Just a few quick impressions taken from a great day of racing at Winchester:
Love these Sunday afternoon affairs. Wish USAC could schedule a few more of them. Maybe promoters fear that many potential ticket buyers will stay home and watch NASCAR on TV like Dwight did. :wink
Most impressive (to me) of a bunch of impressive youngsters was Jacob Wilson #07. Passed a gaggle of cars, good cars, to finish 6th. Restarts were a bit of a problem. May have been car related rather than driver. Want to see a lot more of him.
Tracy Hines also had a bad restart after the final yellow. I was thinking Tracy might have something for Hagen, but behold Dave Darland in the Pace #44 who blew by the #21 for 2nd.
Brian Gerster is a much underrated driver IMO. He still stands on the button, especially on the high banks.
Declined the once a year offer of a beer from Rich Hollmeyer. May take him up on it in '09.
Sorta, kinda wish they had a special spot marked off in the parking lot for motorhomes. As it is they each seem to take up 3 spots or more along the entrance road. Not a big deal as we get there early, unlike Danny Burton who shows up after time trials and wonders why there are no seats on the top row.
Got another lesson in Mainespeak from Andrew Quinn who says I sound like a Massachussettiatan when I try to imitate him. Hey, I thought all those NE folks, ate lobster, sailed boats, cheated in football and sounded just alike. I'm learning Andrew.
:thumb to Dakoda Armstrong for his 5th quick qually lap; to Kenny Biros for running a nice steady line all day long; and to Chris Windom who looked smooth as Dave Steele......well, almost.I missed Marc Jessup.* He should be racing and would be competing for wins IMO.
Like me, John Hoover didn't miss many meals this winter. I mistook him for a fireplug (never wear yellow John..dogs, ya know) at the "meet and greet" where only Ben Andres showed up.That snuff!!!
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