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Originally Posted by slick01
Eric is a young man who is trying to grow a team just as Harli is. Maybe this was a bonehead deal. Eric has been trying to branch out and gain experience by racing in PA in the 410s. He is one of the very few cats in the south that has pursued sprint car racing and he deserves credit for that. We have never seen Eric have a problem anywhere. He is fast with the 360 stuff and is just needs more seat time when they can afford it. We respect Harli and hate that this deal happened.
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Slick
Had Eric had more "Seat Time" the outcome probably would have been very different. Watching a Journeyman Driver move a competitor over to get around them is a thing of beauty, if done correctly. Eric didn't use a very subtle technique and it shows in the outcome. I am sure he did not imagine the outcome would have turned out as it did. Chalk it up to an expensive learning experience.
Back in the 60's when the Tripp Family first invaded the "East Coast" racing Quarter Midgets, they raced standard Kurtis Super cars with one small modification. There dad had a small triangle shaped extension welded to the lower cross bar of the front bumper. He called it their "cattle catcher". It corresponded to the cross bar on the rear of most quarter midgets back then. Sleepy "age 10" would simply ease in behind the car he was passing lift them up a fraction of an inch, in the center of the turn, they would get just a tad loose and he would just motor under them.
Honest Dad himself
