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Originally Posted by Uncle_Charlie Hey guys, To be fair, I was the UMRA Chief Steward in 1994 when this happened. What I was told, was that Billy was not 16 yet. A rule is a rule, and I told both Jr. and Sr. this. As you can understand, they were not happy. However, what I was NOT told, was that Billy Jr. had raced the season before. To make matters worse, I believe this happened at an out-of-state race, meaning they hauled everything that far for nothing. This was a crappy thing to do to them. This was behind the scene ******** that I had no knowledge of at that time. Had I known this before hand, the best I could have done would have been to call them & tell them not to show. Sorry, but the way the rule book read, that was the best I could have done. I did not know about the previous year. I hope this public apology to the Puterbaugh family will help smooth things over for my part in this mess. I am only apologizing for myself, not the "powers that be" that omitted the other half of the equation from me. For what it is worth, I am truly sorry. Charlie Dwenger

The Puterbaugh's knowingly broke a club policy. Why on earth would you feel obligated to apologize to anyone for enforcing the rules???? I don't care if they flew their stuff to Hawaii to race. They knew they were breaking club rules when they loaded the stuff on the airplane! You're basically saying that if someone breaks the rules for one season w/o being caught that they should be exempt from the rules from that point forward since they weren't caught?????? What kind of official is that? Not one I'd want in my organization.