[Sprint63122]

Great to see some racing at the action track and all I can say is it looks like the madman was on a mission today doing whatever it took to get to the front.As for the feature race between the madman and the rocket I applaud both drivers for racing each other the way they did good hard and clean both deserved a winner's paycheck after that show they put on.Final thought is the action track is back and I have been waiting almost a year to get back here glad to see it is in good hands now and lets enjoy the 2008 season there.

[Great Scott]

The last five laps were certainly worth the dust. Welcome back THAT!

[Jerry Shaw]

You can always tell when you've just witnessed a great one. Some folks are running for the exits on the white flag lap or right when they throw the checkered, but not as many as usual. Most are just kind of standing around, in stunned silence, looking at one another, with that "Wow!" look on their faces. I've seen it dozens of times at Haubstadt. I've seen it several times at Kokomo. I saw it in October 2006 after the Clayton-Stanbrough THAT war. And I saw Robert Ballou and Jesse Hockett cause it to happen again last night. The first part of that race saw conditions that were challenging, but everything from the delay after the red flag, was Instant Classic material.

Jerry

[Melmo]

Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw It was a great race. The last 5 laps were just about as good as it gets. Ballou and Hockett had the crowd on their feet yelling at the top of their lungs. I know I left there hoarse. And his charge through the field, from 12th was just about as great. Robert pretty much owns the 1/2 mile dirt ovals of the Midwest, now. Welcome back, Terre Haute Action Track! Jerry

I don't know Jerry but I know it was much better at Kokomo. The B-mains were slick but when the A-mains got going it was great. You were just watching the first two cars there but at Kokomo it was 3 wide racing from front to the rear of the pack. WOW it was great racing in both A-mains the only bad part was there was to much racing going on couldn't keep up with all of it. Job well done Kokomo!!!:checkered::applaud:

[racefan20]

Mel, if you werent there how could you possibly know which race was better?

[Jerry Shaw]

Originally Posted by racefan20 Mel, if you werent there how could you possibly know which race was better?

You never know, John. In Melvin's mind, maybe he really thinks he saw both races. He's the lucky one. That's the one thing that limits me, as a race fan. I can only be at one track at a time.:rolling

Jerry

[Dirtfan]

Very good show for the first race by DHK promotions.We can only expect better things in the future.Great to visit with alot of people @THAT, family, friends that are the same as, IOW ER'S, SHORTBUS, WALLS RACING & Zak, RonMil, Jerry Shaw and one gentleman in the infield that introduced himself, damn I can't remember his name:headbang, used to post here but got beat up pretty bad for being a modified fan.
This brought back alot of memories from years gone by, more than I need to remember.I know from talking to some of the drivers/teams/owners some were not crazy about pitting in the infield, but all in all it was awesome from my point of view.
Can't wait till the USAC show in a couple of weeks:thumb

[terrehautian]

I met kyle (talk2drivers.com) while walking in the pits before the race. I wish I could have met some more of you before the race, but I went to put all my stuff down in the turn so I didn't have to carry it.

For a look at the trophy, take a peak at my story on openwheelracers.com. Also, a shot of Ballou in action during the heat race.

Jim Morrison

[Melmo]

Originally Posted by racefan20 Mel, if you werent there how could you possibly know which race was better?

Very true John but been there so many times at THAT could just picture it by the talk. Haven't been to many tracks like Kokomo with racing from front to back though. But one good thing is I'm glad to see that THAT is back up and running again I guess you can't watch racing if you don't have a track to run on. Hope to be there sometime this year!!!