[wildman92]

Personally I thought the A-main was a bit anti-climatic (sp?). Watching T-Mez bang it off the wall lap after lap was exciting...how he kept it on all 4's is beyond me. Then Clayton worked his way through the field and took the lead. He started to check out then we had a couple of yellows, but on each restart he pulled away. Then his motor blew and for the last 10 laps it was Bland - Short 1-2 with no one really challenging.

I'm a huge Clayton fan and always root for him wherever he goes so I was very excited to see him in the lead. For a while it was the perfect scenario, for me anyways, as it was Clayton - Bland - Short -- perfect! Then Clayton's motor blew up and, as a fan, I was disappointed. But it worked out well since my next 2 favorite drivers finished 1-2.

Nothing can beat the heat races though...the slide jobs were amazing and the battle between Short & Ballou was a classic.

What a way to end the season at Haubstadt! :thumb

I think DD is one of the greats of this sport, and I respect him and most of his decisions on the race track, but I believe he may have been a liitle impatient in the B when on lap 4 of 12 he felt the need to take himself and the 9K of Kevin Thomas, Jr. out of contention when it seemed inevitable that both were gonna have good shots at making the top five to get in the A. Both guys had the speed and I don't think the 9K was holding him up at all, in fact the 9K looked to be pretty fast himself all night. Sometimes a little patience will prove to be the deciding factor in making a show or loading the trailer early. Last night Mr. Darland found himself in unfamiliar territory and pushed it a little too hard in the B and it bit him and the 9K in the butt. DD doesn't make many mis judgements, but that was surely one there. But remember in the end, that's just one of those racing deals, and this ain't badmitton.

i dont see how anyone can possibly like brady short. he is one of the most boring drivers to watch. he starts up front and runs the bottom how exciting is that:sleep:? not very. he is a good driver and all but as a fan he is very boring to see him put around the bottom

[Rpracing1]

DD overdrove his car and eliminated himself. He WAS going to transfer.

[dshort36]

pup fan........ you must have been sleeping... brady started on the 3rd row in his heat and won.. racing very hard with ballou......he started on the pole in the feature and on lap one went to the top for half the race..... directly behin messaroul when he hit the wall..... and you dont have to like brady as many do..if you would have been around our pit after the races you would have seen that..... maybe your just a boring fan......... and it wasnt boring at all putting 5000.00 in our pocket that night either..... don short:applaud:

[Motormasher]

I like Brady Short and think he did an awesome job on the bottom. Its a whole lot harder to run the bottom at Haubstadt than anywhere else because you cary so much speed entering the corner and if you don't do it JUST RIGHT you end up pushing up the track into the high groove or you clip one of those buried tires and over ya go.

The track was so fast everywhere Sat night you could run high, low or in the middle, which is where Bland, Short and Levi was at the end.

Still nobody had anything for "Cowboy" he could run anywhere he wanted and pass without a slide job.

[coachmeece]

Well i didnt think i was going to make it but got a call from my buddy don and said they havent started the a main yet i told him to stall i have 15 min drive ahead of me just say i missed first 7 laps but glad i did get to see all my racing friends one last time at tri state this year

Originally Posted by dshort36 pup fan........ you must have been sleeping... brady started on the 3rd row in his heat and won.. racing very hard with ballou......he started on the pole in the feature and on lap one went to the top for half the race..... directly behin messaroul when he hit the wall..... and you dont have to like brady as many do..if you would have been around our pit after the races you would have seen that..... maybe your just a boring fan......... and it wasnt boring at all putting 5000.00 in our pocket that night either..... don short:applaud:

Don I agree! Brady is one awesome driver and I never find him boring to watch! Best of luck in Lawrenceburg this week. I will be going to this track for the 1st time ever.

I have a few favorite drivers and Brady ranks right up there.....Keep him hooked up Don.

Jason Watt

[Eatin Dirt]

This was our first trip to Tri-State from the Burg area. Thought the racing was good and will be back for sure, this could take the place of a few of our trips up to Kokomo. My one observation on the night and I will probably get bashed for saying this but here goes. I have always been a fan of both Cottle and Jones, but noticed how Jones decided to race his way into the Main through the B and drive clean other than using the right rear to make room for himself to make a pass as was the case of Cottle making the pass for third on Mellenbrecht. Mellenbrecht was driving his ass of to hold on to the last tranfer spot and ended up not making the Main, I know this is all a part of racing. Just thought the guy deserved better than what he got. Bob Bressert