Originally Posted by nodramazone20:
Kody Swanson is very good at understanding that the money is paid out after the 100 miles, not after Hot Laps and Qualifying
Also very good that knowing if he don't beat his car to keep a lead, Run fast enough but paced to cars current and future needs. He may be better at the end, Faster, better tires or they're going to face tire, fuel motor problems or something else that may allow him to take back the lead from the one two or three that passed him at a time they were just as fast or faster. Seen him win many a race that way and get the $$ and points more often than now.
Love the miles, The cars are no longer capable going all out on a cushion 100 miles. But I wish some sort of till and water was done. Not dug up. But not jus running on mosly rubber guardrail all the time. Kaylee a couple years back lost a cylinder but was able to keep corner speed more and grab back lead more than once using a usable top her car was fast enough even a cylinder down to finish 5th. ANother race last year Bibent. A friend, Sold racer goes out to one of em by halfway his car is as fast as leaders. he picks cars off one by one. There's a fuel stop durring a red. His car has a smaller tank. Wouldn't make any that went non stop several yellows. They fill it. Cars still fast he passes a few more getting to leaders. His brakes aren't good enough to work as good with the full fuel load. He's giving shot in the shorts to hits to cars in front of him that had people mad. People saying if I was cottle I'd whoop his ass. But Bibent is fast brakes failing later instead of hitting he'd vear out miss the hit and be as fast down the straights getting another position or two but ultimately brakes so bad the brake fluid boiled making peddal useless. fell out 8 from end. Fun to watch.
I love the runs a second place runner either outside or inside would get on the leader the pass outside and block ofter or pass inside and force out the leader who doesn't have great traction coming off corner allowing the pass to stick. Sometimes they can do the oposite to the guy who passed em.
Only see ths on the miles. Lost one of the three we had. INDY. SUPPORT THE TWO WE HAVE left.
For those that went to the Springfield mile, how was the attendance? Was the crowd good? Hope so. Track Enterprises has tried hard for years to make this race a success. Who knows who the promoter would be without them.
Originally Posted by Grocery Guy:
For those that went to the Springfield mile, how was the attendance? Was the crowd good? Hope so. Track Enterprises has tried hard for years to make this race a success. Who knows who the promoter would be without them.
Probably nobody. Track enterprise is able to get track for weekend, get other classes to run Including ARCA which may lose money on by Nascar, who knows but viable to Track Enterprise.
Without him the fairboard if willing would have to lease to USAC who would have to find, fund all lease insurance track prep and officiate a race and presale tickets.
The infield crowd was solid, stands, not that great. All and all, I think the crowd was ok. I think the attendance was better than the Sunday ARCA crowd, but I assume the weather kept many away (rain in the morning)
