to paraphrase a quotation attributed to Abe Lincoln:
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to use your keyboard to remove all doubt.

Dave Scott, remember this, without EACH and every person that posts on this board YOU would not have the privledge to apply your trade at any race track in the USA. Because there would be nowhere for you to race at. PERIOD
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motormisser ,you seldom take your car any ,so stay home and complain.

Whats funny, is now most of the big teams have a full cart they drive around with all the spares on it anyways....gotta be tough to drive that in and out of the trailer huh?

I rarely post anything on here anymore for a variety of reasons, but I just can't sit still on this one....

I think Motormasher has gotten an undue roasting on this board in the past, but not this time. I do understand his sarcastic sentiment about it being "all about the fans", because that's certainly the tone in this little corner of the Web. But, for once, I wholeheartedly agree with Jerry Shaw. That is Butch Wilkerson. Enough said.

I can't believe this topic has come up again. If some of you don't recall or weren't privy to this board last year, the exact same conversation took place prior to the MSCS race at THAT last spring. I can't believe pitting in the infield is an issue, and I really can't believe it's an issue with one of the prominent car owners in the state. Foyt pitted there, Rutherford pitted there, Opperman pitted there, and the list goes on. It's this kind of thinking that slowly drives me away from the only thing, outside of one female and music, that I've ever truly loved.

That's all I've got tonight.

Agreed. And I one day hope that I have the privilege to unload my sprint car in that infield, with a true racer set to buckle in...

As a member of a team unloading is always a pain. But i thought Terre haute last year had great "energy" and was some much needed change to rekindle interest at a track that I was not lucky enough to enjoy back in the day like all you older racers.. Little more work....yes....great for our sport....yes.

Amen!

Let's hope the program is well run and everybody, including the race teams, can get out at a decent hour. With no support classes this show should be over by around 10pm easy, I would think. Should get out even earlier if there are not too many cautions. With this beautiful weather I sure hope track conditions are great. No excuse this time not to be.
Tom

Same old story. I remember this argument from last year and for some reason it still makes me angry. I get that it's hard to unload and load, I've helped do it before, for a long time. Why is it that at Terre Haute so many people get so worked up about it? It's not like it's the only place you can't work out of your hauler. Someone else mentioned Springfield, what about Manzy, Belleville, and Winchester sure is a pain waiting for the next race to be over so everyone can rush across. And honestly what BETTER place to do it than Terre Haute. There is so much history there, so many race fans, so many kids. While we are worrying about the future of racing, dying car counts, and dying crowd counts, there is that little boy (or GIRL!) whose parents took him into the infield at Terre Haute. He get's to have a great time with his family, hang out by the fence, watch a team thrash to fix a car and get it out in time for the next race, and maybe even get to sit in someone like Dave Darland, Tracy Hines, or Jerry Coons' car after the race. These are the kids that decide, "this is what I want to do when I grow up". This kid is the future of the sport, and you're mad because it took you an extra half hour to unload your stuff in the infield? Get with it.