Im thinking the American Racer is the old McCreary.How or where did you get McCreary's?So I have one that says a sealed motor isnt the way to go and one that says a spec tire is hurting the sport.Anybody else.Just looking for input from everyone.Somebody should shurly be able to come up with some good ideas out of all of us on here.Instead of wondering what we should do we need to discuss it and come up with what we think we think would be best and go from there.

Patti, do you remember seeing the car in my avatar run at Niagara back in 1993? We were the only straight up TQ chassis there so we weren't hard to miss. Bob Nichols thought it would be fun for me to go try running with the sidewinders so we made the trek. We did pretty good until the go-karts went out and laid down so much rubber that I spent the remainder of the weekend with the right rear pretty much the only tire touching the ground. I remember the guy leading the feature for 49 1/2 laps only to run out of full a 1/2 lap short.

Was really fun although I spent my 17th birthday sitting alone in the motel while my crew went to some bar that Bob new about. They did bring me a cheeseburger back as a birthday present!! :doh: I will say one thing though in that every one of them were very friendly and willing to help us out any way they could.

About 25 years ago, at a Knoxville Nationals press conference, Ted Johnson was asked if the WoO was thinking about any cost control measures. Ted replied that they should think about a claiming rule on the haulers. :-) (This was when the big rigs were first appearing.)

First of all this post is sort of off topic, but...Don Moore really knows how to light ignite a fire, right? Of course I should talk. I was the first responder to this thread.

Additionally, Don said this thread is for fans only. I have a feeling that more than just race fans may have responded to this.:confused:

Some people have been graded on their post. How about me school instructor Don? I want a grade too. It should be at least a "C" for handing in my homework first.:O:

BTW Don, you seem to have a varied life, career, and hobbies. I'd like to know what took you down all these different paths. You know, racing, music, teaching, etc. I'm not being a smart a$$ about this as I usually am. I'm genuinely interested in your story. I enjoy hearing about the paths people have chosen in their lives and what made up their mind on which way to go when they got to the fork in the road.

Thanks.

Just from meeting him I know hes missunderstood. He wants to be able to keep racing and racing competitively at a top notch level which he does. Rarely but still shells out $$ to do it like everyone else. Seemed pretty nice to me. Pitched in and sung the National Anthem.

As a fan the problems I see is no Major Indiana-Ohio sanction and no coordination between different midget orgs. To go anywhere and race, You have to have near top notch equiptment as the major sanctions still run pretty much as much money as you can put into em cars. Maybe if the Silly bowl went under the new ASCS rules then youd have some coordination to match it.

Just some thoughts.

Well... you get an A for being the first to venture out on this thread. That's like sitting upfront in the classroom or church. You ask about my background, so here goes:

Educator: I went to Kent State University, Kent, OH on a music scholarship. I have 2 degrees from Kent, including a Master of Arts in Teaching plus 60 post hours at Ohio University. My undergraduate degree is in organ (pipe organ) performance. I taught music in the public schools for 35 years. My years of teaching are best remembered by the community for over 40+ rock and pop music productions. I also promoted, produced and directed a community benefit concert for cancer research for 12 years. Some posters on here have taken cheap shots at my teaching career. For the last evaluation, I received the highest rating in all catagories.

Music business: Leader of a party/dance contemporary band 22 years. Started entertaining in nightclubs at age 12. Recorded two LP record albums during that time. Composer/arranger/lyricist/author 1983-present. Over 600 published choral titles published by Alfred, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, Hal Leonard and several others. Author of 9 published books. Member of ASCAP. Recipient of the ASCAP Composers ASCAPlus Award for 21 years in a row. In 2003, named by the American Choral Directors Association as one of 400 of the most influencial choral composers in the history of American music.

Racing: Two of my uncles drove stock cars. Bob Moore drove new cars in the MARC (ARCA) new car series. Drove quarter midgets (.25) in the late 50's. Ohio State Quarter Midget champion in 1959. Avid fan of midgets, sprint cars, championship cars. Formed Moore Racing Enterprises LLC in 2002. Owner of 3 full midgets, 2 dirt cars and 1 indoor car. The indoor Beast is a historic car as it was custom built for Kenny Irwin, Jr. Drivers that have driven my cars: Tracy Hines, Jerry Coons, Jr., Donnie Beechler, Kevin Olson, Geoff Kaiser, Davey Ray, Brad Kuhn, Shane Hollingsworth, Greg Lueckert, Ryan Scott, Andy Pierce.

Visit my web site for more info: www.donmooremusicpublications.com

Uhhhhhhhhh........Just slightly off topic.............Call each other if you want to exchange personal info................

He asked about my qualifications for posting on here. It was a fair and friendly question by Seadog. Don't read my posts if you don't like em. Real simple.

I'm glad I asked. That is an impressive resume Don. I don't usually agree with your racing ********, but I cetrtainly respect you for your accomplishments.:respect:

P.S. I also am a big fan of pipe organ music and listen to the radio show "Pipe Dreams" whenever I can.

We just bought two brand new mc crearys last year, if the track slicks off mc crearys r the way to go i cant remember right off hand where we got them but they where a bargan