Originally Posted by 1BIGracefan:
Bland may not have BIG track experience in a Sprint car. He does have tons in a Modified I understand the difference but it is BIG track time none the less.
Big track experience isn't as much of an issue, it's more like west coast track experience that is much more of a determining factor on how well some of these guys have run out here.
The drivers that Spridge mentioned and Bland are all very good drivers in their own right but it takes a little different driving style and car set up to be really fast out here,Perris is a tough track to learn how to drive it and the set ups are quite a bit different than what most of these guys are used to doing with their cars.
Most of the the guys from the Midwest that have run well out here have either been coming out here for years,have a mechanic that's been out here many times or know a local driver or mechanic that will give them straight facts on how to drive the place and set their car up accordingly.
Manzy I feel is a little more comfortable for your guys since they can relate it to Terre Haute or Eldora(without the banking) and the racing surface is a lot closer to what they are used to running on normally and that all helps them to figure it out much quicker.
In Blands case it will definitely help him having Hagen as a teammate since Darren has won races at Perris and can help him with his driving style as well as car set up which will definitely shorten his learning curve out here.Good luck to him.:thumb
