Gas City Friday

MWestfallfan54 · 7/21/10, 10:58 AM

Who all is going to be there?

Andrew Elson
Shane Cottle
Matt Westfall
Travis Welpott
Billy Puterbaugh Jr.
Ted Hines
Jason Holt
Brandon Petty
Joe Bares
Steve Ott
Thomas Meseraull
Chris Gurley
Kyle Robbins
Josh Spencer
Scotty Weir
Jamie Fredrickson
Brian Olson
Brett Burdette
Anthony Peterman
Danny Williams Jr.
James Bradshaw

who else?

welder · 7/21/10, 8:31 PM

We plan on being there for the first time this year
Danny Williams Jr. With Bryan Robinson's 57R
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wideopen24 · 7/21/10, 10:49 PM

You can count me out....Gas City just isnt the same as in years past...I dont think im going back untill something changes...Landon

speidel21 · 7/21/10, 10:52 PM

What is different?

wideopen24 · 7/22/10, 8:07 AM

THE TRACK! ...I used to wait all week to run Gas City, I couldnt wait to get there every Friday! Back when you would show up and it was wet and heavy in hotlaps (not hard and grease)....It would build up a nice little cushion and you had two awesome grooves to race on! now its who can run thru the middle and not slip up....not much fun...Im not a fan of racing a slick one lane track in the heat race followed by and hour delay to completely change the track into a Hammer down one lane 25 lap feature.....As a owner/driver/one man crew its difficult to work toward getting your car fast only to have them dig it up every night and have to completely free up the car again to run 25 wideopen no passing laps...At least thats what they have done the 6 times I have raced there this year......

HRI99 · 7/22/10, 9:54 AM

Thanks to the generosity of roy jackson and mark clark I will return fri. My engine isssue def parked me for the year and quite possibly for good. Fortionately roy and mark came to my aid allowing me to run their backup motor for the rest of the season. Thank you again to the 42g team for stepping in and helping me it really means a lot! God bless
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hoosier race fan · 7/22/10, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wideopen24

THE TRACK! ...I used to wait all week to run Gas City, I couldnt wait to get there every Friday! Back when you would show up and it was wet and heavy in hotlaps (not hard and grease)....It would build up a nice little cushion and you had two awesome grooves to race on! now its who can run thru the middle and not slip up....not much fun...Im not a fan of racing a slick one lane track in the heat race followed by and hour delay to completely change the track into a Hammer down one lane 25 lap feature.....As a owner/driver/one man crew its difficult to work toward getting your car fast only to have them dig it up every night and have to completely free up the car again to run 25 wideopen no passing laps...At least thats what they have done the 6 times I have raced there this year......

Don't be surprised if you are told not to come anymore. That has been known to happen to people who criticize the track conditions in the past. It might be different since you have a sprintcar though.

HEAD · 7/22/10, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoosier race fan

Don't be surprised if you are told not to come anymore. That has been known to happen to people who criticize the track conditions in the past. It might be different since you have a sprintcar though.

He's right though, I was looking and 6 of 8 sprintcar winners have came from the FRONT ROW!!!!! Clauson came from the 2nd row and Hollingsworth came from the 4th row. When you've got 75% of your winners coming from the front row something needs to change. Yeah the speeds are really fast in the feature but WHO CARES if there is zero passing going on?????

Something needs to change at gas city. I can remember when the track workers had to come out after every heat race and beat the mud off the fence so the fans could even see the race track, whens the last time that happened?

Sorry rant over now, just wish we could see the old gas city again.

hoosier race fan · 7/22/10, 12:17 PM

I wouldn't disagree with either of you. Somebody on here likes to criticize my decision not to go to Gas City very often despite living only a mile from the track. I used to go every week but the last couple years I have seen the same thing you have just described.

Eatin Dirt · 7/22/10, 12:25 PM

During the Sprint Week show you could've beat the mud off of me with a shovel sitting there on row #3. Just kidding, it was a pretty good race.

7/21/10, 10:58 AM	#1 Gas City Friday
MWestfallfan54 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 426	Who all is going to be there? Andrew Elson Shane Cottle Matt Westfall Travis Welpott Billy Puterbaugh Jr. Ted Hines Jason Holt Brandon Petty Joe Bares Steve Ott Thomas Meseraull Chris Gurley Kyle Robbins Josh Spencer Scotty Weir Jamie Fredrickson Brian Olson Brett Burdette Anthony Peterman Danny Williams Jr. James Bradshaw who else? _________________________________________________ Last edited by MWestfallfan54; 7/23/10 at 10:41 AM.

7/21/10, 10:52 PM	#4 Re: Gas City Friday
speidel21 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 389	What is different? __________________ Nick Speidel www.geocities.com/speidelracing

7/21/10, 8:31 PM	#2
welder Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 197	We plan on being there for the first time this year Danny Williams Jr. With Bryan Robinson's 57R Posted via Mobile Device

7/21/10, 10:49 PM	#3 Re: Gas City Friday
wideopen24 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 596	You can count me out....Gas City just isnt the same as in years past...I dont think im going back untill something changes...Landon

7/22/10, 8:07 AM	#5 Re: Gas City Friday
wideopen24 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 596	THE TRACK! ...I used to wait all week to run Gas City, I couldnt wait to get there every Friday! Back when you would show up and it was wet and heavy in hotlaps (not hard and grease)....It would build up a nice little cushion and you had two awesome grooves to race on! now its who can run thru the middle and not slip up....not much fun...Im not a fan of racing a slick one lane track in the heat race followed by and hour delay to completely change the track into a Hammer down one lane 25 lap feature.....As a owner/driver/one man crew its difficult to work toward getting your car fast only to have them dig it up every night and have to completely free up the car again to run 25 wideopen no passing laps...At least thats what they have done the 6 times I have raced there this year......

7/22/10, 12:17 PM	#9 Re: Gas City Friday
hoosier race fan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 631	I wouldn't disagree with either of you. Somebody on here likes to criticize my decision not to go to Gas City very often despite living only a mile from the track. I used to go every week but the last couple years I have seen the same thing you have just described.

7/22/10, 12:25 PM	#10 Re: Gas City Friday
Eatin Dirt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,919	During the Sprint Week show you could've beat the mud off of me with a shovel sitting there on row #3. Just kidding, it was a pretty good race.