Sad part is Levi gets unnoticed by everyone. You hear about all the drivers getting attention, Larson , Windom, Clauson, etc. Levi is hardly uttered, and he's the toughest thing going, Champ dirt champ and Sprint car champ.
Looks as though he may not have a lot of flash, he's been the hottest thing going in the last month. Being consistent, and winning the big money shows sure paid off, but nobody ever noticed.
Originally Posted by racephoto1:
Sad part is Levi gets unnoticed by everyone.
Unfortunately for this guy, quarter mile, dirt track sprint car racing is a dead end street.
In the days of real sprint car racing, reputations were made at Winchester, Salem and Dayton, not Bloomington, Kokomo and Gas City.
With usac eliminating all pavement racing, it makes usac championships even more irrelevant.
This fellow can, probably, be the usac champ for the next 10 or 20 years unless he can afford to buy his way up.
I wonder why his patron, Tony Stewart, hasn't helped him into a nascar pickup truck deal or something ????.... unless, of course, all he ever wants to be is a quarter mile, dirt track sprint car racer.
Originally Posted by racephoto1:
Sad part is Levi gets unnoticed by everyone. You hear about all the drivers getting attention, Larson , Windom, Clauson, etc. Levi is hardly uttered, and he's the toughest thing going, Champ dirt champ and Sprint car champ.
Looks as though he may not have a lot of flash, he's been the hottest thing going in the last month. Being consistent, and winning the big money shows sure paid off, but nobody ever noticed.
Congrats Levi, you earned it.
That's how I see it too. Levi is pretty much under the radar when you are talking about a now 7 time USAC champ (sprints and SC). He seems to go pretty much unnoticed at times. If I was running for a title, that is the guy I would put in the car. He wins and he knows when to "settle" and not drive over his head and wad up equipment. He is not the only driver that has that driving style, but he seems to be the best at it. Those drivers that drive balls out 100% of the time are fun to watch, but they aren't champions.
Levi really deserves a look to move up if he wants to. A 7 time USAC champ deserves it IMO.
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