Teamates, Melvin and Korte v. Voigt

racingfan54

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After reading all of the replies, I thought I would say something. I am confused about Hicks' reply. After reading it several times it didn't make sense to me. A critical thinker takes everything into mind and thinks it through and we can all tell by Hicks' view of the situation that he didn't think it through. He claims that he laid on top of his son to protect him as the guys beat the hell out of him and his son. But later in his story he watched as his wife was punched and he watched a guy beat now both of his kids for up to 10 minutes. Why didn't he protect them then? After reading Voigts story everything seemed to fall into place.

Sunday night I walked up to this altercation right as Melvin slammed his hand down on Voigt's hood and it seemed as if everything was calming down. But to my surprise everything was just starting as Korte walked up making a scene and an a** of himself. From my point of view Korte contributed heavily to the whole ordeal by running his mouth and being in Melvin's and Voigt's business. I used to really like Korte, and I still do as a driver, but as a person I have lost all respect for him after I saw him kick a guy in the side twice while he was on the ground. (what a cheap shot)
Who is the person that runs that track? He looks like Colonel Sanders. I think that he handled it very unprofessionally. He should have thrown all parties Melvin, Korte, and Voigt out of the races. As I was standing there I heard Colonel Sanders tell the Fayette County Sheriff that Voigt and Melvin were thrown out, but as I recall Melvin ran the feature cause he lost it on his own in corner #1. I guess it was favoritism at its best. Once again I have to hand it to you Colonel Sanders, what a great program you are running.
Like I said I still like Korte as a driver. He has something that everyone else wants, or wants to know what he is doing. At the beginning of the race the "fast pack" pulled away from him, he even lost positions. But on lap 20, after a caution his car took off and he was on a hard charge to the front. With the race track black and slick he had traction. He was even able to pull the left front off of the ground. It almost seemed as if he flipped a switch or someone pushed a button, it was very impressive. What ever Korte has put on that car makes him very fast.
 
Hmmm flipped a switch...pushed a button.... had traction.You wouldn't be suggesting.....nahh. I thought those things were all electronic.
 
There is nothing worse than a promoter that makes rules as he goes without following the rules that are laid out in black and white. This tends to lead to favortism. That is why there is a rule book. This keeps everyone on a level playing field. In this instance, a very serious one, Melvin, Korte & Voigt should have been all tossed out and not allowed to run. not just Voigt. Then the promoter should of got with all the partys and witnesses of this brawl and got the facts to decide if they would be allowed back at the track in the future. By leaving Melvin and Korte in and tossing Voigt out, when Melvin and Korte were in Voigt's pit was very wrong. That was a total disregard of the rule book. A promoter has responsibilities to put on a good show (ex...Show no favortism and provide a equal oportunity for the racers to compete and win), provide security for fans and racers (ex...when there is a chance of a fight happening to get security to the area fast...this started on the track, then went to the pits, and going by what Heck said lasted about 15 mins in the pits. Grounds for a law suit if you ask me for not providing security. Last but not least to give the fans a good show!!! ex...keeping the races moving, following the rules (not making up as you go).

The promoter had alot more to do with this situation than just the drivers and crews. He allowed it to happen. To get way out of control. Then didnt follow the rules he lays out and kick everyone involved. It is a shame that two young teens got caught up in this fiasco. But they shouldnt have been put in that situation. Alot of people here need to step up and take responsibility and stop blaming everyone else. Everyone was wrong! Promoter on down.

My point, taking responsibility should start at the top!!!
 
Hook Me Up!!!

For those of you who pay attention at race tracks. You can always tell whether a drivers has on a hard or soft tire especially on a black racetrack such as Brownstown on Sunday. Randy Korte never wiggled that car once under caution to keep heat in his tires and his brakes would probably started to boil fluid as long as that caution was. Lets play out situation two Randy gambled and went with a soft tire betting on cautions to keep tires cool. Well the tires were not there at the start of the race. Also along with that on a soft tire after that length run his tires probably would have blistered. One last thing why was he not spinning tires through very top or bottom of the race track to get the tires cooled off. When will UMP step up to the plate on this? They are really hurting the "low budget racer".

HOOK ME UP!!!
 




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