Recent content by laynejw

The whole thing felt dishonest to me. They didn't dope the tires, but they are responsible for it not being legal? Either come clean or stay silent. They don't owe anyone an explanation, but don't treat people like children either. I think a 6 month penalty is a little harsh too. I think...

Mr. Gundaker, You are correct as far as I can tell, but he is on the flier (along with Shannon Babb and Jimmy Mars) which usually indicates attendance. Not that it matters if they are there or not. Will be plenty of good cars in the pits I'm sure. John Layne

You would have to test way more than one tire to baseline any test results. That may indeed be the problem with the testing in the first place. You would have to test several to try to quantify the consistency of Hoosier's manufacturing process. And from my past experiences working on race...

This stuff annoys me. At a little track like Belleville you tear up wheels and body panels. You tear up chassis and motors at bigger places. If you don't like Belleville don't go. Saturday is a big show, but it happens every year. I've been waiting 8 years for tonight (ever since I first...

Seems logical to me. The house will be packed so they are charging the right amount (maybe even low). High demand begets high price. Now the fact that the crowd has been light on Fridays tells me that the 12 is too high.

"Involved" isn't the sort of word a lawyer would use unless they were trying to be vague. It is poor wording any way you look at it. It is a built-in intentional "grey" area.

1 -If you bring out the Yellow Flag you will go to the tail. If you are involved in the Yellow you will go to the tail. If you make contact in an accident and stop on the track you will go to the tail. If you spin, stop or are involved in accident on the 1st lap of any race you will go to the...

Also historically only stopping is cause for going to the back.

Historically once you show a lap car your nose they are fair game. The call was wrong for both the racers and the fans which is exactly what Billy Faust said in an admirably diplomatic way. I didn't care who won, but I wanted to see the finish and the best car/driver win. Officials should...

I like the way Jimmy is thinking :). Except that I fear the noise haters in Belleville would kill that wonderful place if they did. John Layne

That's why I said "used". :) Thanks for the info anyway. That was good enough news that it was worth hearing twice.

I always figured the Vegas reference was due to the awful redraw that used to happen there. I am not that old (or was in Kansas City at the time), but I hear that Belleville used to draw the top 12 for the feature. I always thought the pill draw after the pointless dash was a bit like pulling...

I think historically Granite City is one of the rougher tracks around. It hasn't been that way for some time (probably because of all the decay that went on before Mr. Gundaker took over), I remember my dad telling a story about having a gun pulled on them in the early eighties and rampant...

Don't get me wrong I'm a huge fan of Kevin's, but it seems to me that there are great car counts and pretty darn good spectator counts at Tri-City (when I was there it was way above the average racetrack). I wonder why in gods name they would mess up the great thing they are getting started. I...

Ruts don't make one laned race tracks. Racers not knowing how to run on rough racetracks anymore is what causes that. It also causes all the broken equiment. That and the fact that modern cars are way too light everywhere. This is dirt track racing. If you want glass smooth black surfaces...