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[714d]

If anyone needs a deck i suggest the legend on here. top of the line stuff. rumor is he is building one for bloomquist.

I would think he would finish the deck on he and suhoney's summer home before he took on any more big projects

[bhhracing]

I would think he would finish the deck on he and suhoney's summer home before he took on any more big projects

is that really his girl?

[TheLegend]

is that really his girl?

Lol right ..... And I make all of the set up decisions for jimmy Owens .... Is the hoe down going down this weekend or what ??? I know at least 650 people coming this week if its happening !!!!

[#1Cgeislerfan]

i guess they lowered it to 200 likes now ::

[R.Lewis]

I would think he would finish the deck on he and suhoney's summer home before he took on any more big projects

I KNEW IT ! finally, the secret is out, the legend and suhoney are "in a relationship". why dont they keep their disagreements in the home ? maybe they need conseling. instead, they argue on racestud. well, maybe that is how they keep life interesting. ewwww.

[Walt Wimer]

I don't have a dog in this fight and way too old for Facebook, so not going to comment on such!! However, a much more important topic is what's going to happen to the Stock Car classes at local tracks?? Outside of Lernerville the class is in trouble almost everywhere. Car counts two weeks ago: Pittsburgh 11 Sharon 15 Mercer 8 Raceway 7 13 Roaring Knob 15 Bedford 14 McKean County 11 America's Raceway Park 15 Motordrome 7 Lernerville (24) and Eriez (21) were the only ones to break 20 cars!! (Note: No car counts on Stateline or Marion Center as those two tracks only list the top ten finishers in their press releases.) As I see it the biggest problem is way too many support classes!! 10-20 years ago the Stock Cars/Street Stocks were on the bottom of the totem pole at most tracks. Now all those tracks have several other classes below them such as "strictly stocks" and Mini-stocks. And at the same time guys can move up to the crate engine Late Models without too much more investment and run for bigger purses and a bunch of $1,200/$1,500 to win races in the area. Lernerville does well as they have no other support class. If you are a beginner or don't have the $$$ to run the top three classes and want to run Lernerville you have one choice, and they get 22-25 cars every week!! If I were running a track (which I would never do) I would drop a couple of classes and put all that money in the payoffs for the other classes!! I don't know what to do to turn things around for the stock car guys if the tracks don't change, but if things don't change, I see the class being history in 3-5 years. They have already been dropped at Dog Hollow and Sportsmans. It would be a shame for this to happen as the Stocks put on great racing at many area tracks. For example Saturday night at Sharon. Paul Davis won the race with ease, but there was a whale of a race for 2nd through 5th between Tim Burns, Mike Clark, Charlie Jasinski and Bryan Wagner. Hopefully things will improve car count wise all over the circuit!! GOOD RACING!!!! Walt

[Skull]

I don't have a dog in this fight and way too old for Facebook, so not going to comment on such!!


However, a much more important topic is what's going to happen to the Stock Car classes at local tracks?? Outside of Lernerville the class is in trouble almost everywhere.

Car counts two weeks ago:

Pittsburgh 11
Sharon 15
Mercer 8
Raceway 7 13
Roaring Knob 15
Bedford 14
McKean County 11
America's Raceway Park 15
Motordrome 7

Lernerville (24) and Eriez (21) were the only ones to break 20 cars!! (Note: No car counts on Stateline or Marion Center as those two tracks only list the top ten finishers in their press releases.)

As I see it the biggest problem is way too many support classes!! 10-20 years ago the Stock Cars/Street Stocks were on the bottom of the totem pole at most tracks. Now all those tracks have several other classes below them such as "strictly stocks" and Mini-stocks. And at the same time guys can move up to the crate engine Late Models without too much more investment and run for bigger purses and a bunch of $1,200/$1,500 to win races in the area. Lernerville does well as they have no other support class. If you are a beginner or don't have the $$$ to run the top three classes and want to run Lernerville you have one choice, and they get 22-25 cars every week!! If I were running a track (which I would never do) I would drop a couple of classes and put all that money in the payoffs for the other classes!! I don't know what to do to turn things around for the stock car guys if the tracks don't change, but if things don't change, I see the class being history in 3-5 years. They have already been dropped at Dog Hollow and Sportsmans. It would be a shame for this to happen as the Stocks put on great racing at many area tracks. For example Saturday night at Sharon. Paul Davis won the race with ease, but there was a whale of a race for 2nd through 5th between Tim Burns, Mike Clark, Charlie Jasinski and Bryan Wagner. Hopefully things will improve car count wise all over the circuit!!

GOOD RACING!!!!

Walt

Well written and spot on, Walt.

Edited by Skull, 14 May 2013 - 09:36 PM.

[Aron41D]

Stateline had 23 stocks walt.

[D1RT]

Pretty sure Marion Center had 23 super lates , 20 steel block lates, and 20 street stocks. Blaz can confirm....

Edited by D1RT, 15 May 2013 - 03:18 AM.

[friends with everybody]

I'm guessing the hoedown is a no go. Time to change the car for mercer.

[RebelYell 10]

I'm guessing the hoedown is a no go. Time to change the car for mercer.

Go "Like" that photo... it's down to 40-some likes needed!

[Space Racer]

Lernerville has S&S building cars for the divisions, and Marion Center has Dave Kline doing the same. That's probably a reason there are better counts there also, there is a local car builder for the class.

[friends with everybody]

Go "Like" that photo... it's down to 40-some likes needed!

Been there done that

[TheLegend]

They need more adjectives to describe the event ... Maybe like the " the hoedown showdown blow now in buck town !!! They could also help the stands by selling coke , weed and pain pills since people are forced to bring their own now !!! They also need to eliminate BYOB in the parking lot before and after the races .... And maybe allow some of those " stand pigs" to set up shop in small tents under the main grand stands to offer " services "

[Paul55]

[quote name='friends with everybody' date='May 15 2013, 08:24 AM' post='365489']
I'm guessing the hoedown is a no go. Time to change the car for mercer.
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The voting is over at noon today lmao! It is a joke.
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[W.O.T 3 WIDE]

Gotta be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of, there is no special planned for this week.. just run the damn race..

[scruffy1a]

Go "Like" that photo... it's down to 40-some likes needed!

That's almost 5 "likes" an hour; definitely a success. For garnering so many "likes" and creating so much traffic on the PPMS Facebook page, I'm certain the sportsman division will be rewarded with their Hoedown Showdown this Saturday. Surely they won't deny the racers this opportunity (They're racers themselves, you know.) for coming up 40-some likes short by the arbitrarily set closing of the polls. Way to go racing community!

Don't forget to buy a burger and beer - they're sold at Allegheny County bargain basement prices!

[Paul55]

Facebook says its a go for the ho down!

[bustedknuckle10]

Lernerville has S&S building cars for the divisions, and Marion Center has Dave Kline doing the same. That's probably a reason there are better counts there also, there is a local car builder for the class.

You don't have to by a chassis to race in this division. You can build your own and still be competitive.
The dollars you save by building your own can be spent for other things. Same goes for building the engine. It's not rocket science all it takes is to pay attention to detail and a basic know-how.

[bhhracing]

Facebook says its a go for the ho down!

Who you kidding, it was a GO no matter what. All the free publicity they got, it was a PR stunt. Mercer will still get more cars JMO.

Edited by bhhracing, 15 May 2013 - 07:20 PM.