Bombshell by @Sye_Lynch24 announcing that #TheApolloRocket Ed Lynch Jr. is retired and Sye will be the new pilot of the iconic Lynch #2L!
The Apollo Rocket hangs it up; Sye will take over the 2L
Started by SprintFun, Mar 12 2016 11:48 PM
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#1
Posted 12 March 2016 - 11:48 PM
#2
Posted 13 March 2016 - 12:05 AM
Sye made the announcement at the Lernerville banquet tonight. For 2016 Lernervile will be loosing Lynch, Lynn Geisler and Carl Murdick!!! Thanx for the memories guys, the best in all you do!!
GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!
Walt
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#3
Posted 13 March 2016 - 06:48 AM
Was fun watching all those guys.
#4
Posted 13 March 2016 - 10:19 AM
Now those are legends
#5
Posted 13 March 2016 - 01:21 PM
Hard to believe all three are retired. Watched them turn many a lap at the area tracks.
#6
Posted 13 March 2016 - 02:24 PM
Still gonna be some heavy duty Friday nights at the 'ville this year. Had heard the Rocket was retiring, makes sense he'd put Sye in better equipment. Sye will get better faster in the 2L than in the cars he had been driving.
#7
Posted 13 March 2016 - 04:50 PM
It was time. He's not the driver he once was.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
#9
Posted 14 March 2016 - 06:20 AM
As good as ED you say .... Ed is one of the best to ever race a sprint car in this area ... You can't take the few races this Sye has run and conclude he will be as good as Ed ... Never mind race stud people pull that shit all the time
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#10
Posted 14 March 2016 - 02:46 PM
I agree Legend. Sye has barely shown the promise that everyone hyped him up to be. To start comparing him to Ed already is ludicrous.
#11
Posted 14 March 2016 - 08:55 PM
It was time. He's not the driver he once was.
True - but, if you saw Ed beat Schatz in that dash at the Silver Cup race last year, he looked like he still had plenty left in the tank. Was a real shame he broke the motor that night. Would've been cool to see him make one last run.
80's, 90's, 2000's for Western PA sprint car racing were great years - Lynch, Cassella, Felmlee, Hawley, George, Smith....all these guys are now retired. The kids running around here now have some damn big shoes to fill.
#12
Posted 15 March 2016 - 01:30 AM
Give them a few years of seat time each and they will fill them. That's the key, seat time. Legend, don't sell Sye short. Give him 4 or 5 years of seat time and he'll be taking checkers with regularity. I won't make any guesses as to championships, because guys like AJ Flick and Carl Bowser and a few others will get a piece of that action, but Sye will win his share of features over the years.
#13
Posted 15 March 2016 - 02:54 AM
I'm not selling anyone short .... Winning some features doesn't make you ex lynch . He's been one of the best around for 30 years ... You need to wait about 10-15 yeas before making those statements
#14
Posted 15 March 2016 - 08:52 AM
True - but, if you saw Ed beat Schatz in that dash at the Silver Cup race last year, he looked like he still had plenty left in the tank. Was a real shame he broke the motor that night. Would've been cool to see him make one last run.
80's, 90's, 2000's for Western PA sprint car racing were great years - Lynch, Cassella, Felmlee, Hawley, George, Smith....all these guys are now retired. The kids running around here now have some damn big shoes to fill.
I also saw him stick a wheel into a guy in the infield and cry in victory lane because the other driver dared race him at Lernerville. He's done, and had the sense to realize it. I give him a ton of credit for that.
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My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
#15
Posted 15 March 2016 - 09:27 AM
Winning dash at an outlaw show against the most dominate driver nationally in the last 15 years .. He's done !!! Couldn't drive a fukin nail now !!! Should probably slam his dick in a steel door them play Russian roulette with a fully loaded . 357 ... You people are so god awful fuking stupid , I honestly don't know how the fuk you even know to look both ways Before crossing the street
#16
Posted 15 March 2016 - 09:45 AM
Winning dash at an outlaw show against the most dominate driver nationally in the last 15 years .. He's done !!! Couldn't drive a fukin nail now !!! Should probably slam his dick in a steel door them play Russian roulette with a fully loaded . 357 ... You people are so god awful fuking stupid , I honestly don't know how the fuk you even know to look both ways Before crossing the street
Seriously?
Yeah, maybe he has one or two good races left in him, if he really wants it and is really focused and gives it everything he has, and gets really lucky, but he doesn't have it to go out and run every week with guys who want it more, and are willing to run him hard and close. AJ Flick scares him. AJ doesn't care who Ed thinks he is, he just races him, and Ed don't like that. He can't just go out and turn laps and expect everyone to get out of his way. He's done.
Edited by FanJim24, 15 March 2016 - 09:48 AM.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
#17
Posted 15 March 2016 - 10:01 AM
Your a fuking idiot . If he can beat Donny Schatz he sure as fuk isn't afraid of AJ Flick
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#18
Posted 15 March 2016 - 10:18 AM
Ok so Ed has raced for a long time, it's a grind ! Just maybe he just wants to relax a bit and concentrate on helping his son, ever think of that? To say that any driver is afraid of another driver is just down right stupid!
#19
Posted 15 March 2016 - 11:43 AM
Your a fuking idiot . If he can beat Donny Schatz he sure as fuk isn't afraid of AJ Flick
OK, well now I know why people don't like you so much on here. There's this little thing called adulthood, where people can disagree with each other and not get like you are. You should try it sometime.
I admire that he recognized something that some of us don't see. He made an ass of himself at Lernerville last year, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the process of coming to terms with maybe not having the same fire he once did. He had a good local career and I don't want to make a post railing on him just because a flame war is starting on a forum.
Edited by FanJim24, 15 March 2016 - 01:57 PM.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
#20
Posted 15 March 2016 - 02:11 PM
Ok so Ed has raced for a long time, it's a grind ! Just maybe he just wants to relax a bit and concentrate on helping his son, ever think of that? To say that any driver is afraid of another driver is just down right stupid!
Maybe so, or maybe not. Maybe it was just him realizing that he has lost a step or two.
My dad drove late models in the early 70's at North Hills, Butler, Mercer, Blanket Hill, and occasionally Tri City. We won the last late model track championship at Blanket Hill.
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