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[Walt Wimer]

     Some on here from time to time bash Max for picking an easy schedule even though the Stateline-Eriez circuit is maybe the strongest two track circuit in area Late Model racing.    Besides full time WoO runners Chub Frank and Boom Briggs, and regular traveler Mason Ziegler, Blair is the only Late Model driver from the western PA area on hand for the World Finals at Charlotte!!  And the only one of the four who races weekly shows!!    Doesn't look like cherry picking to me!!! 

 

    And BTW, the are four area Modified drivers in Charlotte for the World Finals, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Rick Regalski, J R McGinley and Ralph McBride.   Better showing than either the Sprints or Later Models!!

 

    No favorite drivers here, just call 'em as I see 'em!!     GOOD LUCK TO ALL "OUR"  DRIVERS IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROWS RACES!!

 

 

 GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!

 

Walt

[DavyLee2]

Great Info Walt

Go get em guys!

[jo73]

May be up for the finals Saturday Walt

[Walt Wimer]

Wish I could be there but at 77 the feet and knees just don't go along with the program anymore!!!

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt

[RocketRide]

Did you ever consider that not a lot of drivers can make that much of a trip for a 3 day deal due to work personal commitments,not to mention expense,im sure if guys could do it they would,who wouldn't?

[Walt Wimer]

VERY TRUE!!!!!    That has always been the case for just about anyone other than the full time "professionals" such as Dale Blaney, Chub Frank, Danny Holtgraver and Tim Shaffer, etc. And granted,Max Blair is pretty close to fitting into that group other than he does not race with a touring series!!

 

GOOD RACING!!!!

 

Walt

[Walt Wimer]

Matt Sheppard won the big block Modified race at Charlotte tonight, his 11th win of the year.

 

DRIVERS OF LOCAL INTEREST:

 

Mat Williamson...11th

J R McGinley  21st   (Won a Last Chance race to make the feature)

Erick Rudolph  24th

Dave Blaney  26th

 

Shingledecker, Regalski and McBride failed to move up from the Last Chance races.

 

No results yet from the Sprint Cars or Late Model races.

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt

[Mod Pro]

Awesome... thanks for the update Walt... look forward to other results

[cats442]

69 Late models.  Richards wins again followed by Madden and Lanigan. Tough field, I don't think Davenport qualified and Blair was 4th in his last chance race.

[Walt Wimer]

SPRINT CARS.......Jason Johnson wins over Logan Schuchart and Donny Schatz

 

Dale Blaney  4th...led for a while but faded at the end

 

Dave Blaney  16th

 

Tim Shaffer  21st

 

LATE MODELS...........Josh won his 18th of the year for a new WoO season record!!  Chris Madden and Darrell Lanigan 2-3

 

Chub 23rd

 

Boom 30th

 

Jason Covert  20th

 

Blair and Ziegler 4th and 3rd in Last chance races (3) but only top transferred to main

 

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt

[jo73]

Interesting Logan getting a second place finish. This kid is going to be on many podiums before his career ends.

[jlandonl]

Hopefully he starts out next year the way he fished this year.

[bhhracing]

Max knew he couldnt run 50 laps with the big boys and win so he did one lap and pulled it in to go home.

[racefan62]

Max actually hurt the motor in the "B" main. The decision was made to pull in early, to save the motor.

[jo73]

Max is down there running with the best of the best and a comment is made. AMAZING. Maybe Davenport not making the show was because he has garbage equipment too.

[bhhracing]

Davenport could really care less about making the show. That was his last race with the 6 team.

[starboyshady]

Who said max has garbage equipment ? He has the best money can buy . Yeah , his outdated XR-1 is so outdated that it's amazing that it even turns left !! Poor guy

[Walt Wimer]

SATURDAY RESULTS:

 

SPRINT CARS:  Tim Shaffer 11th, Dale Blaney 17th, Dave Blaney 21st.............Winner, Donny Schatz for the 25th time this year!!

 

LATE MODELS:   Chub Frank 16th, Boom Briggs 30th, Max Blair 31st. (1st car out)    Jason Covert  3rd in a Last Chance race and only took two.  Mason Ziegler 7th in Last Chance race.  Winner: S,Carolina driver Chris Madden.

 

MODIFIEDS:   None of our guys made the main.  Rick Regalski and Jermiah Shingledecker 5th & 7th in one of the Last Chance races.  Ralph McBride further back.  J R McGinley broke in heat and done for the night.

                        Mat Williamson 17th, Dave Blaney  19th, Erick Rudolph 25th.   Matt Sheppard won to sweep the weekend.

 

                       164 cars   69 Late Models, 49 Sprint Cars, 46 Modifieds....Remember the Late Models had local cars to draw from where the Sprints and Mods did not. 

 

Wish I had better news, but it is what it is!!!  (Fellow AARN writer Chuck Bollinger as on hand and should have more in his column this week!!)

 

GOOD RACING!!!

 

Walt 

[jo73]

As always Walt. Thanks for posting the information.

[scruffy1a]

     Some on here from time to time bash Max for picking an easy schedule even though the Stateline-Eriez circuit is maybe the strongest two track circuit in area Late Model racing.    Besides full time WoO runners Chub Frank and Boom Briggs, and regular traveler Mason Ziegler, Blair is the only Late Model driver from the western PA area on hand for the World Finals at Charlotte!!  And the only one of the four who races weekly shows!!    Doesn't look like cherry picking to me!!! 

 

 

If I recall correctly, it was said that it didn't make financial sense for Max Blair to go to the Firecracker for several reasons, buying special tires and it being a multi-day show among them.  Can anyone explain why it made sense to do that very thing, several hundred more miles from home, at a show that pays much less?  Not jagging, just curious.