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[barneyoldfield]

Any update, struggling to find anything

[blue by you]

don't know if the track is going to give results on here.......need flash49.  

[Benny K]

Heard the racing was good. Around 15 crates, 8 or 9 mods , 20+ 4 cylinders a dozen or so in both stock classes. Guy I talked to left before features for work. Rain delayed the start.

[blue by you]

yeah lots of cars lots fans track was smooth an fast. they still have some things to work out but i think the track has a real good future. the payouts great too todd weldon won his heat an the feature in pro stock picking up $500 for the win. thats a good purse

[Benny K]

Who won the other features?

Edited by Benny K, 19 May 2019 - 06:50 PM.

[Sparkler]

Wow $500 for the pure stocks. Glad to see somebody is paying a decent purse. Congrats on the win Todd.

[blue by you]

Wow $500 for the pure stocks. Glad to see somebody is paying a decent purse. Congrats on the win Todd.

yeah, there running 5 divisons....crates.....$750...e-modes....$600...pro stocks......$500.. ..pure stocks...$300....4cyls...$250 you can't beat those payouts.

[honeybadger1]

for their first night (in I don't know how long) it was a great time!  Track was racey and fast and well lit all around it seemed.  They have some bugs to work out, sure, but overall a great experience.  Only a matter of time until they start sucking cars from PPMS.

[Sparkler]

Didn't PMS have 9 or 10 this past Saturday? Most of those guys that go there live right down the road or very close to it. Don't see them driving clear to Latrobe.

[honeybadger1]

Didn't PMS have 9 or 10 this past Saturday? Most of those guys that go there live right down the road or very close to it. Don't see them driving clear to Latrobe.

 

Yeah, that's a good point, hard to say.  Car counts were similar at both tracks.  I know a lot of people don't care for the Miley's and how they conduct business but it is an awesome track.  Latrobe's payout is better and if you wreck, you have less of a chance of totaling the car and your season versus PPMS..

[Express Man]

Latrobe...if ran correctly will finish off Roaring knob.....PMS.....And Maybe Lerrnerville if they ran Superlatemodels!  Hope all goes well for them and they can run a few Super shows to test the Waters.  Allways was my Favorite Track!

[Hatorade]

Latrobe...if ran correctly will finish off Roaring knob.....PMS.....And Maybe Lerrnerville if they ran Superlatemodels!  Hope all goes well for them and they can run a few Super shows to test the Waters.  Allways was my Favorite Track!

How would they finish off Lernerville when they run a different night? That is a stretch by any means. But, I think you meant Dog Hollow.

 

The smart thing to do would be to work with another track or 2 and rotate in the super lates. The super late fields are getting thinned out.

[Benny K]

Results from their facebook, as I know a lot of people don't use it.

 

Crate Lates

33L Rich Logan

K2 John Over

47 Brandon Lott

17 Russell Baird

T2 Tanner Hauger

 

 

E Mods

33 josh Ferry

T2 Greg Hauger

73c Bill Pluta Jr

18D Bruce Driestadt

26 Jamie Kohan

 

Pro Stocks

45w Todd Weldon

18 Marty Spade Jr

4ord Ray Hickock Jr

12 Ryan Newman

948 Joey Zambotti

 

Pure Stocks

100 Anthony Monteparte

62 John Redshaw

77 Ej Rozak

17 Josh Ferry

x3 Greg Taylor

 

4 cylinders

717 Matthew Weltz

210 Dylan BUrkett

95D Tood Detrick

39 Brian Noel

62k Jeremy Grubs

 

12 Crate Lates, 9 Mods, 10 Pro Stocks, 15 Pure Stocks, 21 4 cylinders. Honestly not bad for a first time go. 

Edited by Benny K, 21 May 2019 - 08:37 AM.

[TCM29]

Running past midnight after being closed for so long was not a good move. I live over five miles away and could hear them in my bedroom at 12:30 AM. Personally, I don't mind, but I'm not so sure about other Unity Twp residents. I wish them the best, but it will be hard to compete with Jennerstown giving away free tickets. 

[barneyoldfield]

Thanks
Benny K
Appreciate the update
I’m not cool enough to be face plate

[realgearhead5y]

Didn't PMS have 9 or 10 this past Saturday? Most of those guys that go there live right down the road or very close to it. Don't see them driving clear to Latrobe.

 

I was at PPMS on Saturday and it was shocking how few cars and fans were there..........I can remember when the pits were full and the stands 3/4 full........week after week ........

 

Where has everyone gone......is racing dying........??  Sure there will always be the die hards who love it but that is a minority not a majority...

[Racer17L]

Funny I was thinking the exact same thing this weekend. Lernerville had bad car counts for various reasons, I think there were like 8 Pro Stocks at Thunder Mountain, PPMS had low counts, Knob had 8 total cars, Latrobe did well for an opening week but most divisions were around 10 cars. Sharon seems to be the only track really packing them in anymore. So yeah you have to wonder if the support is there for Western PA as a whole/if there are too many tracks around for the available cars. Its sad. Its definitely like watching something you love slowly die. The old guys like me 40-55 just arent being replaced by 18-25 year old gear heads like in the past.

[old man d]

realgearhead5y, I can also remember those days. Back then PPMS always had something going like bring in Kyle Petty to meet the fans. The place was fan and racer friendly, that's one reason the pits were full and had a lot of fans. Fast forward just look at the place needs a lot of work and was let go! Started treating the drivers poorly made comments like if you don"t like it here race somewhere else. I"ll still go to PPMS but only special races so I guess I"m in the minority.

[Benny K]

Latrobe had a rain delay, that's one reason things ran late.

 

Too many divisions in western PA. Plus, all of these tracks opening back up at the same time has to be strain too many choices.

[Walt Wimer]

BennyK....100% correct!!!!   Both are problems  Late week no track except for Stateline had more than 13 Late Models!!  (No count on Eriez as rained out after a couple of heats.  And 7 tracks had 12 or less Street Stocks.  PPMS 8 and Hummingbird 7!!

 

GOOD RACING TO ALL!!!

 

Walt