RocketChassis#1

Racing has changed and the days of Sunday night racing in southwestern PA is over. While Eriez/Tri-City seems to be OK up north, it doesn't seem to work anymore down here. Motordrome was successful in the 70's when Butch Overly owned it.But back them racing 3-4 nights a week was not unusual. When Bruce Rheinhart took over in the 80's he had a few good years but by the late 80's I guess he wasn't making much, otherwise he wouldn't have left in the middle of the night in September 1989. Roaring Knob ran Sunday's when they first opened for a couple seasons, but quickly switched to Saturday's the minute the lights were installed. Motordrome ran Sunday's the first season it was paved, but switched to Friday's the second season. Latrobe/Schmucker's tried Sunday's in 1980 and 1981 when J.R. Maguder and Jack Freeman ran the track, but neither lasted an entire season. When it reopened, neither promoter in the 90's-2000's had any luck on Sunday's. Both PPMS and I-79 tried Sunday night specials, but neither brought in great crowds. Racing on Sunday's isn't the ticket in southwest PA anymore.

I recall a few years ago when Lernerville jacked up all their prices on concessions for the Firecracker. Just covered up the posted prices with cardboard and the "new" prices. So this is nothing new.

Both the Blairs have run good at both Lernerville and PPMS. Robbie won a few LM features at Lernerville and one at PPMS in 2003, while Max won the first ever Fastrak race in 2009 at PPMS and ran well at some other Fastrak/RUSH tour races..

Pierce Sr., ran several Pittsburgher's and also finished 2nd in the 1996 Penn National, his best effort.

Shut up and Enough with the penny pinching panty pissing....If it's too much $ for you, wait for the press release, THEIR FREE!!! (the price is not going to change)

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Who are your favorites to win these 3 great shows?

I'd like to see Richards win, but it is so hard to bet against Bloomquist in 100 lap races. I see a local winning the Rush deal, Mollick has been on a roll, but most of the top five regulars have a pretty good shot. Chris Schnieder get around PPMS well and I see him or Todd Weldon taking the win.