DarwinsBeagle

 

And Jerry also drove a race car, a big block mod and a street stock, both purple and numbered 48 if I remember correctly.

Jerry was a race car driver,

He drove so god damned fast.

This is not necessarily a Lernerville-specific response, so keep that in mind.

Again, everyone complains about the expense of lightweight engine components, oppressively expensive/ultra adjustable shocks, data recording & gathering, titanium this, titanium that...but lobbies for the the exact track conditions that these components are favorable and designed for.

I don't get it.  Isn't racing about going fast?  If you want to reduce costs, doesn't it make sense to reduce the need for the toothpick tie rod ends, tin foil spindles, lightweight (read: expensive) rotational components, hyper sensitive shocks, etc.?

Keeping the water truck maintained also helps with the dust, which better attracts the new fan, the casual fan and the wife/gf of the hardcore fan.  You know...the exact group of people who EVERY track owner wants to attract and who push a losing or breakeven night into a profitable night.

If we all want dirt track racing to exist for generations to come, the worst thing that can happen is to let the inmates run the asylum.  Though we like to put racers on pedestals, they are rarely looking past the "ends of their hoods".  They looking out for themselves and what affects them immediately, not the overall and long-term health of dirt track racing.

Hell, the most fun I ever had as a driver was on tacky surfaces.

Fire away with your insults and name calling.  However, I know what keeps my wife and I away more and more.  I go to fewer and fewer races every year.  At this point, I don't ever care if I am not at a dirt track every single Friday and Saturday night anymore.  If it keeps the most hardcore fans away after 4 1/2 decades of being at a dirt track in some capacity, I assure you that it keeps away people with lesser interest than us.

Excellent!  Thanks as I could not make it last night.

................Cmon, get past the cheated up motors. It's a worn out beat to death argument.

Been to upstate NY lately to see the 602 crate sportsman class?  Hardly an argument that is beat to death.