August 20 Michigan Memories
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Destroying Weekly Racing From the Inside
Local and Regional Short Track Racing
Can't argue with reason
Humpy tells the truth
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NASCARwas popular when it wasn't nationwide. The south owned NASCAR for the most part and it was in the south that the romance started and where it ended. Once NASCAR followed the wagon trails west so too did it leave the romance behind.
Humpy has some great ideas but nothing compared to the love affair people had with NASCAR when it was a southern dominated sport. Much like the NHL's failure to romance southern fans, people love a sport where it's roots are at, you can't transplant NASCAR no more than you can the NHL.
Bobby Dale Earnhardt gets DUI
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You're only guilty when you get caught but, we all make mistakes, lord knows I've hugged that yellow line a time or two. Pay the fine and don't do it again...moving alone...
Austin Dillon to sub for Tony Stewart at Michigan International Speedway
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Well saddle up them ponies, we's headin' to the big rodeo...yee haw! Silver spoons, silver spoons...,
ARCA series heading to dirt track of the Illinois State Fairgrounds
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Well Johnny Mack,
ARCA restarts in a single file, when the 3rd place car jumped the green flag with 5 laps remaining, the 4th place car assumed the greenflag dropped and followed the 3rd place car to the outside. The 3rd place car obviously passed the 1st place carbefore the start line but, it wasn't apparent (on TV)that the 4th place car also advanced a position on the 2nd place car before thegreen flag dropped. Therefore, both 3rd and 4th place restarters were black flagged.
Now, those of us watching on TV knew 3rd place was black flagged, it was obvious he jumped the start. But, what you couldn'tsee on TV and, even the announcers and fansdidn't catch it was the 4th place car also jumping the restart and advancing a position.
So, to the TV viewer, the announcers, and EVEN the Grandstand audience saw the 4th place car take the green flag andovercome 2nd place in one straight-away and, with one lap remaining pulled a bump-and-run on 1st place coming out of turn 4 for the checkers. The crowd went wild, the announcers were nearly peeing themselves with excitement, and I was hoopin' and hollerin' on my couch "WOW! What a race!"
However, when the cars came back around the original 1st place car stopped at the flag stand, took the flag, and did his victory lap, while the rest of us at home, in the stands, and holding microphones were left scratching our heads wondering what happened.
It was all explained shortly that both the 3rd and 4th place cars jumped the restart.
With about 10 laps to go there was another great pass by the eventual 2nd place car, and rookie driver, but he got over anxious and went into the turn too hard and slid high (see center photo) allowing the eventual winner #15to take the lead.
I hope this explains it, if not, I can go over it again.
ARCA series heading to dirt track of the Illinois State Fairgrounds
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If you missed last night tape-delayed coverage of the ARCA race at the Illinois State Fairground 1-mile dirt track, you missed a lot!!! Late race bump and pass, door to door lead changes, 3-wide racing (on dirt no doubt), exciting last lap finish where it was anybody's race, and the a surprise ending with the "winner" being black-flagged handing the victory to Brennan Poole for his second straight win.
Next race...again, on dirt...
| August 25th | Herr's Live Life With Flavor 200 | Madison Int'l Speedway | 200 Laps | Tape delayed on NBC Sports Network August 29 at 11 PM ET |
ARCA series heading to dirt track of the Illinois State Fairgrounds
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One of my pastplatoon members (soldier)fromFort Braggand friend, Chad York, Race Director for ARCA rookie driver Bill Catania, text me last night and said NBC Sports interviewed him at the track, he thinks theinterview will be aired in the tape-delay race Aug. 15 at 11pm on NBCSports channel.
Spread the word about this airing of the ARCA race on NBC, the more that tune in the greater the chance NBC will continue to air the tap-delayed ARCA races. NBC is airing 4 races this season on a trial bases.
If you have a DVR go to your search option type in "Auto Racing" INSTEAD of "ARCA Racing" if you're having trouble finding the channel to record.
You can also keep up on the ARCA series by visiting and saving their site website. Read last night recap here for the dirt race at Illinois State Fairgrounds. http://www.arcaracing.com/news.php?contentid=16158
ARCA series heading to dirt track of the Illinois State Fairgrounds
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Steve, thanks for sharing the photos and yes, especially the one from Northern Kentucky, really captures the era, it's like bulls entering the arena.