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There seems to be a misconception that fans who elected to sit out 2020 and watch on PPV are somehow trying to interfere with you going to the races.  I'm staying home and watching on PPV because of my age and my own health concerns and am not lobbying to shut down racing in order to fuck you or anyone else over.  To the contrary, I don't feel safe going so I want the season to continue so I can keep enjoying all this racing in the comfort of home.  To blame fellow racing fans and suggest that we are out to ruin things for you or anyone else is delusional.

Stan Meissner

There are some on here that have said there shouldn't be any racing in PA.  That is wrong and always will be wrong let the people decide if they want to go to the races.  We have lost a lot of our freedoms and some of those freedoms will never come back.  

I never said you were that person.  I understand if you don't want to risk going.  We have a very bad governor and he is trying to control the whole state even though most of the cases in PA are in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas.  That is wrong. Most of the deaths in PA are at  his feet since he  mandated the  nursing homes take in Covid19 patients.  He should be in jail for murder.  

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Prove it...

Just look at all your post they weren't all just reacting to other people.  Your are wrong again...what else is new?

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YOU are the one who starts political debates

In fact, every time you post there is political comment about Reagan at the bottom

You're asking me to prove your point? it doesn't work that way

Go back to some posts if you want to prove your point. I don't think you can

There's approximately one metric fuckton of mental masturbation in these COVID-19 related threads.....

One metric fuckton?   LMAO

You keep believing that.... everyone on here knows the truth.

I can't help we havn't had a good president since Ronald Reagan until now.  That is apart of my signature and that is not changing...get over it.

Let's go Sprint Car Racing!

Knoxville - Best Track In the USA!
Eldora - 2nd Best Track in the USA!

I live in Minnesota so I'm out of touch with Pennsylvania politics but I watched Kyle Larson win an exciting All Star Feature in the closing laps from Williams Grove last night on Floracing.  Here in Minnesota tracks have more restrictions than anything I'm seeing in televised races from that part of the country.  Jackson just shut down for the rest of the season due to the restrictions, some haven't opened and a few others are struggling.  It looked to me based on last night and a few other races I have watched from PA that you've got it pretty good out there and we appreciate being able to tune in.  I wouldn't get so worked up about a sport and things that are out of our control.  It's not good for you to let those things eat at you so much.

Stan Meissner

I wish I had a dollar for every post you have made a post about your age and health concerns since the virus started. I could buy some good beer for a change. Just kidding, you blab a bunch but you don't seem to be a hypocrite. Good luck with your health hopefully you'll get to see a live race again in your life.

I have seen that misconception a lot this year especially on facebook in a number of the groups that I am part of. I have seen quite a few people get chastised for not attending or saying they will watch it on PPV to be safe. I have NOT once seen anyone say "I am staying home and I want everyone else too because if I can't go then no one should." Many cases its exactly people in the situation that you have stated yourself, looking out for your own health and you yourself have never made myself or anyone feel guilty about attending a race ourselves. Just stated your position which is a fair, rational one.

I have an older friend who is 58 (met through his wife who I used to work with at my old job 6-7years ago) who is taking your same position as he has had heath issues the past couple years. Myself and a couple others went to our first race of the year a couple weeks ago at Fremont for Speedweek and out of respect, just invited him just to ask. He simply said no thanks and for us to have fun, he just did not want to compromise it and it was not worth the risk for him. He did not say that he thought we were fools for going and no one told him that he needed to get over this and live his life. We have worn masks at 3 of the races due to not being able to distance ourselves from the rest of the crowd and not once did we feel like we had succumbed to some govt whatever, nor was our freedom taken, nor was I being told what to do, my balls stayed the same size, I did not feel less of a man or human. I simply took it off after we got to the car and went on about my boring life. Whatever restrictions happen in any state is out of my hands. I have written to my reps as far as how I feel about it but that is about all I can do. I don't think the chains or the concentration camps will be getting setup anytime soon. If races do happen and I'm able to attend I'll do so as I see fit and don't hold any ill will from anyone who wishes to watch at home as it probably is the safest way to go about it. Hope you and your family stay healthy Stan

You must be living in a cave then.  That was all you heard for months from people on here to people that I have talked to personally.  All they wanted people to do is be like sheep.  I was just talking to someone today and said I might be going to the races tonight and that was the wrong thing to say.  He said, I don't care about people.

It was if you go here or there you don't care about others.  That is total BS.  That is what everyone is still peddling today.  I hate this new normal.

When tracks opened up memorial day weekend.  I could go on and on.  People are losing it over Covid19.  Yes,it is happening but let's all use common sense.

Let's go Sprint Car Racing!

Knoxville - Best Track In the USA!
Eldora - 2nd Best Track in the USA!

You talked to one person who gave you some shit. So what? Its fine. You'll still get to do what you want to do, and so do they. You seem to be wound tighter than a golf ball. Try to relax a little.

Don't live in a cave at all, house in suburban Columbus with plenty of neighbors of all walks of life whom I have talked to during this whole thing. My life has basically gone unphased during this outside of the occasional eating a resturant from time to time & going to the track. I had a cookout last month and attended some prior to Memorial day and some people decided to not show up because of the health and no one said anything negative on either side. I am not sure if I believe your story or really anything you say as you tend to be super sensitive especially when someone has a different point of view as you. You always end up going into a little hissy fit if someone says something contradictiory to you opinion and have this weird psychological disorder where you feel everything you believe is fact just because you say so and go off the deep end every single time a person disagrees with you. If a random person or someone I knew were to give me a "look" or tell me that I did not care about people I would probably just laugh and go on about my day as opposed to having a fit since I learned a long time ago to not to have delicate feelings. I would suggest seeking some counciling because all of this anger & complaining every single time government or covid comes up isn't healthy. If people are really saying you don't care about people most likely it is because of some other reason. Granted you know I am someone on the political side that you hate and despise and is apparently trying to spy on your every action and blah blah blah but if you were going to a race, the beach, FL, Texas, North Dakota I wouldn't care hell go have fun enjoy yourself just be a little careful for yourself. Going to those places doesn't mean that you don't care about people, sneezing into your hand a proceeding to touch the produce in the grocery store after testing positive means you don't care about people. Quit letting things both you so much like words from strangers.

" People are losing it over Covid19. "

True. Losing their lives, 140,000 in the good ole USA so far & still counting

But all you care about is lap times...

I'm not looking to pick a fight with you or anything.  However, I don't understand why people are getting so worked up about this?  And that's on both sides of it.  Looking through Facebook is comical to me, in one post you see how people hate the lockdown and life is going to hell because of it.  Then the next post talks about how Trump is responsible for killing thousands of Americans and should be tried for murder because he didn't take this serious enough when it started.  Here's what I do know, I don't envy any of our leaders right now because it doesn't matter what decision is made, it's going to piss off a whole bunch of people.  

But the reason I commented about this is, I make statements like this all the time to people, and I do it as a joke and so far I think everyone has understood it's a joke.  So when people say they are going somewhere and don't wear a mask, I say the same thing along the lines of "You don't care about other people" or "Yeah millions of people are going to die but as long as you don't have to wear a mask, right?" or "Fucking Trump supporters."  On the other side of it, if people say they're concerned about it I say "You really should become a republican, the virus doesn't affect republicans".  Obviously neither of these sayings are how I feel, they're both extreme.  I just find it funny how wearing a mask has become political.  But maybe this person said this to you as a joke?

Attention please. All the so called experts on all sides of this ridiculous debate taking place on a racing forum, which happens to be my last bastion of sanity and normalcy during this time of turmoil, could y'all please take this shit back on Twittier or Faceplant where the rest of the experts are?  I personally found Twittier debates to be more visceral since there is a 280 character limit to slander the opposing party so the attacks and analysis were much broader and simple for such a complex set of issues.

As for the racing, I'm still waiting for the Ian Madsen split reasons to drop and watching Larson be Larson.

Lefty... just stop! Stay home wear your mask and enjoy your life but take your fear mongering BS somewhere else.