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Awesome production. No issues. Great to see people in the stands. Great racing. Can't wait for tonight. 

Good racing last night between both Jackson and I55.  A driver I know from my home track started on the pole in the Late Model Feature and was doing pretty good in the top 10 until he spun.  He managed to bring it back up to the 14th spot in the last dozen or so laps. 

Tuned back into the Sprints during the B Main after watching hot laps and TT earlier before bailing to Jackson.  I really like that Dirtvision has opened up their Fast Pass to allow us to watch the Late Models and other events they cover for the $39.  That suddenly made it a good value worth getting.  A lot of those Sprint shows when they'd get to some parts of the country would be 18-20 or so cars so I'm glad they give options.  Also have Flo so next weekend I'll be watching the two day IRA show on Floracing.  A person couldn't even come close to attending all that racing live.  One other thing I need to remember to check out for a few minutest tonight is the USAC Midgets from that 1/8 mile in Tulsa.  Those races have to be exciting as well.  All this PPV came along at the right time for me as I have trouble talking myself into driving the 32 miles to the closest track.  Can't see the damn deer and have trouble with oncoming headlights these days so race chasing days are limited.

Stan Meissner

Schatz had to run a non qualifier race & use a Provisional??? Wonder when was the last time that happened???

revjimk  I think the Ford has the power but weight and distrubation and positioning of moter might be different..He made a good run from 25 to finish 8..It might be a tough year for him..Schuchart is doing very well with a XXX..

Schuchart is becoming one of the top dogs, & looks like Jacob Allen is improving too

Schatz's pill draw was the reason, the track was gone by the time he qualified. The last 10 cars that qualified in that group were 10 of the 11 slowest times- and schatz was the before last car to go in the group. Once you get put that far behind in such a quality field it's near impossible to make up. 

I am glad they changed the format this year for lineups for the rest of the night so he still had decent starting spots working his way up.  

Pevely was the goods last night.  Needed the extra track work.  It was hot and sunny all day.  Like a July day.  Work was worth it.  If it had stayed green for long stretch at end I think Marks would have won.  Took him a couple laps to get rolling.  
 

Larson obviously made a bad mistake from which he may never recover from a financial standpoint.  That being said he is one hell of a sprint car driver.  If he stays on dirt could well be an all time great.  

 "If he stays on dirt could well be an all time great. "

No doubt!

This is true but sweet was almost the last car to go out of his flight and he set fast time. Lap times going down almost every car out and he got it done. sweet is on his way or he really is now what donnie has been for years and I think that is going to continue . Donnie has definitely has come down from his pedestal since ricky left that is very evident. 

Shout out to Brent Marks if that race goes caution free after haud crashes or even the caution after that I got cash says he wins he was the best car in traffic and long runs. it took his car about 3 laps of green to come in.cautions killed him. Monster slider on sweet and two lapped cars in one corner was wild. 

Sweet was in the 2nd flight after they did track prep. Schatz went out next to last in the first flight when times were about 2 seconds slower from the first guy to the last. He had no chance.

Enjoyed both nights of racing. Fast as hell on Friday. Was a shame to see Sheldon get on his lid.. I think he was aiming to catch that 5th place car again. Hopefully Lake of Ozarks is just as good.  From the footage of the Shindig they had down on the Lake last weekend over Memorial Day Weekend they will be lucky if Missori isn't shut back down in a couple of weeks.

Someone asked Johnny Gibson that question on Twitter and the answer surprised me.....it was last year during the California swing.   Silver Dollar I think. 

Got to enjoy Pevely for a first time this weekend and man, is that place awesome. I've never been one to mess with hearing protection or dust protection, but if there's a track that's needed it, it was Pevely. Not saying in a negative fashion but it is incredibly loud and dusty given how close you sit.

The track is just awesome though and it's well worth it. It's such a cool track. I could go on for a while but it's just incredible the sense of speed you get there. Amazing that the guys can run that hard and not have yellows/reds every lap. 

A great and stout field made things that much better. There were some negatives but they're so small in compared to the positives iIll let it be. Was pretty disapppointed to see the track after the first qualifying session on Saturday but they were at least able to fight through and bring it back for a good feature.

Seriously it's probably one of the coolest tracks I've been to. Gets in my top 5 for sure.

sad but true...

But if the season ever picks up again, he might prove us wrong...

Yea, I was pulling for him too..

It was amazing that Kyle could beat the best guys in the world with the jacobs ladder torn up in his car.  He did it early and said it took him a few laps to figure out that he just had to drive it as hard as it would go, as if he was going to take it easy....., to get it to turn.  You can see it on the highlights video when he had to get off the gas it laid over and got tight.  The kid is an amazing talent that doesn't come along very often.  What happened was a bad deal and I hope he gets a second chance.  I think he'll take it more serious if he does get back in Nascar.  But in the meantime, it's cool that we'll get to see him in a sprint car for awhile.  

He impressed me this past weekend and I have to admit the hype doesn't do his talent justice.  Scary thought for everyone else, he's just starting to feel comfortable in the car.  When NASCAR comes calling he will likely hold out for a competitive ride and won't accept something that will tarnish his reputation.  I hope that wait for a competitive ride takes a while.  

One observation, he looks happy and not like someone who just lost it all.  I'm guessing that someone may have whispered in his ear and told him he will have a ride waiting when the time is right.  He was going to be a free agent anyways and the news cycle moves so fast that the corporate outrage will likely be short lived.  If he's around Sprints all year we may be looking at this years champion.  

Stan Meissner

They have been keeping the 57 over at SHass shop and Paul has been working over there.

Thats a good spot to be in right now.

go Kyle !!!!