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Larson won his 7th race in a row tonight with the All Stars, and he's the first to do that in it's 50 year history. He sure looks unbeatabale in the 57 car.

Rod

Larson not only won, he ran off and hid.

The only guys capable of hanging with Larson weren't at Knoxville...

You must mean the guys that were there June 12th and 13th?  

For a west coast fan who has made "Zero" races this season. It's nice to see the left coast kids running very well. It started with Carson's win at the Grove and has been fun to follow. Wish I could make some or even one of the shows you've been enjoying back there. When I beat this cancer and covid goes away. Then, I'll be at the first show I can get to. Miss my friends at the tracks. Till then, I'll enjoy the Damn good racing I see on the web.

  From central coast of Cali.
   Peace, Out.

Wish this team could have run a full year if the Covid-19 would have not happened.  I believe they would have obliterated the Weikert/Wolfgang record.

I hate to say it, but this is starting to get old... too predictable!

I disagree....Now as sprint car fans we are being "sucked" in every night to see if he can continue winning. I have always admired Larson, but really became a fan in 2017, when my son and I attended the Knoxville Nationals together for the first time, and Kyle finished second, We all know that on any given night there could be engine issues, a flat tire, getting caught up in a mishap with a lapped car, etc. That is why this is one of the most incredible streaks that I have ever seen in the 40 years I have been following sprint cars....Enjoy the experience!

Yea it would be nice if he ran more with the WoO. He'd still win a ton, but it would be a lot more competitive. Paul mcmahan is running 3rd in all star points and that car isn't good anymore. The All stars and the locals that run with them just aren't competitive with the  WoO or Larson this year. 

My guess is he makes more on Merchandise than he does winning a regular All Star race. 2nd at a woO would double his chance of making 5G which he doesn't keep it all, but no sales.

I do wish he had to face donny and Brad and David and Logan each night.

The 2 SEEMs to be a bit more competitive when Silva is around. I wonder if it's TRUE.

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No doubt. He's amazing & i've always been a fan

The races just aren't as exciting if we already know the winner

"engine issues, a flat tire, getting caught up in a mishap with a lapped car, etc"??? That stuff doesn't really count to me... i would like to see somebody actually OUTRACE him!

In NO WAY am I accusing him of anything, but he just seems so much faster, its like he's running nitromethane or has a hidden nitrous bottle...just seems that way, absolutely NO accusations, i repeat... ;)

I think the bigger story in all of this is the RECORD BREAKING 7 Straight Wins.  That hadn't been done in all 50 years of the All Stars Sprint Car Clubs exisistence.  That is really somethng and it is even more impressive than the actual win.  He has ran (I Believe) a little over Half the All Star Races and has twice as many wins 12 than the rest of the Drivers and he is 8th in points.  

Thiink about that for a second he is 8th in points with a little over half the races run.  Kyle Larson is really doing something that hasnt ever been done.  Yae Yae it was done years ago but those cars back then were not built to the strict rules and PARODY of the cars today.  This day and age Srint Cars are basicaly clones of each other, back in the 60s 70s 80s and early 90s Sprint Cars were different from team to team, that is not the case today.  Kyle Larson is writing History and we as fans are VERY LUCKY to be witnessing maybe the best Single Season Sprint Car Driver to ever do what he is doing.

Its goin to be really interesting to see what Larson accompolishes by the end of the season. 

It will even be more interesting if he doesnt go back to NASCRAP and comits to an all out WOO Schedule Next Season.

  In reality Donnie Schatz has not ever had any competition since he became the Driver he is today,  Steve Kinser had Sammy Swindell and Sammy Swindell Had Steve Kinser to push them to be the Best of the Best, who has Donnie Schatz had to really push him and get into his head race in and Race out?.  NO ONE thats who, Donnie just had to get in his car and drive it knowing damn well that no one in the field was consistent enough to challenge him every single race and every single season.  Kyle Larson may be that guy next season, not even to mention Brad Sweet who has just come into his own over the last 3 seasons.

I know some of you out there will probably disagree with me about Schatz and his legacy, but if you really get honest with his career its hard to argue that he didnt have those 1 or 2 guys that really pushed him and got into his head each and every race.  Im not saying that what Schatz has done isnt something GREAT because that would be an all out lie.  Donnie Schatz is a great Sprint Car Driver, he has done remarkable and unbelieveable things during his career.  Im just saying that there really wasnt anyone in the Sprint Car world that was comparable to him and could compete with him on a day in and day out basis.  Kinser and Swindell were on their way down and lost some of their skills due to age when Donnie came into his own and was the best of them.  He will go down as a top 5 to 10 Sprint Car Driver ever when it is all said and done. He deserves to be listed with the BEST ALL TIME, There is no debateing that, and anyone who does is a fool

Ok Guys start trashng me -- I know its coming, but I stand by my words on this.

The 57 car has made around 255k from June 29th- July 31st and he took a week off. I doubt he is making that on merch in a month. Yes, he does sell a ton of merch but to say he wouldn't make much money on merch running only WoO shows is kind of silly. Someone mentioned it the other day that the ASCoC have run way more races the the WoO have the last few months. With PA and Ohio speed weeks and USAC midget week the WoO arent even close the that number of races in that time frame. 

I think the thing that makes Kyle Larson special is that his winning record this season includes Midget week wins and he has won and run well in NASCAR.  Schatz might be coming the closest he has to versatility dabbling with the Late Model.  Steve tried a few other things but his greatness was all winged Sprint wins.  

I'm enjoying watching history.

Stan Meissner

It's PARITY, not Parody. Also if you think Schatz has had no competition in the last 15 years, you're insane. Jason Myers beat him twice for the championship, Saldana won a ton of races, Sweet,Gravel, all terrific Drivers. Not to mention the locals were far better in the Schatz era than in previous eras. 

Tain't it the truth! I saw in SC&M that he won the last 3 USAC midget races in 2019, swept 2 nites at Gateway Nationals in December, & his preliminary nite & Golden Driller at the Chili Bowl, giving him 7 midget wins in a row. Then he proceeded to win the 1st 3 Indiana Midget week races, & 4 of the 1st 5....11 out of 12 in a row!

Its ridiculous... as the Who asked in "Pinball Wizard", What makes him so good?"????

Well I wanted somebody else to win, but not like that...

What happened anyway? By the time Flo cameraman focused on it, he was already flipping like crazy...

Twitter has a clear video

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After setting quick time I thot Larsen had an automatic spot in a dash???

Since he didn't  does that mean there is no 2nd car in the trailer?

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No, he has to qualify out of the heat too

I have no idea about 2nd car