Forum: HoseHeads Sprint Car General Forum (go)
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see ding song that right there is the problem he does not care, he just wants to rip the fan off, and drive away familys with kids that can not afford his high price on everything. people can not afford it. tell your kid(if you have or can even reproduce any) that you can not afford to take them to the races on saturday nights to see the drivers they look up to.

it is a damn hard think to do, i have had to do it before after going thru divorce it is not fun.

racing is supposed to be a family sport bt when you have to take the word family out of it, it is no longer fun.

go drinky some more of your chucky juice and fry your brain some more, sooner or later you may see the light. doubtful but just maybe

supposed to say ding dong (not ding song) but maybe he has hit his head to many times

So your telling me Henderson wouldn't get out of the E main or Dylan Peterson, Logan Forler, Paul NIenhiser, or Matt Juhl? They are all regulars this year heck u can probably add Balog in the mix so far too

i would say leaving justin out was an oversight.

You truly are ignorant aren't you? Fans can choose wherever they want to go watch a race. Whatever that's their call. But drivers and teams are gonna go where ever it makes more sense for them to run financially.

Henderson told me they will run where they want when they want. They are out to have some fun this year and not run for points anywhere.

I think you are still naming drivers that would be considered in the top 1/2 on a regular basis of the 32 car field that was at Badlands last saturday.....the other 16 "might" struggle or not even show up at the 410 Nationals. You are correct in that Henderson gets the job done. Have kept tabs on his progress from day one. Watched his dad a lot in years past. Of course Justin has been missed at Knoxville.

Never had to tell the kids that but have to look at myself in the mirror every weekend and remind myself that I had to quit chasing races to pay down debt and fund some projects before I retire next year.  If I get the urge to pick up the camera I'll go to a street rod show.  Thousand of cars for only $10 next weekend.  Racing is cool and I've been going since 1960 but the politics and costs did me in.

Stan Meissner

hey dickie read the post before your fingers post

i was talking about fans not drivers

with out the fans there would be no races. have you ever thought of that.

Fans like you drive other fans away. Have you ever thought of that.

I use to love coming to Hoseheads to see whats going on in the Sprint world.

Now its just a bunch of people Bitching....

I'm not saying it's killer but they compete and compete at Knoxville really believe the top 10 guys at both places are pretty even

Maybe you should read Dickie's post before your fingers post also,......  He does mention fans.    

Both tracks have their drivers that are capable of winning on a regular basis.   Believe Knoxville has Madsen, Brown, Lasoki, Dollansky, maybe Tatnell and Maeschen.    Husets/Badlands has T-Mac, Dobs, Zomer, Henderson, maybe A-Mac, Rosenboom.    Both tracks have more lower budget racers who are really having fun and have a ton of fans also.

The only reason they say that is because he blew up a motor night #1 at Knoxville and was out of the points race right away.

Regardless, he's good both places and just had a baby so it makes sense for him to be there. Can't believe he isn't there every night in all honesty. I know the shop is in Newton, but he drives the car.

On the contrary though his biggest advantage is the Parker motor under the hood which is best used on a big 1/2 instead of a small 3/8 and yes that has nothing to do with quality of racing I know I know...  I'd imagine Parkers long term business interests would be best served at Knoxville so I for one have been very surprised and quite honestly disappointed to see him go to Husets. Far more drivers at Knoxville would be in the market for a Parker than at Husets hence 360s run with 410s ha , I had to sneak that in there, so you would think you would want your top gun 410 driver running at Knoxville. Just my thoughts.

even if chuck had a big money race the same time the Kville nationals you would think he could pull in most of the drivers who would not even make the A main at the nationals.just a observation.

Do you guys even know how many 360's actually ran with the 410's? I'll give ya a little clue not very many and I can count them on one hand. And at that on a small 3/8 you can get away with running a 360 with the 410's depending on track conditions. 

Chill out bud. I was just getting in a little joking jab at you folks who are going overboard about this. It was a simple observation that big halfs require alot more motor which Justin is privy to. In some cases its Knoxvilles down fall cause quite simply the small teams refuse to race there even with bigger pay cause they will get stomped. Most guys at this level just want to win and its not about the money. It should be easier to get larger car counts on the smaller tracks. But hey if both sides continue to keep throwing money at it then heck maybe I need a 410!? Maybe just maybe I could break even.... Some chance.  

I don't think $20 to get in for a $5,000 dollar to win show is bad. I've paid more for less. I don't go to the races to eat or get drunk. I go because I love it and have done so for over 40 years. Chuck can't please everyone, someone will always bitch about something.

And by the way I have kids and can afford to go the races. Take your kids on sunday nights. 

I could bash you but I will try to show you the respect you didn't show me.