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I agree win totals aren't what drove my list. How you ran in the big races had a lot more bearing than win totals.  Lance has everyone covered in that category.  Yes the crew is one of the most important people on the team.  The driver and crew chief must be on the same page.

Let's go Sprint Car Racing!

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

Dewease in for Macri? What the hell happened? 

Started a new thread for it as I just saw that this morning too. Baffles me.

Lance on the trailer. I'd have to think the quickrete kid would've have put it in the show. 

Agreed. I think he would have made it easily especially with split fields.

One thing I noticed (not difficult) was that Macri gets most of his wins running the top, & Lance, as usual was mostly on the bottom, which isn't the typical Eldora winning strategy....

100%...Lance's driving style is similar to Danny Lasoski's and Danny could never quite figure Eldora out despite the fact drove for Tony and I know he got a lot of practice laps there.  

In my opinion, Lance is one of the top 5 drivers all-time in the current generation of sprint car racing. However, it did not surprise me one bit that Lance had a DNQ. Again, he's one of the best technical drivers and part of a very technical team, Eldora however, does not fit that style. He tried the bottom and tried the middle but that just doesn't cut it at Eldora. It's nobody's fault, it's just the way it is. 
 

Anthony would have had an equal chance as anyone for the million dollars, and as a fan, I couldn't wait to see him. That train must've really come off the tracks for the team to give up on a chance of a lifetime. 

Exactly! You might have some success running the bottom at Eldora in the A main provided it's slicked off enough, but you aren't even going to make the A main pussyfooting around the bottom in a heat race. Reminds me of Kauffman's swan song years, glued to the bottom. Probably true of most aging racers. LD also seems to lose a couple spots on the initial start of every race. You can't overcome that on an unfamiliar track against this level of competition. I'm proud of him for going out and giving it a go although I think he would have had a better chance in the 69k, considering the familiarity and success they've had. A few of the top posse drivers(won't mention any names) wouldn't even leave the porch for a million dollars. Quite frankly I find that much more embarrassing than guys that go out and fail to qualify.

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All in all the pa posse guys that went to eldora were running well. Dylan was comical, mentioned how he felt port royal was fast but said this place is really fast. He won his heat race going away and I was hoping he had a top finish. The crew chief's , the good ones anyhow, really shine at that place.  I must say I was surprised by the teams that didn't go. Long shot, no question of that, but still surprising.

No Hodnett?????!

As good as Greg was I wouldn't put him ahead of that top 5 arguably Kreitz deserves in there but it's a tough list.

Stay on your WG and occasional PR porch Lance, Eldora performance was pittyfull  I don't believe their was a single car pass all 4 nights unless someone dropped out in front.

I would rank 

Hodnett 9th

Maybe Shaffer 10th.  This one could be debatable.

Let's go Sprint Car Racing!

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

It did make someone else looks pretty good.

Lance was faster every time he was on-track. WTF you think he was going to climb in and win at eldora ? Nobody, I mean nobody, is ever going to do that there. 

It is a rare occurrence when a driver climbs in a car and is a challenger. They usually start well and go backwards as the track slicks off. Lance mentioned after his heat race win, on a heavy track I mite add, that he just doesn't have enough laps here. 

Now that the Eldora trip is over,  what happens to the 39 ? Does DK put his daughter in the seat and forgives updating things ? As this plays out it may mean the old guys rule dream team is done and the 69k rides off into the sunset. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. 

You need to put that stuff down and see if your head clears in a coulple of days. No body and I mean nobody among his fans expected 18th to be the best finish in four races in what has been among the couple of fastest cars in state.

You sure are hilarious.....and delusional. LOL!

Hodnett top 5 for sure. Hard not to have him #1 IMO. He dominated central PA when Fred and Lance were still in their primes. Always a contender for big races and WOO shows, good at all tracks and off the porch, plus he won big in every car he sat in. 

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Yea Lance's shedule for this week in the 69k is out, People need to get off the idea that they are done just because he ran another car for a few races.