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Counting down the hours to what may be the biggest event 2023 South Texas race season. Can't wait!

New Smyrna is the one asphalt track I'd like to go to. I've seen some youtube videos and this track seems fast with some great racing with some questionable tactics (old school racing) mixed in. If I win the lottery you can bet I'd head to Speedweeks and be going back and forth between New Smyrna and Volusia.

Dirt is for racing. Asphalt is for getting there. I grew up at CC Speedway and spent a lot of years going to SAS which I miss to this day. Then I went to the December races at Rio Grande Speedway and was blown away by the car count (150 or so) and the number of hotly contested qualifying races (20or so). When Owen left CCS to run South Texas Speedway is when I started going to dirt 100% of the time. I was kind of surprised a lot of the asphalt guys went dirt from that point on. I wish nothing but the best for HMP. I hope they can build a good car count and be successful because they are the last hope right now. They have a very steep hill to climb and the folks promoting HMP should be honored to no end for the commitment and hard work they put into it.

April 21st sounds interesting. Can't wait for the details of that one.

I don't know any of the history of Big H Speedway other than they had a huge car count. So why was it converted from dirt to asphalt? Was Big H losing car count? Just curious.

Once again Owen leads the way for the South Texas area.

NASCAR announces platform to report concerns anonymously (yahoo.com) Bet there will be some interesting reading here.

And over at 10:30 to boot! All the racing was great but the Pure Stock feature was the best!

Well if the demise of the internal combustion engine and the fuel that powers it comes to pass by 2030 that would be the end of it anyway.

Speaking as a fan that spent45 years or so watching asphalt racing and was thrilled with it. I shifted to dirt when Owen left CCS to go run STS. Been hooked on dirt ever since. I tried Kyle a few times , HMP twice and racing didn't compare to dirt.CCS dropped off after Owen left. SAS was the only asphalt track I loved and miss it to this day. Dirt gives you multi groove racing most nights , bigger car counts and better racing to this fan.Asphalt got to be get on the bottom and follow the leader. The best racing on dirt to me is Factory Stock. No matter what track you go to Factory Stock delivers. True costs have escalated in the class. I know of one car from Corpus that is a $30,000 car. And car counts have dropped a little the last couple of years. But Pure Stock counts have increased especially at 105 and the racing is good.And at the Race Ranch E-Mod seems to be a growing class. Factory Stock basically killed Street Stock it seems. I applaud HMP for their efforts and hope they succeed. Just a fan opinion here.

Yeppers.

Those two were tied at the hip. Jimmie knew what was going on especially after it kept happening.

Ah , one of NASCARS biggest cheaters returns.

I feel there is no way the Xfinity drivers will let Ty Gibbs win the title. Much like Matt Kenseth made sure Joey Logano wouldn't that one year.

I know Chastain has ruffled a lot of feathers this year for his driving but what he pulled off on the last lap was amazing.

Wow , I guess I did! Sorry , I had a NASCAR moment.

Like the tech guy that said I am the rules and you are DQ'd.

There is no question NASCAR had many opportunities in the past to use similar discipline and didn't come close to doing it. I think the pressure on NASCAR to do something this time was amplified because of all the driver concern over the safety of the new car. From this point forward NASCAR better be consistent on intentional crashing another driver or you know what will happen.

Bubba Wallace has testy response to question about retaliating against Kyle Larson (msn.com) He didn't mean to.

I get why Wallace was angry.I get the pushing Larson around as well. But turning someone from the right rear on a high speed race track and sending him across the track like that was over doing it. As for if it was any other driver would we be discussing it I say yes. It has been done in the past usually with Kyle Buschs' or Denny Hamlins' name being involved.

OctoberFast at Cotton Bowl Speedway is coming Oct 14 and 15. Last year saw near 150 cars and there is a good chance there will be more this year. And the racing was great! Cotton Bowl is one of the nicest tracks around and is well run. If you have never been there this would be a great time to check it out!

And coming.......Denny Hamlin slams NASCAR after driver suffers concussion I know it is Hamlin but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

NASCAR Can’t Touch Kyle Larson for Saying What Everyone Is Thinking (msn.com)