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3 hours ago, texasprd said:

"how have y'all missed this?

Well, somebody had to be the first to post it on here for us to know about it, and that somebody was you!  I think promoters think everyone is on F@#!Book (I have little/no interest in being on that) and these forums seem to be somewhat neglected these days as far as news.

The series is good news.  The big news (to my mind), barely alluded to in the video, is Mary Ann may not be running Cotton Bowl next year.  Whatever happens there - I hope it is the long-term best interest of keeping the track open.

This particular forum is completely neglected by the promoters. It’s unreal.

4 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

He runs several classes and always up front. Shane Hebert has done pretty much everything possible in Modified and Late Model racing too. That was a stacked field for sure. Maupin is fun to watch and so was Bobby in his racing days. Nice people on top of their driving skills.

105 was packed Saturday night. They had a pretty lengthy delay to get the racing started, the ambulance had to take a spectator off the grounds for some sort of treatment. Had to wait for it to get back on the grounds. So it turned into a bit of a long night. They have a pretty good sized grandstand in the pit area, it was full as well as the main grandstand. Track was in perfect shape to start the races for as hot and dry as it is up here.

7 hours ago, rebelracewriter said:

Jared is another young racer following in his fathers(Bobby) footsteps....I see him a lot at I-37, running sometimes in 3 classes...... The kid is fast in anything he gets in.....In 2022 he took home a lot of hardware at the I-37 awards banquet.

Well he was on rails Saturday night. After the limited race, they stopped all the cars that finished the feature on the front stretch, and all the drivers got out and did a group photo with Howard Willis. The 91 parked close to where I was sitting and I could tell he was a pretty young fella. 
 

the thing that surprised me the most is that when you have that many cars show up in one class, that creates a pretty stout field top to bottom in the A Main. It was an impressive run he had for sure.

5 hours ago, arob said:

In a short amount of time Jared Maupin has built quite a resume. And not only in one class. I've seen a lot of races and I'll say it now. Maupin will be the next big thing from Texas if he wants to be.The number 91 will be with the numbers 89 and 87 in Texas racing elites.

 

Arob I haven’t seen him race probably as much as you have, but I have seen him race a couple different classes at Cotton Bowl. But the run he made Saturday through that stout of a field was fun to watch. The track was really rubbered up when they ran their feature, and he had that 91 hooked up on the bottom of the track. Looks like he might be pretty young as well?

3 hours ago, metroracer said:

on the HMP F/B page Sir....  Hope info Helps!

HMP or southern premier? Do you have a link?

Where do you find out this information?

I was there, the 91 was incredibly fast, made a great run through the field. Not sure he would have been able to get around the 9 or not if he would have had a few more laps. The 9 led green to checkers, that usually happens for a reason.

11 hours ago, arob said:

Of all the races I've seen lap cutting doesn't happen very often. I have to say most of the ones they cut fans were begging to end it so we could move on to the next race! Race Ranch started the season with single file restarts and I hated them. Lately they have gone  back to double file unless they can't get started after two tries. Much better.

 

I don’t remember it happening up there in the past. Happened last time I was up there. But there are pulling a bunch of cars as well these days. May have something to do with it. But I’m a double file restart guy myself. And I like the fact that the scoring pylon and lap counter works at 105. 

34 minutes ago, arob said:

I've never been there but check myracepass on them weekly. They do have good car counts and quite a few big events. One thing I have noticed is there are a ton of feature  DNF's every week . Why is that?

 

And that was the case this weekend as well Arob. But I will give them credit in the fact that they hold off as long as they can before they go to a single file restart. And they also don’t cut laps. 
 

The last race I went to cottonbowl, they were quick to go to a single file restart and they also cut laps on a couple of classes. I’m not a fan of cutting laps.

7 hours ago, RodneyRodriguez said:

Aug 19 is the Howard Willis 50 years of racing celebration. Planning to head over for that one.

If I heard the track announcer correctly last night, that race the 19th has over 20k in the purse for the limited class alone. It will pay good money just to make the A Main. If I am in town I am going to go back for it. I suspect they will draw a nice showing of limited mods for sure.
 

The last time I was out there was for the Texas Grand a couple years ago, and it draws a pretty good crowd. But I was surprised by the crowd size last night, it was hot, and a big turnout.

Made a trip out to 105 Speedway last night. Been a couple years since I had been out there. It’s alive and well, fun night.

1 hour ago, TBone said:

You probably don't pay $800,000,000 for something nobody wants.

When I go to an auction, I walk away if I think something is way over priced and it is not that big on my priority list. Also when I go to an auction, if there is something I want, I can promise you I take it home with me, no matter what it is worth. All in the eye of the beholder I guess. 

If FOX or NBC really wanted that series, I'm pretty confidant it doesn't end up in CW's hands.

Maybe they ended up with it because nobody else wanted it?

2 hours ago, arob said:

I watched it like I do most NASCAR  Cup races , the last 20-30 laps. Will watch all of Talledega and Daytona.

 

 

Arob I am going to Talladega 

Thanks for the info. So they are taking donations for a memorial race for them?

Hey top can you help out with some more of the back story on this.

Mike what is the story in this?

That’s a great idea, catch both tracks the same weekend. Because I have not been to HOT as well. Need to jump in the motorhome and go to both tracks. You always have to wonder how long the tracks that are either in town or very close to town can hang on. I don’t think Knoxville has any thing to worry about, but some of the others probably don’t receive that kind of support from the community.

I need to get up to that place. 

2 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said:

Good news for sure, hope they can keep it building. Rails, hope the damage was minimal, hope I'm never close enough to hear another tornado much less be in one.

Thanks top shelf, it’s a mess, but at least I don’t have to move out, many others were not as fortunate. I had every intention of going to the races but was managing freezers and refrigerators through the motorhome generator. I was able to make the previous race, and I am truly excited about the current direction. I just hope that Mr. Owen hangs with it and produces the results as he has at his other venues. HMP is still a very nice facility.

That’s great news and good to hear. Took a hit from a tornado on Thursday so wasn’t able to make it tonight. The place has always had an upside that just needs to be tapped properly.

https://frontstretch.com/2023/06/02/fire-on-fridays-stewart-haas-penalty-part-of-larger-issue-for-the-team/

If they didn’t want a repeat winner under the yellow flag then It may be a conspiracy. 
 

that’s not how you decide races. 

8 hours ago, TBone said:

 

 

Yes, they wasted 2-3 laps before they thru the previous red flags as well. I’m not sure how there rules read as far as how they are required to finish a race, but it was an odd ending for sure. There was no bigger example of the Thrill of Victory, and The Agony of Defeat in that finish.