MikePeters95

Any chance I could pay you to just ship it? PM me how much you're wanting thanks!

They may also just be reeling from all the over regulation and forced spending since the pandemic, which as we know from our wonderful president caused us to loose 55% of the US population when 200 million of us were lost to Covid 19.

Like most of us car guys I have way too many projects. Trying to get my 70 Camaro knocked out real quick before summer. I'm in Houston but can travel around if and when I have a free moment. If someone has one of these as a roller rotting away in a field and it's priced as if it is rotting away in a field, let me know. Need a clutch and brake pedal assembly. I can put a pedal box in it but would rather just find a stock assembly. Looking for a steering box with a decent ratio. 4 speed transmissions and bell housings for SBC. Leaf springs that are symmetrical. 2nd gen SBC headers that don't require too much firewall cutting or none at all. And a fuel cell that is 15 gal or bigger. It's a street car. I bought an old drag car with some goofy ladder bar setup and a bunch of drag racing stuff that is auto, going to keep it a street car but have something I can also take to the track and do dumb stuff in when I want and just amuse myself doing third gear burnouts like a 5 year old when I want, because this is America. I haven't decided if I'm going to just make it work on leafs or put a 3 link in it and cut the rear floor pan up. Really just depends on what I find. Right now the car has a dart head sbc with a TH350, 9'' ladder bar setup, no power steering, and a 5 gallon fuel cell with a nitrous bottle that is about the same size as the fuel cell. If those items are of desire to anyone I will be offloading them once I update it to how I'd like the car to be. I'm really hoping I can just find a car sitting in the weeds somewhere that has some these items on it. Currently as it sits

I was talking about this with some buddies over the weekend. I want everyone to imagine your 12 years old. Someone older you look up to walks in. "Hey check out these loud cars racing and going fast!!!!" or "This isn't what it used to be, it's in the decline, if people don't get interested it's going to die" I think we've lost touch with motorsports, and how to sell it. Until we stop critiquing it to death and just become car guys again, we're doing it to ourselves.

I enjoyed the Bristol dirt race. It looked like good racing, and lots of side by side and watching them run the top was awesome in a car that shouldn't be able to do that. I do wish they'd bring Eldora back in the trucks, that was awesome. Just a normal car guy that enjoys cars. Then again I have pretty off the wall ideas like one race per track layout and running Cup at Milwaukee, Iowa, Pikes Peak, Memphis, Kentucky, and any other paved oval greater than .75 miles that holds over 30k people in the USA, as well as El Dorado Speedway south of the Border. It's a TV product first, a spectator product second as a business model. 90% the folks I talk to thought it was awesome.

I was not a fan of that scheduling but looks like that will be considered going forward.

Figured I would post it here. Cancelled even this weekend, due to concerns with parking lot mudfest for spectators and infield. Valid concerns. Also, who in here actually was going to go? Roll call.

I'm kinda sad you didn't respond with IYKYK lol.

I'm sure he said that, LOL. Lots of claims were made. Lot of talk. Super stoked to have someone who knows what their doing and gets things done at the reigns at HMP. Good and welcome change.

For anyone interested, Corey Winne is organizing a test day April 2nd 10a-4pm at Houston Motorsports Park. Email him for info admin@double-deuce.com Park in the infield, bring your own setup. Just a private test day, track is providing safety no other resources will be open (tires/concessions/etc) this is just a private test day for the oval the weekend before the event.

I passed along this info to a dude that has been asking me how to get involved in any way possible, that lives in San Antonio, Colton Anderson. He has been messaging me and blowing me up for over a year trying to get involved in racing, I sent him this! I also hope he reads how I just stated he's been blowing me up trying to get involved, haha. I wish more people had his enthusiasm including myself.

Any of you guys on here run at 105? They're doing a pretty cool deal with some TX2k dudes who got arrested, that are now going to race cops in crown vics. I'll be out there with the police training guys, don't see much about 105 posted in here just curious if anyone else went out there. Track has come a long way in the last couple years. Really hoping this can be a spark to ignite a crown vic class.

LOL, excellent joke.

Hopefully with the new people in charge, the absolute minimum effort will no longer be too much to ask. I know most of us gave up on getting points for last year lol, among other things. Sadly.

I think Irwindale would be awesome with the central to LA location, but IIRC Formula Drift maxed that place out putting portable bleachers along the entirety of the inner bank, and in turn 4, was able to cram 15k folks in there with overflow parking down the 4 lane road that goes behind the bleachers down a few blocks. It was way overpacked and getting in/out off the cloverleaf on the highway was completely blocked. A Cup race would be awesome there in my opinion of they wanted the SRX platform, "We have this many seats, and it's going to be a great show in person or on TV", but idk if they'll do that. Urban Sprawl and SoCal have been mutually exclusive to tracks for a long time. One thing that hasn't been talked about much is Long Beach Grand Prix. I've gone to that event several times, it's absolutely awesome, the track is set up for a long time, and I think an Indycar/NASCAR double header there will end up being one of those compromised things that happens that ends up being a marquis event. It's where you want it for spectator draw, it's an incredible event already, and with the street course coming already, this isn't a far stretch. I've heard murmurs of it, the city of Long Beach from what I hear is chomping at the bit fighting for it, I think once the ROI on rebuilding Auto Club versus selling the land and using LBGP is really evaluated, we will see that. On the West Coast, I do think that Evergreen, Kern, and Irwindale are worthy of an Xfinity/Truck weekend. Kern goes to 17k max previously, even if you double that it's still pretty small. Bakersfield is in Southern California by map, but it's really not a destination place with things to do like LA can be. Irwindale being on the Burbank/West Covina/Pasadena side of town is actually a nice and fun place to go. Long Beach is somewhere if you haven't been, it's awesome. I stayed there for an entire week in an airBNB and a bicycle for the Grand Prix in 2011 and it was one of the most fun weeks of my life. It will be interesting to see how this plays out while we're all bench building a schedule for NASCAR though, haha.

Some solid memes from this, hahaha. I came here to post those 🤣 As eluded to, I'm sure this will go away with some jewelry and bribes. #mexico

I'm going to take a large leap of assumption and guess none of you have been to California lately. As someone who went to the Clash last year (I was already in town, and the debut of Next Gen/Stadium racing, how could you NOT go?) a large majority of people have NEVER been to a racetrack much less Nasar. Most the folks around us were wearing Dodgers gear with kids, and were super interested and asking a bunch of questions when it wasn't loud. The sound in a stadium is amazing. If you can't understand different areas have different demographics and interests, that's fine, but take that lack of understanding and maybe step back a little before airing your grievances "I didn't like what's popular in that area". You're not in the area. TMS literally has a bar down the entire front straight now and an official after party at Billy Bob's. I'm not sure what more you could want, and why you aren't supporting that if you care so much about country music and NASCAR being mutually exclusive. All the teams have a good time at the Clash, not sure why fans on a keyboard can't. Between the music complaints and the fascinating trend of people who claim to be "Short track fans", but also couldn't put together the fact that, yes, nobody cares about HEAT RACES and the fans only show up for the main event, those were the main complaints I saw. My only real critiques isn't for the clash but for the broadcast panel, concerts do NOT produce well into TV. 99% of the events they go back to the booth, interviews, etc. I am not sure why they didn't do that at the clash. I do agree that was too many cars in the feature for that tiny track. I wondered why they didn't widen it but was told local regulators wanted them to keep access for emergency vehicles outside the wall between the stands, which makes it appear smaller than needed. It was hard to pass but as evidenced by KB, you could totally do it. Dude passed a ton of cars, I'm not a fan of that guy but it was fun to watch him claw through the field. I thought it was fun, but then again, I'm a car guy that likes motorsports so it's pretty easy to make me happy. Not sure about some you guys.

I'd encourage just reaching out to them. Half the posts are "we're going to keep this a budget class" then the other half of the random comments seen are "Just bring it and we'll let you run" On the east coast it's been verified to work really well running street tires you can't replace for X number of events and just adding weight when someone clobbers the field. Message the organizers. Speculation doesn't get on track and I'm pretty sure zero people currently involved monitor or check this site at all.

I think anyone with a pipe dream that the only purpose-built Formula One track in the United States, would even entertain a short track, shows that they've never been to COTA and really don't understand COTA's business model at all. To put it in perspective, the rentals there start at about $50,000. There is no ROI model for a short track there at the level they would have to build it without devaluing their F1 track, and they know it. If someone wants to build Lanier Raceplex across the street from it on their own dime, similar to how Road Atlanta/Lanier are, sure. TMS knows building a short track would lose money, but they're open to the Clash/Bowman grey thing to see if cars would even show up to then evaluate a multipurpose Irwindale like multipurpose short track....if anyone shows interest. I think you guys as a community have made it clear you wouldn't so thanks for speaking up. They know a multipurpose venue they could rent out 200+ days a year like Irwindale would work, for film, commercials, safety school, drifting, autocross, racing, etc. They're watching HMP, and the last race really didn't put any wind in any sails. For someone in Austin/San Antonio/Corpus to build / rebuild a facility, they're going to need car count, and similar to the dirt tracks, they're going to need to pull and share some car count from communities. I'm pretty sure the Venn Diagram for I37, South Texas Race Ranch, etc, have a lot of overlap, and the pavement community needs to rebuild and grow those circles so the tracks can survive somewhat. If you can support the Monroe track at all I think it's a great choice. This forum is supposed to represent the entire state, so for the North and East Texas folks, Monroe isn't too far at all, and the owner is an excellent guy that really wants to see his track re-open, and it's his passion project funded by his other many successful endeavors.

Have you been keeping up with Grand National Super Series https://www.grandnationalsuperseries.com/ , Justin Marks very, very open comments/constructive jabs at NASCAR for not tapping into a vintage series, then his subsequent XM update where he said if NASCAR was going to do it, he'd do it on his own, followed up with NASCAR Classic being trademarked a day or two later? They're definitely looking at things with both eyes wide open at this time. In the heyday of NASCAR I was a kid, and I remember the investment in all the feeder and touring series, and the fact that there were actual names in those. With the CARS deal, and what they've said about it, as well as what some of these guys are re-investing not to make money, but to create sustainablity (nice to see some folks placing value in places other than just cashflow, while also keeping some business sense) in grassroots and local motorsports, as that funnels fans and racers both to the big events. Look how big everything was in 1997-early 2000's when TMS packed itself. Still the second biggest NASCAR spectator event ever (216,000 IIRC). Asphalt had a lot of tracks around here and Oklahoma, the fans would trickle up/down the pro-level and local events. There is a direct correlation between when local short tracks died out, and the stands becoming empty at TMS, as well as other venues. While it is just one of many problems, I am stoked that the guys at the top are seeing the erosion of the bottom, and rebuilding the foundation of their sport as quick as they can to create stability up top. The days of 216k folks in a non-climate-controlled non UV protected environment for 5 hours are gone, but I don't think the days of 50-75k folks in that environment for a day are gone, but they're going to need to pull from communities of 2-5k to add up to those numbers, and it looks like the rebuilding of those small communities is in a good spot. Hopefully around here we see that community grow again, but I hope we understand we can't do the same things we did in the 90's and 2000's and expect results in 2020's. Sadly my observations and involvement previously have indicated some folks haven't quite accepted that, which is a huge risk of getting the same result. Exciting times for sure.

You're hope is in the right place, but also at the wrong place. TMS needs to be your hope. I am trying to sell them on the front straight for a Clash/Bowman Gray type race, but they're watching HMP to evaluate what to do with the land doing nothing outside of turn 3. They are aware of a smaller multi-purpose facility bringing value and community to the track. Really hoping a mini Iowa layout (banking wise) with the TMS/Speedway dogleg with an Irwindale like paved infield is something viable, as that would be an actual useful venue, which is what they're looking for. Which is why even if you don't like the current promoter or whatever as some of you have been very vocal about, support HMP. Other venues are watching. I'm still hoping something is actually done at Revolution Park. That place, is, literally, ready to go.

In a huge move that will put lots of eyes on local grassroots tracks, and open up the possibility for national sanctioning and rules without the burdensom NASCAR fees, Trackhouse’s Justin Marks, Dale Jr, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton have acquired an ownership and investment stake in the NC abased CARS tour. If you haven’t been keeping up or following a lot of Justin Marks’ modern, outside the box ideas on growing motorsports I implore you to do so, and with JR’s constant ability to step back, wipe the board clean and look at a blank slate approach alongside his experience, I think we’re going to see a huge pivot that will have a ripple effect for the next few decades with this move. Will we see, finally, some unilateral rules and sanctions? A more structured pathway up? Will Marks and JR’s very open vocal desire for vintage oval series come to be? GNSS has showed us it can work, Marks has been very vocal about it, NASCAR recently trademarked NASCAR classic….could be very interesting and innovative times ahead. Hopefully they will yield National interest and grow the fanbase into a new crowd like the days of old. And, as Texans, will we see any trickle down, or even some bigger events that interlink us outside our own state? Could be cool! Either way huge news with some the most powerful innovators in modern American motorsport making a direct investment in grassroots level short track racing.

Hard to be egotistical when you didn't ''write your own rule book''. Seems to be a common theme....from people who can't seem to actually write a rule book ironically. Only reason I brought up ACM, somehow there is a lease on the facility with a drifting and stunt school, which they've openly stated they aren't sure the exact fate of the venue, but buyers that had planned to buy and redevelop fell through in the final hour for some reason when I was hearing a discussion about it a few months ago. It's sad to drive by it when I come and go on I-10.

@Josh42 I was so excited I drove by to look at it on the way home from a NYE race in San Antonio, I can confirm that is where the drag strip was on old ariel photos, and it is now occupied by new businesses and warehouses that are actively in business. There is zero chance the old drag strip can be used because it has been redeveloped to profitable tax paying businesses. Also you guys aren't wrong on the assessment of car count and fan support as a dirt track being much higher. I think for the SAS tract that probably makes the most sense. If someone was to develop or redevelop whatever tract of land Nick talked about on Rodney's show or the old Alamo City Motorplex (San Antonio Raceway/Dragstrip on I-10 whatever it is called) that would make sense. I know before the dispute happened there were plans for motocross, drifting, and an oval that were being acted on. Shame that never panned out, maybe that will rekindle. Who knows.

I don't think you understand the two very different demographics. People who casually put on their rolex, polo shirt and take their GT3 to party with the boys have little to no interest having a truck, trailer, shop, physical labor etc. Those demographics do not necessarily overlap, nor does the experience of an F1 race versus grassroots circle track. Would be nice, but a study of "who is your customer" needs to be applied to some of these logic patterns imo.