Josh42

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IRL Champion, NASCAR Champion, IROC Champion, SRX Series Champion, USAC Triple Crown Champion (Midget, Sprint, Silver Crown Champion Same year), 2 time Chili Bowl Champion.

He has won in World of Outlaws, All Stars, Prelude to the Dream Latemodels, Midgets, Sprints, Silver Crown, Cup Series, Busch Series, Truck Series, Indy Car, NHRA

The true GOAT.

On 4/7/2023 at 6:19 PM, rebelracewriter said:

Apparently they're not the only group unhappy with current contracts.

BREAKING NEWS!!!! Lucas Oil and the Chili Bowl Nationals have NOT renewed their contract for future events!! The Chili Bowl will now look for a new title sponsor ahead of the 2024 event in January. They are also expected to talk to other sports networks to broadcast Saturday nights features as they were previously held on Lucas' MavTV!!

Lucas Oil also dropped the ASCS series as well. Ive also seen where they have dropped a couple other series sponsorships and I believe they have changed their focus on team sponsorship.

I think this is the last Bristol Dirt race. Every year they have made an annoucement about the next years ticket sells for the dirt race and this year nothing was mentioned for next year.  I think this race has run its course go back to the concrete. If they want to continue to run dirt go to a place like Eldora, Port Royal, Williams Grove, Knoxville but do it with actual dirt cars and make it the all star race.

14 hours ago, NickHolt said:

Well, I knew that it was HRP going down, but what does iykyk mean? 

 

If you know you know

Speaking of the street course look up tickets for Chicago and just take a gander at the prices. Very ridiculous for only being able to see a little of the actual race. At least at COTA, Sears Point you can see multiple areas of the track where a street race you can be cut off only seeing your area due to buildings and other things.

Plus sounds like some of these drivers really dont want to even do the Chicago street race and really dont want anymore road courses.

So I finished Denny's Podcast at lunch and he was asked if he thinks the 1/2 mile deal will come out and he said No he doesnt think it will happen.

Interesting tidbit of info he stated when Nascar bought the Fontana property from Penske for he said he thinks it was in the 600 million range that not only did they get Fontana but that also included Nazareth, Rockingham and a couple others i didnt catch.  I thought that Rockingham was owned by someone else so I dont know how much is actually true.

16 hours ago, ron.brown11 said:

Rodney, I like you, do not see racing at that site again.

Ron I agree with you, listening to Denny's podcast this morning on my way to work and some of the cryptic things that were being said sounds like its all over. I think the 1/2 mile idea is just getting everyone's hopes up but nothing will prevail.  I've heard them mention what to do in SoCal while this construction takes place and they keep bringing up Irwindale and racing there.  But looking at the maps I don't know if Irwindale can sustain to hold a Cup race there.  I could be wrong as it has been a good 10+ years since I have been to Irwindale. The one track I think they should look at to use is Kern County.  I know its not close to the LA Market but that's a nice racetrack and plenty of room and its a short track. 

1 hour ago, ron.brown11 said:

It begs the question, are you a racer Josh42?

Am I a racer? 
I am 43, I have raced or been involved with a race team for 35 years of my life and probably have more laps around a racetrack than you will ever have. I have raced on dirt, asphalt, road courses, drag strips. I’ve raced 1/4 midgets, dwarf cars, go kart, trucks, midgets, drag cars. I’ve crewed on pro late models, super late models, race trucks, sprint cars, midgets, drag boats, nitro dragsters, dwarf cars. I have been a spotter for trucks and late models. I have worked for race tracks. I currently crew on a ASCS Sprint Car and OCRS Sprint Car. I’ve been to race tracks all across the US and constantly adding tracks every year. I raced at every asphalt track in Texas that was open during my time Longhorn, Thunderhill, SAS, HMP, CCS, and Wichita Falls. 
 

11 hours ago, ron.brown11 said:

If that happens, then OKC becomes a possibility

Won't happen. Oklahoma is a dirt racing community almost Mecca like. They had paved tracks here nice ones. But none of them are in operation anymore. I literally have one that I can look out the back of my business and see the grandstands and lights. High banked 1/4 mile they tried it on Sundays and Saturdays and only a few showed up.  I attached a map that is all within an hour of Tulsa and there is 8 dirt tracks within an hour, 7 of those tracks are big cars 3 run on Friday 4 run on Sunday pits are full at each track.  The 8th track is Port City which is all micros that packs the house.  

I will say it again Asphalt racing in Texas is almost dead with Houston being its only breath. Quit trying to revive what is long dead and support what is there. Let COTA be COTA they don't need a circle track. Always remember if you bring up a asphalt or another track what happens to CBS, I-37, STS, Texana they lose racers then if they lose enough then they close then your right back where you are at now. So support the tracks you have. 

On 1/13/2023 at 2:28 PM, ron.brown11 said:

Thanks Rodney. I googled Revolution Park and that's what I found. I thought surely I must have this wrong, because that's even farther away than any of the TX locations that were being discussed. If I was going to drive that far, I'd just go to Five Flags. I truly can't see where either of those 2 (Revolution Park & Five Flags) would help TX asphalt racing. Unless there was a track in TX, that they could say alternate race dates, it doesn't make sense.

Racing is way too expensive as it is. If teams or fans have to drive 300-400 miles each way for a race, it had better be a big name race with a huge purse, to be able to draw big name racers. And you can't do that every week. Heck, I seriously doubt you could get big crowds of cars or fans if done only once a month. I know as Texans, we are used to driving a lot just to get groceries, but with the price of groceries, and everything else, what will they have to give up just to be able to afford to go to these races (whether racers or fans)? And then again, I still come back to the same question. How will this help develop asphalt racing in TX?

If there can't be a new track built in TX, HMP is the only egg in the basket. If a new track can be built, serious questions will need to be considered up front. Where can it draw cars from? Where can it draw fans from? Is it a reasonable enough distance, that both can afford to get there on a regular basis? Can it afford to pay enough in purses, to get teams to dig out those parked race cars, and get them ready to race? Can it afford to lose money for at least 2 seasons, to build up the fan base and car count? Is there enough businesses in the region to support race teams & the track? 

This is why I really think that COTA could be the solution. There are a lot of racers that have run CTS, SAS & HMP, that aren't currently racing, or are racing only on a limited basis. TMS would be a long haul for those that race out of Houston or the Corpus areas, which has the most recent active racers. Austin & SA have some, and it's not as long of a haul. As Mike said above, TMS is looking into doing something there for asphalt racers, and seem to value having a multi-use facility. But it's also obvious that SMI has at least a good working relationship with the owners at COTA. And the owners at COTA already have a lot of other activities going there, so they have a lot of supporting multi-use activities in place. I don't know what all TMS has in place, and maybe Mike can fill us in on that. COTA also has the acreage to build a decent sized track. With that location, it should be able to draw racers & fans from DFW, Houston, SA, & Corpus. Plus there is a lot of industry in those areas, to try and get funding for teams & the track. So that's also approximately 20 million people to try and entice to come to watch, and or become racers. But I think that COTA has something that TMS doesn't have. Austin has always been a destination location in TX. I cannot tell you why that is, but according to several sources, people love to come to Austin. I also cannot tell you if those same people that are attracted to coming to Austin, are racers or race fans. But people are coming here. I'm betting the folks at TMS have noticed that too. If not, would they have been as willing to make less money hosting races at COTA vs TMS? I realize the TMS knew that they were likely to lose 1 Cup date at TMS, but didn't have to partner with COTA. I don't know what the answer is, but I'm certain that if the right people, with the right motivations, put their minds (and finances) to it, there is a solution to save asphalt racing in TX. Then it will be up to all involved to support it. That there might be the biggest unknown. Will we support it??

Cota wont build a short track for local racers or even travel racers.  They only want the big events or the SCCA, Porsche, Ferrari days. They don't care about the local racer.  Yes Austin is a travel destination but those people traveling to Austin aren't coming to Austin to go see a Saturday night short track. 

When it comes to Asphalt racing in Texas, its a thing of the past and HMP is holding on barely in my eyes. They have tried to get the late model racing going, they tried and big money race at Houston hoping to pull cars from 5 flags and Monroe and only like 3 came. Back in the hey day of Asphalt racing in Texas CTS, SAS drivers would travel to Houston to race but the racers in Houston would not reciprocate and travel to CTS or SAS. I know the tracks made common rules and raced on weekends apart so people could travel. CTS would have a race and have 10 trucks, HMP would have one and have 20+ trucks. The Super Stock class Central Texas racers would travel and Houston racers wouldnt.  You did have a small group of houston racers that would but not very many. 

So in closing as much as you want another asphalt track in Texas support the tracks that are open, I know they are dirt but they have car counts and are thriving.  

I was not there Wednesday night but was there Tuesday night as that was our qualifier night. A lot of people don't think there is an ambulance but it is parked outside as there is no room inside for it. But there is an amazing medical staff in multiple spots in the UTV's ready to go. I have seen another angle of this crash that hasn't been shown which is the drone shot and the staff was on him before the cars had stopped. One official almost got hit trying to get to him. 

There has been a lot of speculation as to what caused this and there has been a lot of talk about arm restraints getting stuck behind the latch and the hit and the arms moving caused the latch to unlock.  There is a lot of drivers that have stopped wearing arm restraints because of this issue and would not be surprised if something is finally done because of this wreck.

Reason I say go to dirt is because cars are there, they are readily available. Yes there is asphalt cars some left but not a whole lot.  Most that had them converted them to dirt or they have been sitting in the weeds for so long. 

Next your only gonna really pull racers from Austin and San Antonio.  You will get a couple from Corpus but Houston none of them will come to SA to race. That was evident during the hay days of asphalt racing in Central Texas. 

Next thing asphalt racers bitch non-stop about rules and their classes. Dirt cars throw an IMCA or USRA sanction on them and bam you can go run where you want. Plus dirt racers will travel to race multiple nights because they don't have to be at a track all day long. 

If im not mistaken I thought the drag strip was taken completely out and should be right around where i put the purple highlight mark.  The fence line being the grandstand is the fence line for the race track.

Now I will say there is a lot of race tracks that are multi purpose drag strip/circle tracks in operation in smaller areas that work fine. 

But best thing that could be done is they start from scratch and turn it into a dirt track. Run on Friday nights. You have Waco and Boyd running Friday nights in North Texas but no dirt track in south Texas for Friday nights. Between CBS, I-37, STRR and Texana you could pull cars for a Friday night show.

Looking at what they just posted it is the drag strip first then circle track.

From the way its wrote is that this is a ground up build.

Looks like they are asking for volunteers, and whats funny is drag racers are saying they will help and then here comes the circle track people start asking is it asphalt or dirt? Come on people just say you will help, and just be interested that a track is possibly being built instead being closed. This is not a dig at what you are saying Nick this is about what I saw on the post.

It should be noted the 7TX is a Helotes Texas car owned by Alan and Gary Buchanan out of Helotes. 

12 hours ago, rebelracewriter said:

Sonuva......We agree on something again.....I've made this comment to several, got shot down every time....If you give away, say, 100 tickets and get only 10% return, that's still ten new faces....Of course you have to provide a good, well run, timely show too.

I used to say it on this message board back when Thunderhill was blowing and going that they should get with the 94.7 morning show.  Their producer was a big nascar fan and would go to the races.  Give him tickets to give away and have him come be an honorary starter and he would plug the hell out of the racetrack but nothing ever happened with that.

When CTS put up the stage and had concerts in connection with the races they would have big shows. I remember the night that Randy Rogers played out there after the races there was a few people I knew that that was their first time there and i told them get there early see the races and told them to cheer for Casey as he was running his pro late that weekend.  After that weekend they went to the races when they could and would call me and tell me about what went on that night.

I would really like to see them get a ASCS National race and then we could come run down there.

Just saw the schedule for the outlaws and only one stop in Texas at Devils Bowl.

That place is a super nice facility.

13 minutes ago, MikePeters95 said:

 Revolution Park in Monroe LA 

You might check but I know this track has dirt put on top of the asphalt or it was tore up. But the World of Outlaws either ran there this year or last but after that the track was being shut down.

On 11/29/2022 at 12:48 AM, MikePeters95 said:

 The bullring at JRP Speedway in Oklahoma hosting racing,

Mike just asking do you have any more information on this facility?

I literally work about a 1.5 mile from this track, they have the go cart track there that does get used regularly. I've asked a lot of people that I have met since moving up here about that track and everyone says it never really took off. But other than that I cant get really any other info on it.

7 minutes ago, HiTech said:

WELL  if matt did get warning after warning and didnt  heed .. i would have hit him too.....answers that  .. 

from what is being told is that Myatt told Austin that ever since he went to RCR he has been a Cocky mf’er. 

5 minutes ago, Radical said:

Wished I knew more about what was going on and being said. All I heard was Hill advised Snyder to leave the area several times. He didn't listen and paid the price. As I said, wished I knew more.

I heard this same thing, and agree with Radical.

Can you imagine how many people went on iracing or nascar heat and pulled that same move last night to see if it worked in the game just like it did in real life. 

He could probably try that again 10 times and not get the same result

What happened Saturday? Do you live under a rock that was all over the place. Ty Gibbs took out Brandon Jones on the last lap to win the race. He flat drove through him.  But heres the catch Ty Gibbs is locked into the final 4 for Phoenix, Brandon Jones has to win the race to be locked into the final 4. So instead of helping his TEAMMATE and making it 2 JGR cars vs 2 JRM cars at Phoenix going for the championship you now have 3 JRM cars and 1 JGR car. Blatant dumb stupid move. 

But here's what gets me where is the outrage on this page for what Ty Gibbs did? 

Oh thats right we only want to focus on the wrong doings of Bubba and no one else.  If your mad at Bubba for letting Hamlin pass but not mad about this you need to check yourself in the mirror because you got problems.