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Thanks for posting that, King.  I think race cars on open trailers/haulers have always been one of the biggest ways to get kids (and thus parents) interested in going to the track for the first time.

On 5/18/2022 at 3:14 PM, King237 said:

IMO a big conflict of interest exist between the 23XL and JGR with Hamlin as one of the owners.

 

I agree, and this is not the first time - think about Earnhardt Sr starting his own team with his son and Michael Waltrip while Sr was driving for Childress.

NASCAR has a rule forbidding (paraphrasing here) "manipulating the outcome of a race".  That would seem to be a distinct possibility when a driver has an ownership interest in one or more other cars. As an additional example, think of Jeff Gordon's partial ownership of the 48 car when both he and Jimmy Johnson were driving.

The rear is severely out of square - has it been wrecked?

Thanks, Nathan!  That's a good turnout - I hope they did as well Saturday.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it.

Does anyone know how many LMs they got last night?

Agreed! I've been trying to see the Outlaws at Cottonbowl for years, so it was great to finally make it and the racing was great! It was announced that Saturday's crowd was a record for the track.

I watched the Knoxville race, too.  I guess either someone was out with a radar gun, or they had timing loops at various points.  I saw some speeds shown while they were in the turns - speeds in the mid 60s.  I expected someone like Stewart or Bloomquist to be faster than that in the turns with their experience on dirt and the power supposedly available.

Barely awake, but awake - at least sometimes... LOL  You're welcome, Nick!

No mention of anyone named "Brown" in the article - is the thread title correct?

If the new owner lives in the San Antonio area, I hope to see the car at Biff Buzby's on some Friday night! 

It's not on the track website, either. That's fundamental info for people wanting to attend...  You can politely email manpromo@aol.com and Mary Ann , the promoter,  will get back to you.

On 2/18/2021 at 9:32 AM, rebelracewriter said:

...off north 410 near I-10...

Maybe they thought they would build it where Malibu Grand Prix used to be (I think MGP was still there at the time, though?). I grew up near that area - there was really no space around there back then that I can think of that was big enough to put one race track, let alone multiple tracks. They would have had to build go-kart sized tracks - probably intersecting each other... 

I'd guess that it wouldn't be the racer. I suspect it would come down to a battle between the track's risk-waiver for anyone in the infield (I assume they have one) vs the possible negligence of the track for leaving a barrel in the racing area where a reasonable person might foresee it being hit by a race car and launched (the only way I can see that the racer could be held responsible is for not realizing the hazard and raising the issue). Good thing that barrel didn't fly a little higher/farther - as it was, you could see one guy in the truck almost get knocked over by the impact.

It would be interesting to read the notes/reports of the claim investigators/adjusters involved, and to hear the phone call of the truck owner to his insurance company.  "You were at the race track, and WHAT????"

I believe there's a thread in the history forum that this reminds me of - someone parked off the 3rd/4th turns at SAS where he shouldn't have and a car went over the wall and...

It seems like it would be hard to get fired from a team bearing your own name. Unless...   maybe it was a "hostile takeover" - new ownership forced him out and the new CEO is The WIld Child... 

I remember that school bus race - I think it was at the first of the postseason CrashORamas(name ?).

I believe that was the same day he won the train race in his Dirty30 car after going a lap down when the pulling car paired with him spun and wound up side by side facing the same way. Chrudimsky fired up his engine, spun his car around against the chain so he was in the pulling position, and off they went after the other "train". I thought they lost all chance when his trunk lid came open and blocked the view out of the back (as the pulling car, he was going backwards), but it didn't slow him down. Not only did they unlap themselves but they repassed the lead pair to win. Between the bus and train races, he put on quite a show that day. Didn't win the boat race, but he was entertaining in that as well. 😁😁

Prayers for Richard and family!

There were races that Newman missed due to injury before the Covid-19 hiatus - so the Covid hiatus would not be a factor regarding a waiver. Nor was it an absolute requirement to be in the top 16 in points - when NASCAR announced the Busch waiver, they said he had to be in the top 30 (which Newman is, as Josh points out - 25th in points) and win a race. Granted, Newman didn't win a race - but he was leading Daytona at the time of his injury-causing wreck. Oh, well. 

On 10/4/2020 at 6:52 PM, rebelracewriter said:

Don't get me started.....So many inconsistencies in the whole mess!

#JGRprivilege

Remember in 2015 when Shrub Busch broke his leg and NA$CAR made an exception to get him into the Chase  - and he won the title, despite missing a large percentage of the races? Did they make the same exception for Ryan Newman after his injury this year (also in the Daytona 500)? nope...   JGRPrivelege is right.

4 hours ago, arob said:

Well , if you want to guarantee rain in Corpus Christi just schedule a sprint car race. Mr. Holt is the best weather guy around. He has been here long enough to have a nickname like Dead Wrong Dale and Guessy Vessey do. I wonder what it could be?

Likewise for Paige, TX where World of Outlaws is concerned...

I saw him win the LM feature the first time Dad and I went to Highway 16 - I guess it was the year Pan American closed down. To the best of my memory, he was the red Nova. Jimmy Finger was leading. Fryar caught him coming out of 4 and went high - Finger went high to block. Fryar went low and he was gone!

RIP, and prayers for his family!

I think I'm fated never to see them race at CBS. Two or three rainouts and now a virus-out. Oh well - understandable. Maybe the next time they come to CBS, it won't be on a work day. Thanks for posting this!

That's great news! Thanks, Owen!

Good - I hope they will include times (gates-open, opening ceremonies) on there as well. It amazes me that the track website does not include that fundamental information (if its there, I've never been able to find it). Thankfully, it's often included in the event postings here in the track forum (example), but it should be on the track website as well for those who are not aware of LSSZ and/or are not on Facebook.

They seem to have omitted the USMTS race that was announced for Feb 28 - is that still on?

A good announcer does a lot for a show. Two good announcers, that can play off each other - even better!