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Ventura Raceway
Saturday, June 16th 2007
No Bull
I just can’t shut up. Let me give you another stinging indictment of
why the Bull Ring is one of the best-run tracks in racing. One hundred
and thirteen cars pitted last night in Ventura. Twenty-three sprint
cars and the senior class wasn’t even present. Thirty-three dwarf cars
showed up (sixteen of them senior class). Twenty-three IMCA Modifieds.
Thirty-four, I repeat, thirty-four cars (I use the term loosely) in the
kid’s class! OK, maybe they are not cars, but they are racing machines
and those kids are racers. Those kids are going to graduate to midgets
and then sprints. Jim Naylor and his hardworking organization have
built diversification and future growth. Young and old were racing side
by side. The stands weren’t full but there was a good crowd having a
helluva lotta fun. The announcer and sidekick Cool Race Chick were
having a blast shooting t-shirts into the crowd, dancing to the music
and looking like George Burns and Gracie Allen. Then Jimmy climbed down
mid evening, took out his Cat and cut that track, providing what the
Main Event winner called a “Hammer Down track!” With the fog offshore,
the train whistle blowing and the drivers strapped in, I was sitting in
the pits stands and secretly smiling. Check it out….Continue story
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