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This may not be popular, but for the good of our beloved sport, can't we have some decorum?

DM

Now for the “Cone” incident and the repeated false postings. Nose to tail, Tyler was on the Sammons 747 for a qualifying position. Coming out of four on the restart, the 747 of Sammons ran out of uel directly in front of “on the hammer” Walker who had charged from 18^th starting spot in the B Main to put himself in position to make the A Main. When 4^th place transfer Sammons ran outta fuel and all but stopped in front of Walker as they charged to the cone, Walker swerved left to avoid what would have been a very ugly incident, and actually passed the start finish and the cone on the wrong side of the cone. He never hit the cone on the restart. It was a heads up and brilliant move by Walker to avoid an ugly front stretch crash, and a safety move at that. That is what he was upset and arguing about. He should have been given his spot back, no ifs ands, or buts about it. When informed he would have to restart at the tail, that is when Walker showed his displeasure on track, speeding ahead of the field to kill the cone. RIP cone number one. Bless Bruce Ellis’s comment, I guess we now go to the back-up cone. Walker then parked pit side at his pit, and marched to the front stretch break in the wall voicing his displeasure. The kid raced his guts out, and racers on the track, still in the B Main, were making room for him to regain where he was at, agreeing basically that it was a bullcrap call by race control. Granted, Walker was over the line with his antics, but he did catch the attention of many, but most “fans” were outta control with their nasty ass comments, mostly personal stuff about Tyler’s off track past, who did not understand his frustration with the race control decision. While at the break in the pit wall, more than one security guard laid hands on Walker, and the video shows at least three physically grabbing him. In the heat of the moment, that is the very last thing they should have done, and only escalated his frustration and anger. While headed back to his pit, he was followed and proceeded by what seemed to be 4 or 5 security guards, and as explained earlier, the presence of un-needed security in the pit area only escalated after heavy handed security exerted un-needed and uncalled for physical confrontation, all started by the female security guard, that turned what could have been a simple discussion into an all out brawl. Out of courtesy of the Grove management, one very high ranking official admitted “they screwed up” with the Walker call, and “will work in the future” to make sure it will not happen again. They also said that the female guard will no longer be working at the Williams Grove races. GREAT MOVE WILLIAMS GROVE MANAGEMENT, but you gotta wonder how much the video taken of the incident played in their decision? As Janet Holbrook, a very respected car owner who has promoted many seasons at Attica in addition to fielding a Knoxville Nationals and 3 Time All Star Circuit of Champions point winning team stated above, no two tracks seem to be able to get together and run fair, consistent rules and guidelines for procedures, and in this day and age of equalizing competition by policing the cars, why, oh why can’t rules be standardized so that teams and car owners, who risk life, limb, and personal fortune FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT get together and have a very standard set of procedures and rules that make it fair for all, and in turn make it better racing for all of us to enjoy? One more misconception that I just read on PAPosseracing from a twitter post, someone posted that he talked with the "Tech Guy" at Williams Grove last night who told him that Tyler walker had been fired from the Sorokach 35. NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH! Walker will pilot the 35 at Port Royal Saturday evening, and I look for him to be "elbows up" as he always is lap after lap after lap. Charlie and Dawn have stated that Tyler Walker is their driver, and they will be in competition at the Port Royal Speedway Saturday evening as part of Pa Speed Week 2012, in addition to the series finale at Selinsgrove Sunday evening. End of rant, and I hope I have cleared up many of the postings on this thread that had no idea what happened for real! If you have "SOLID: and TRUE INFORMATION and FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE SHARE IT HERE AND LETS TOGETHER PUT AN END TO THE MISINFORMATION THAT OVERTOOK THIS SITUATION AND WAS BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION BY UNTRUTHS AND NOTHING BUT SHEER HATRED!

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised they included that in the highlight video.

I do believe if I read correctly, Walker is done for the year in that car. The new driver is someone who is long overdue for a quality ride, Curt Stroup.

When you compare the Grove video and the other one outside that night club its obvious he likes grabbing himself.

It's sad when people try to defend Tyler... even worse when people try to glorify him!

It's like a colleague of mine, who has been shooting racing for twenty plus years said to me earlier: "Race videographers with even the slightest bit of integrity have a collection of footage that no one will ever see."

Decorum: Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.

DM

It's like a colleague of mine, who has been shooting racing for twenty plus years said to me earlier: "Race videographers with even the slightest bit of integrity have a collection of footage that no one will ever see."

Decorum: Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.

DM

Maybe you need to reprimand those on the other board IOW. What they have said about Tyler is a lot worse than what I have read on here. And to think that if this was someone who acted this way in one of the elite venues that it would not have been shown on national TV or talked about your mistaken. As for myself I have seen this in all forms of racing. It is part of it. I don't blame the guy for posting the video. Maybe blame the one or ones who caused it or let it to happen. The only ones who should be ashamed is those who try to hide it. It is and always will be a part of racing. Looking forward to your comments on IOW.