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Topic: What happened to Kevin Swindell 's ride ?
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May 05, 2014 at
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Posted By: MatthewHenninger on May 05 2014 at 04:25:20 PM
Cracks me up how people complaine about the cost of touring with the WoO. It is the top series. It is not supposed to be for the casual weekend racer. If there is any flaw, it is the lack of increase in payout.
WoO still has the largest group of travelers. These drivers are competitive racers. This is not just about "having fun". Fun for these guys is going up against the best and winning. That is their fun!!
And by the way, for all of you regional fans who love to bash the WoO drivers, the touring drivers typically beat the locals. Numbers dont lie. Give them some respect. The great thing is that there are parts of this country where the locals can beat the touring guys and that is really fun to watch, I know I love the drama when the WoO pulls into the Grove. Great racing that only gets better when the touring guys show up.
The great thing about this sport is that if you are on a budget or are out just "to have fun", there are plenty of options for you. 305's, Micro & Mini Sprints. Have fun!
The other great thing about this sport is that the traveling teams come to your track. If you have the equipment, you get to race against the best there is. No one is saying that you have to go on tour. This really is an amazing thing that we sometimes overlook. Can you imagin showing up at Monza and asking if you can try and qualify for the F1 grid. Never happen.
Our sport provides the best drivers with a traveling venue and allows the rest of us to participate as we can afford it.
Sounds pretty good to me.
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You are absolutely spot on with all of your points, and way too level headed to fit in here. Now if you could go over and talk some sense into the raving lunatics on Indiana Open Wheel....
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May 05, 2014 at
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Posted By: MatthewHenninger on May 05 2014 at 04:25:20 PM
Cracks me up how people complaine about the cost of touring with the WoO. It is the top series. It is not supposed to be for the casual weekend racer. If there is any flaw, it is the lack of increase in payout.
WoO still has the largest group of travelers. These drivers are competitive racers. This is not just about "having fun". Fun for these guys is going up against the best and winning. That is their fun!!
And by the way, for all of you regional fans who love to bash the WoO drivers, the touring drivers typically beat the locals. Numbers dont lie. Give them some respect. The great thing is that there are parts of this country where the locals can beat the touring guys and that is really fun to watch, I know I love the drama when the WoO pulls into the Grove. Great racing that only gets better when the touring guys show up.
The great thing about this sport is that if you are on a budget or are out just "to have fun", there are plenty of options for you. 305's, Micro & Mini Sprints. Have fun!
The other great thing about this sport is that the traveling teams come to your track. If you have the equipment, you get to race against the best there is. No one is saying that you have to go on tour. This really is an amazing thing that we sometimes overlook. Can you imagin showing up at Monza and asking if you can try and qualify for the F1 grid. Never happen.
Our sport provides the best drivers with a traveling venue and allows the rest of us to participate as we can afford it.
Sounds pretty good to me.
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It was not meant to be complaining about the touring costs with WoO , yes it is supposedly the top touring series but the WoO is all about money especially for WRG not the drivers or them caring about you as a fan . If they cared as much as they say they do , there racing would be even better . Yes , it is not meant with weekend racers but it has drove alot of good owners and drivers from the business that was more fun , not to go out and race purely for money. To go out and race and put on a good show ,not a single file follow the leader type of race or winning from the first three rows .While I appreciate all the drivers abilities , I can't say it is the best racing for a fans money . But as long as people keep packing the tracks the WoO WILL NEVER TWEAK THERE SO -CALLED RULES to make the product better for you . I'd really like to see less rules , but i would say the best racing today is USAC and any LATE MODEL RACING .This my opinion , you sir sound like a diehard WoO FAN ? , but believe me this is not good racing and believe me WoO RACING COULD BE ALOT BETTER .
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May 05, 2014 at
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That some guy named Cap made the feature at Knoxville last season, so not a half bad driver - and Im sure it was just a two weekend gig and he wasnt shown "the door" this is what the 82 was going to do all season from what I understood. They tried to fill the ride with a local driver last season by the name of Scott Winters. Winters faired pretty well for it really being his first go at traveling, but he came to the conclusion that he didn't want to committ to racing full-time and give up his regular job.
Ultimately the job security in the 82 wasn't exactly existing after Henderson and Wolfe.
This season, like they did after Winters backed down they have just hit and missed. I think Roger Crockett might have had a verbal committment from them that got pulled away, that's just my intuition, I have no actualy proof of that.
This season they have had Hafertefe, Clauson, Swindell, Henry all in a car and I'm probably missing at least one.
I think they are essenttially audtioning the ride out with Kevin probably being the front-runner. IMO i think Clauson is audtioning himself for a certain winged sprint car that might need a driver next season.
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May 05, 2014 at
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Posted By: cjalger on May 05 2014 at 09:36:21 PM
That some guy named Cap made the feature at Knoxville last season, so not a half bad driver - and Im sure it was just a two weekend gig and he wasnt shown "the door" this is what the 82 was going to do all season from what I understood. They tried to fill the ride with a local driver last season by the name of Scott Winters. Winters faired pretty well for it really being his first go at traveling, but he came to the conclusion that he didn't want to committ to racing full-time and give up his regular job.
Ultimately the job security in the 82 wasn't exactly existing after Henderson and Wolfe.
This season, like they did after Winters backed down they have just hit and missed. I think Roger Crockett might have had a verbal committment from them that got pulled away, that's just my intuition, I have no actualy proof of that.
This season they have had Hafertefe, Clauson, Swindell, Henry all in a car and I'm probably missing at least one.
I think they are essenttially audtioning the ride out with Kevin probably being the front-runner. IMO i think Clauson is audtioning himself for a certain winged sprint car that might need a driver next season.
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I think your right , they are doing alot of auditioning , who will be next , all good drivers but i'm partial to Kevin Swindell who has much potential no matter what he drives , he is another Kyle Larson given a chance
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May 06, 2014 at
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Posted By: MatthewHenninger on May 05 2014 at 04:25:20 PM
Cracks me up how people complaine about the cost of touring with the WoO. It is the top series. It is not supposed to be for the casual weekend racer. If there is any flaw, it is the lack of increase in payout.
WoO still has the largest group of travelers. These drivers are competitive racers. This is not just about "having fun". Fun for these guys is going up against the best and winning. That is their fun!!
And by the way, for all of you regional fans who love to bash the WoO drivers, the touring drivers typically beat the locals. Numbers dont lie. Give them some respect. The great thing is that there are parts of this country where the locals can beat the touring guys and that is really fun to watch, I know I love the drama when the WoO pulls into the Grove. Great racing that only gets better when the touring guys show up.
The great thing about this sport is that if you are on a budget or are out just "to have fun", there are plenty of options for you. 305's, Micro & Mini Sprints. Have fun!
The other great thing about this sport is that the traveling teams come to your track. If you have the equipment, you get to race against the best there is. No one is saying that you have to go on tour. This really is an amazing thing that we sometimes overlook. Can you imagin showing up at Monza and asking if you can try and qualify for the F1 grid. Never happen.
Our sport provides the best drivers with a traveling venue and allows the rest of us to participate as we can afford it.
Sounds pretty good to me.
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