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Steve and Sammy were not great talkers, but that has nothing to do about whats in thier hearts and mind.  Talking to strangers if tuff, I do not do it well, but my wife can talk to anyone and it takes the pressure off of me.  Give Steve and Sammy a break.  A.J. Foyt was never a great talker, but I saw him recently in an interview on Speed Sport News and he did really well.

I think Sammy will run his own car with his motor of choice (Parker) and run tracks that he likes, next season.. Time will tell...

NASCAR has hurt its self because it is over exposed to fans.  They have hours of practice and tim,e trials on TV days before a race.  They have hours of talk before and after a race.  Each announcver has to analize every event.  There is an old saying that you want the fans to want more.  If you give them all this BS they have had thier fill of it.  One reason you see alot of empty seats at NASCAR events is because the tracks  went on a big seat expansion program  several  years ago.  Instead of adding say 5000 seats, they added 20,000.  Bad idea.  Why do sprint drivers want to go to NASCAR.  The Indy 400 paid over $400,000 to the winner.  It is almost unheard of a WOO driver winning that much in 80 races. Donny S. might but at only $10,000 a race it would be hard.

Bill Russell. Michael Jordan. LeBron James.

Stan M gets it.

Steve and Sammy retiring is definitely the end of an era. But hardly the demise of the sport or the WoO.  20 years from now there will be young WoO fans and their only knowledge of Steve and Sammy will be as the guys grandpa reminisces about.

Great point! Kinda like the Knoxville nats. stretches 4 nights of racing into maybe 1 or 2 nights of racing with 100 cars.Earl Baltes put 252 cars into the worlds biggest and best dirt car race the World 100 into 2 nights. I prefer the best bang for the buck and its always been the 4 crown nats, and World 100 at Eldora!

  I don't think Sammy has even entertained the idea of funding his own car. He said it was the Chili Bowl only that he would race in and I believe him. Now if a good team gets in a pinch next year for some reason driver-wise and the situation was just right I could see him running some. But no way Jose on his own car.

Since everyone seems to get all warm and cozy over the dudes behind the wheel instead of the cars, youre hosed because the fake nascar money will always take our really good drivers. 

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?

minthess may have just made the funniest post in the history of Hoseheads......where's the applause people??

More weight, more regulation, more similarity in the 
cars.... that will ensure plenty of thrills for years 
to come.  Only the most average talent behind the 
wheel will be needed with such awesome equipment on 
the track!
minthess 8.28.14

I laughed so hard I made it my signature...

More weight, more regulation, more similarity in the 
cars.... that will ensure plenty of thrills for years 
to come.  Only the most average talent behind the 
wheel will be needed with such awesome equipment on 
the track!
minthess 8.28.14

If you lived in PA and attended weekly racing around here you would forget about the "outlaws"   All the outlaws bring is a higher gate fee to pay the "sanction fee" that pads the pockets of the crooks that run the show.  

and some people prefer high school football to the NFL, different strokes for different folks.....

+1

Not to mention those crooked drivers who race for purses double and triple what they normally run for. Who do they think they are?

i somewhat agree but with fred brownfield' passing...

Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

Your see the world of outlaws keep going and going and going. It may be with fewers teams but that is ok as far as i am comcern.

Your see the world of outlaws keep going and going and going. It may be with fewers teams but that is ok as far as i am concern. I don`t think you will see sammy as a car owner. He tried that a few years back with kevin. That is why he is not a owner now.

I attended my first WoO race in 2002 at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, MO. Prior to this my dad and I were I-70 Speedway (local 1/2 mile asphalt track now defunct) regulars. We had seen USAC at I-70 many times before. 

After that first race I was hooked. I didn't know who Steve Kinser was--or any other driver for that matter. Now we go to Knoxville several times a year including the Nationals and to the Kings Royal. (8 years straight on both). We go because of the racing and the ability to see the best drivers in the world 

I like Steve and Sammy but realistically I root for the guy that is the hard charger every night--the guy who starts 5th in the feature and drives his ass off to the front. I like to see racing. That is what is so great about dirt track racing and the WoO.  

As long at the WoO is the premier group of Sprint Cars I will be there. 

The   Woo   will   survive  but   without   the heroes  of today  or in the past  ,   is what  they  are  missing  . There  are  great   drivers  of today  but not  as  it was  years   gone by .  But  the real   challenge  of  WRG  is to   keep  the  costs   down , which   is not  happening . More  tracks  all  over  are  having  car  count  problems  and  I see  alot  of local dirt
tracks  crowds   declining   that  are   having  410 and even  some 360   tracks as well  .  It is time for  the  WRG  to step to the plate  and  do  something  NOW  not  later  to assure  good  racing  , lower car  costs ,  and  keep attendance  up besides   there  own races  , as   they   have  chosen to be  industry leaders  in  410   winged  racing .