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Wouldn't surprise me either, especially since they are next at Watkins Glen, where you can pit for a couple minutes no problem, and not lose a lap.  But, two broken bones...that's pretty severe...not just a walkin cast deal I don't think

I believe BK won a race in the same week he broke ankle and had it swell up the size of a baseball. Depending on what Meds the doctors have to put him on I would not be surprised to see him race on sunday, although I wouldn't be surprised if he was out the next few weeks.

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Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

Pinewood derby and the local bath tub races!!! LMAO

The best choice is Boris Said or Ron Fellows in Tonys car at the Glen. They have the talent for road courses as these tracks sort out the good ones real quick. Road racing is a special talent and the hardest along with rally racing to be a winner at. The last really good talent in their prime was Tim Richmond and Darrell Waltrip. A high percentage can get a car drive around circles and end up a winner.

You mean the one about no more Roush Yates Fords?

Actually we're all a bunch of walkin' talkin' penises.

If we're going to spend the day chatting about someone's leg, we might as well make it a chick's instead of some dude's.

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?

Take the sprint car fan blinders off for a second. We are a niche sport, and are covered as such by the national media like it or not. Sprint car racing just had a racing legend pass away as a result of a race days prior to this incident, and earlier this summer a high profile race race driver also lost his life. NASCAR is about as safe of a racing organization as anything right now. Sprint car racing is FAR less safe, as we have unfortunatley seen this summer with so many tragedies. 

Very sorry to hear Tony was injured in a sprint car crash and I hope the healing process is fast and he gets full range of motion.  This sport needs the talent and appeal that the cup drivers bring back to our sport and we have to thank them for keeping such a great sport as part of their current everyday plan.  Respectfully, I wish Tony all the best in his recovery.  

 my  camper  stays  in  Knoxville  year  round  and  haven't missed  many  races  at  husets  in  the  last 20  years!  And husets is  one  of  the  greatest  shows  on  dirt!

"Pinewood derby and the local bath tub races!!! LMAO"

Without doubt, the post of the day!

 
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM

"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE COLD?"

Cool I will retract previous comment. Problem last night was those damn tractor tires. Next someone will hit the open spot in the fence under the flag stand. I'm not a big Stewart fan but not his fault at all. That whole deal was poor track safety! tractor tires ought to be outlawed. 

I realize the whole niche sport and all of the deaths that have happened this year and years past. My problem is with how it gets reported. Over the past couple months media like ESPN has done nothing but report the dark side of sprint car racing and racing in-general. They think it is a simple fix such as soft walls or modifying the cars like Nascar has done but they fail to mention the cost assoiciated with all of this. Nascar is far more safer than any other form of motorsport because they basically have a bottomless check book in which they can research these things. All we will hear about now for the next month is how a sprint car crash took Tony's chances away from winning a title, nevermind the fact that Denny Hamlin was injuired in a cup car.

Would not hurt to first go MAKE a track get rid of tractor tires and grade a berm around the inside. Pretty simple 

I watched as Mike Roberts moved the large tractor tires out onto the racing surface before the second B. McCarl was directing this and was there as the tires were moved. As a car owner I was amased at this move. Josh hit one of the tires almost head on and it threw him out infront of Tony and the rest. I detest tires as an infeild boundary. Maybe some fairboards and promoters will wake up now with such a high profile dumb ass move.

Sprints rule

Maybe Harvick moves to TSR early, and the Dillon youngster jumps in on the RCR side

Its a niche sport, that the general public does not care about. Why do you think ESPN should feel compelled to report on anything other than newsworthy mainstream events? Most people watching wouldn't know what a sprint car looked like it it landed in their front lawn... Which invariabley will almost always be tragedies.

How else do you want it reported? Sprint cars are dangerous. Yes, Denny Hamlin was injured in a sprint cup car. Apples and oranges comparing Hamlin to Stewart. One occured in NASCAR competition MONTHS ago, while the other happened yesterday in a race paying 3 freaking thousand dollars to win. Stop playing the sprint cars are victims card.

No one is playing any victim card....I just simply stated that I don't like how everything is reported so stop putting words into my mouth. All I was saying was that I hate how ESPN reports on this stuff trying to add drama to a situation instead of being unbiased. I understand how it works, I was simply just stating how I do not like it.

Seen same thing. T-mac told him to put bigger tire in turn two. of all people t-mac should of known better. wtf?