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Just goes to show it isn't the absolute high speeds that thrill, but the action on the track. In fact, some of the fastest races are the most boring. I agree, great feature at PR last night. I was a bit suspect early on about the track prep, but they sure brought it in for the features. Glad to see Dietrich win the feature. Not just for the excitement, but because he does do some travel. I for one respect that. He evidently has the opportunity and the desire to expand his racing. 

Last year's best race in my opinion was the Labor Day race. A close second would have been the Weikert Memorial race that they ran on Monday. In fact, the Labor Day race has been good for the past 2-3 years, and all of those races I just listed had one thing in common, they were slick.

I mean, if I'm being a picky bastard, Id like to see a little more speed, but damn that was a great race last night. No complaints.

It was a good race. Way too dry early but the water around the outside during intermission helped to bring it back some. The track was still pretty much junk but the race went non stop and we had a bunch of heavy hitters up front battling for the lead. Lapped traffic is really what made it interesting. The leaders had to get rather creative to pick their way through and lapped traffic at a  speedweek race consists of some pretty fast cars. Had a good time.

Something else that was great about the event...the attendance. Grandstands appeared to be about 95% full and the infield was packed. The Grove had a great crowd the night before as well. Good to see!

I was able to attend 4 of the 10 Speedweek shows this year. Lincoln (Mon) Grandview, Williams Grove (Mitch Smith) and Port Royal (last night) and I enjoyed each one. The stands were full, and the atmosphere for all four tracks was tremenous. Some times you get a snoozer of a race, but I honesty enjoyed each of those races for different reasons and drove home each night satisfied that I got my money's worth. I can't wait until the 2019 Pa Speedweek ( Hopefully BAPS is added to the schedule.)

We don't have a Speedweeks here per say, but very soon now we will have a couple weeks that sure as hell amounts to  Speedweeks! :)

Agree on BAPS. It could easily replace at least one track on the current schedule, or at least take one of the days of the tracks that have 2 shows.

Attempting to be a voice of reason in a world full of
irrationality. 

The track was junk but it made for two damn good races with tons of passing and side by side action. Now, I don't know about BStrawswer, track prep guru, but when I go to a race I want to see side by side racing and lots of passing. Well, there it was last night and seemed like pretty much everyone loved it, from fans to drivers. Imagine that.

I have to agree......I personally did not hear one single fan sitting around me that did not think both races were teriffic. But what do we know, we were just there as paying customers and not MONDAY Morning Quarterbacks on the internet.

Same here.  Even the Dewease fans who were a little disappointed said it was a great race.  Regardless of the winner, last night was well worth $22 as the late models also put on a good show!

The numerous comments (tweets) I saw on Twitter were all positive and I wasn't being selective.

I just watched a video clip from the 22 cars in warmups at Selinsgrove and it already looks like a dust bowl, lol. So keep on championing every other track buddy, we'll continue enjoying damn good races at the Speed Palace, crap track or not. Here's to a BStrawser free summer at the Port. Bobo out.....

I can tell you this, no matter what anyone thought of the track conditions, speed or anything else, video could not do that race justice. No way could any video crew could capture all the action in that race. If you were not there you don't know half of what went on during that feature and those who  were there didn't have enough eyes to see it all. This comes from a guy who was not thrilled with the surface and made the remark during hotlaps if that guy wins tonight I won't be back for anymore special shows this season.

Don't know what video you watched but I'm here right now and Selinsgrove is anything but a dust bowl. The track is a little choppy but damn fast. Gonna be an exciting feature.

I hated the track but it was a good race despite the shitty conditions. I left happy.

I'm right there with ya, my buddy and I said exactly the same thing. But the features turned out to be awesome with so much action you had to have your head on a swivel to see half of it.

Best race of the week just happened at Selinsgrove. Lucas and Dietrich ran neck and neck for the last 10 or 12 laps driving their asses off at extremely high speeds and Lucas eventually got out in front and took the win. Heimbach was right there in 3rd ready to pounce as well. Greg Hodnett edged Dietrich by only 2 points for the Speedweek title. If Dietrich had won, he'd have been the champion. What a week. Thanks to all the tracks for their hardwork and teams who showed up and gave us a show each night. Can't wait until next year.

Just caught the highlights on YouTube.  That was a barnburner for sure, especially when you consider had Dietrich held off Wolfe, he would have held on for the Speedweek title. Damn good racing.

By the way, who was calling the race on the SpeedShift highlights? He was, um, how shall I say..... interesting.

I'm not sure who was calling the action but yeah, it was definitely interesting.

I’m not a Professional track preparation expert like some other people are LOL. But, the biggest issue I see at Port  is not a lack of water, but the water being put on the surface of the track and not worked down into it properly. That being said, there were two entirely different types of surfaces this past week and two excellent races. 

The “DeWease is cheating”  theories always amuse me. 

1. They have 3 HOF members in their pits, I would imagine there is a little knowledge there

2. 30-40 races is a lot different than 80-100....they usually show up with fresh stuff to almost every race...especially an event like speedweek. I would imagine that they would still win if racing a full schedule, but maybe not at the same rate