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GoodYear on the tires? Man , you have been out of touch for quite some time I'd say.

Tenter, you said it before me. They haven't been on Goodyear's for a long long time. Just 2 guys, or is it ? that like to sit and complain. I watched both nights and I saw a lot of dam good racing for position. You 2 need to go to tracks that halfway through the program they bring out the water truck and dump a ton of water on the surface. Screven just did it and so have a couple tracks around Illinois the tracks still got slick. Water on top of the  surface does nothing. 

LOL 

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The Grove is the only flat paper clip with tight turns. The racing there is OK on a good night but very seldom is it spectacular IMO. Lincoln and Port are banked pretty good in the turns.

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I was gonna bring it up, but figured I'd play nice and not be a complete wiseass.

There was another one that had longer straights and tighter turns than I'm used to seeing.  Can't think of the name but it stood out to me. I recognize Williams Grove when I see it but missed my chance to go there back in the early 70's.

Stan Meissner

He could've mentioned M&H Racemasters

Thats cool... you're doing fine as a 7/8 wiseass! ;)

Usually pretty funny...

Agreed. Most of the other tracks are more entertaining...

To Stan M,

Would that track have been called Metrolina?

The track appeared to have a VERY narrow infield, long straights, tight, but really wide, semi or high banked corners.

I'm assuming that it was in one of the Carolina's.

I remember watching ESPN and seeing highlights of a WoO show that took place there in the early to mid 80's. Bobby Allen was the winner (If I remember correctly).

^^^ Strawser calling someone clueless. LOL Now that's just precious!

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It was all strawsers doing he manned the graders and the water trucks at all the tracks but port and he even wore a mask while doing so! 

Really? You don't like the track prep at Port Royal?

I DID NOT KNOW THAT FACT!!!! ;)

It's a shame you don't have the balls to walk up to Steve and tell him that, huh.  You talk a big game, on the internet, but actually hide behind your keyboard.  It's not hard to find Steve on most days and especially raceday.  Let's go big mouth, tell the man how to do it.  Oh right, you are just a blowhard.  I love the twitter threads with Steve, many drivers & some crew guys saying that you are the clueless one.  But what do they know, it's only what they do, lol.  It must have really been a gut punch when Larson said Port has become one of his favorite tracks in the country. Ouch, huh. Of course, he's just one of a whole bunch of drivers who love Port.  Did you enjoy your pole sitter winning last night?  Maybe if you went to Port you'd see all the passing in the feature. But you stay home with your alter ego WingedStrawser and watch on the internet so you only see whovever the camera is following.

It's funny how drivers and fans were complaining about Lincoln last night and you thought it was great.

I didn't mind it, Posse fans in general tend to complain more about track conditions when the Outlaws do well.

And speaking of that, Outlaws sweep the top 8? Where's Cubes?

To get mad at Strawser after he rips Port is like getting mad at Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th part 10 for slashing people to death with a machete. It's what he does. It's how he's wired, nothing will change his mind. If you expected Jason to take up studying psychology or horticulture on a whim by the 10th movie, you are sorely mistaken.  I just wonder why Strawser spends so much of his energy and ire fixated on something he doesn't even attend. Surely there's a more constructive use of his time out there.

But, seriously folks, if you went to Port this past weekend, watched those features and left thinking that racing wasn't good, I have no idea how you would call yourself a 410 fan.

IF shouldnt be a word used to debate success but since you brought it up, you have no clue where DD would have finished based on removing a single miscue. If an outlaw had missed his cut maybe the Posse would have filled the top 8.

The results are official, unless the pit guy at Oskaloosa chimes in, the woo swept the top 8 last night.

Being Canadian, it isnt my fight eh. Just fun to watch and listen to, but the stat sheet is quite clear for this particular night.

Even though I may not know you, I 
care what most of you think!

DD: "If were going to have big paying, single division, races in PA.. it sure would be nice to have a track you can pass on all night.. what a joke tonight."

Maybe he was talking about Port, but I think they raced at Lincoln last night....

The track at Lincoln last night was exactly as DD described, "a joke".  And that was not a 'great' feature by any objective measure.

the only joke is dd.  the most impressive part about the great racing we've seen is guys aren't running over each other...especially lead cars.  the two situations i've seen leaders wrecked involved him...speekweek last year where he took out montieth on a failed slider and last night where he tried to pass 3 cars in turn 1.  i think he wrecked last year or the year before vs the outlaws trying a similar move at the other end of the track.

i'll take ryan smith any day.  he seems hard on himself for not winning...but he seems to respect his equipment and competitors.  

great race overall last night from where i was sitting.  the crowd was down which i actually think was a good thing.  probably a combo of a week night race scheduled on short notice and the weather.  we were lucky to get anything in at all last night.  even if the posse isn't running well...the outlaws are really fun to watch right now.  schatz/sweet were racing each other for a good chunk of the race.  i would imagine the 1s made up some points and hopefully gravel, haudenschild, and others can start running up front more as well.