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He and Brad own the series.   It was put together "by him".      For himself. 

Larson has basically admitted it was a clown show move and said he wouldn't do it again which is the most important thing. High Limits original intent supposedly was to "grow the sport", unclear if they are doing that but at least the purses are good.

if this was telling spire motorsports to pony up and go beat the top driver in nascar...who right now might happen to be kyle larson as well...i would agree.  

i was trying to think of comparisons to just telling high limit drivers to beat a nascar champion and knoxville nationals/king's royal champion.  it reminds me of the eternal argument in pennsylvania about whether private schools should play their own state playoffs.  my high school northwestern lehigh is looking at getting destroyed in the state softball playoffs on thursday by a catholic school near philadelphia.  it would be an incredible win if the tigers can do it...but they're going up against a school that can draw talent from anywhere.  they're not limited to the boundaries of their district.  it's even more absurd when they don't play in the highest classifications.  

sort of like larson creating a series for the little guy but then dropping down to pound on them.  it's not like he's lining up the outlaws every night or even srx stars like stewart in his series.  maybe a better idea would be to just be at the track signing autographs as a figurehead.  most people would probably appreciate that more anyway.

i like kyle larson.  the dirt nerds podcast spelled things out well this week though.  he's at risk of taking a pretty big hit to his reputation if this falls apart.  i think of him as being a down to earth guy who happens to be really talented at driving a race car.  he's at risk of losing that if he keeps trying to over-rule the people he appointed to run his races like his opinion and judgement is all that matters.

If you go old-school-----laptop and HDMI cord to TV---you will have no issues.  I gave up on the TV years ago with DV and FLO.  I have older smart TV's and brand new smart TV's and NONE of them will stream a race.  Laptop streams it flawlessly every time.  I know it's not ideal, but it works!!

Even on my laptop it was buffering a bunch.   DirtVision rarely does that.   I watch that on TV and my wife is still streaming facebook and YouTube videos and neither of us has issues doing that.   We're on ATT fiber, so that's more than capable regardless of device I think.   We'll see what Flo does tonight I guess.   

High Limit should probably have one of their $50k to win shows at Eagle next year. Why the WoO hasn't gone back there especially with I-80 gone is beyond me. 

Money !  Knoxville and Husets  don't want Eagle to get a show.  It's been that way in Pa for years,  I know of 2 tracks that wanted the outlaws  but always get over looked. Selinsgrove and Grandview. They made the New York swing that was a joke, New York has big block mods, it is not sprint car territory. They could easily do a Tuesday thru Sunday, 6 nights in pa for some hi paying races yet it never has and never will happen. 

Eagle  was short track racing at its finest.Hole took Marks chance away and to see Knoxville best be lapped shows you how good Rico.Kyle,Gio,are at these bullrings prepared to showcase their talent. Fun to see Sheldon but  has to honor his WOO commitment. Larson needs to start shotgun to show if He is the best which He sure seems to have more fun but knows where his bigger checks come from. Nascar is a race of strategy pit stops and not ruffling too many feathers Races like this make strongest motor win big half miles not as exciting

As to the fencing at Tri City, it has been that way for a long time (even in the days of the 1/2 mile).  I avoid sitting very low there for that reason.  

I will say I was there about 10 years ago when a non wing car (Kevin Thomas, Jr I think) got into the front stretch fence.  The cables did kick him back onto the track so the fence did it's job that night.  Before impact, I was thinking he was coming thru.

My concern there has always been that I don't think the fence is tall enough (especially for sprints).  If someone jumped a right rear on the front straight, it looks quite possible a car could clear the fence.  Not as likely since track was shortened since speeds are lower, but I am somewhat amazed it never happened in the old 1/2 mile days.  Also, back in the 90's they ran sprints every week for at least a few years.  

The parking lot at Eagle last nigh>  For all the negative posts around Kyle winning them here is my response.  The High Rollers will be around for a long time...

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Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

Bacon's flip over turn 1/2 at Terre Haute might have cleared the Tri City fence. 

Within hearing distance of Tri City Speedway

Saw that one online.  It most likely would have.  Also, Bacon (I think) got way high into the Tri City fence in turn 1 at one of the Gold Crown events a few years back.  The fencing in the corner is new since it was put in when the track was shortened.  I think he was pretty high then also.  Fortunately the odds of getting that much air on the straights are less than in a corner.  

 IMHO, High Limit so far has been more entertaining than WoO, more variety, strong fields

It was a shame to see Marks get screwed by a rough track. I don't claim to be a track prep expert by ANY means, but HAZARDS should be elliminated. Fun to warch Larson win, but maybe they should hype up the situation by putting up a bounty? Or make him start at the back of his heat & fight his way forward? He doesn't really need all that $$$, does he?

Sounds like socialism to me!

Marks didn't get screwed by a rough track. The dip was there the entire night, and I saw no one else get upside down becasue of it.

I'll say it again - these guys see that the 57 is right behind them, and they drive differently and press.

The "hole" or "dip" in turn one at Eagle has been there for as long as I've attended races down there which is at least 20 years. I'm not sure why or how. Kinda bizarre.

Track question- when a dirt track produces a hole like that, is there any fix to it? I imagine taking one of those Wirtgen machines they use around here on road repair jobs. Those babies eat the top layer of asphalt or concrete off a street like it's nothing. Could something like that be used to take off the edges around a hole?

You don't need a milling machine to take large area of clay up and redo that part of the track.

 The why it has been there for 20 years is because the people who own and work the track don't pay for broken parts that it causes. Things like that are hard on parts even if you don't wreck in it.

Oh boy... doesn't have anything to do with "socialism"

Its about making a free enterprise competition more entertaining, maybe more profitable, by appealing to the fans

Why do you think the worst teams in stick & ball sports get the 1st draft picks? More competition, better entertainment

Back in the day, when I started going to dirt track races in the 1960s, points leader would start all the way in the back. It was entertaining as hell... home built cars, different engines. At the track I went to, Eastside Speedway in Waynesboro, Va., the big gun, Smokey Stover, won 22 out of 24 races  in 1962, STARTING FROMTHE BACK. Beats the hell out of "Follow the leader"

"Screwed" was probably the wrong word.

Yea, I know, everybody had the same track to work with

I just don't think obvious hazards like that hole should be left on a track, flipped the leader who was running a great race

Obvious safety issue too.....