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December 01, 2012 at
10:49:45 AM by StanM
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Posted By: Ca Sprintcar fan on November 30 2012 at 06:28:22 PM
Nothing delusional or biased about pavement truck drivers crying on the last few live, Speed Channel, truck races, about "never driven a thing on dirt before", and "the Eldora race is set up for dirt guys to win it".
The late model T-Mac has driven midgets alot before he won the chilli bowl. Kyle Busch has driven alot on dirt before his win at Eldora (against no latemodel pros).
I could see if it were at Knoxville, some of the pavement truck guys could get away with running the bottom or middle, but this will be at Eldora where they will be running the wall, lap after lap, with only slide-jobs to pass. Good luck pavement drivers, your going to need it.
The Nascar guys in this event, who have a dirt background, or a dirt track ringer will win it.
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Here's my take on the negative posts in this thread. The general consensus if I'm reading between the lines is that dirt track purists feel insulted that NASCAR is going to race at Eldora. As if Eldora should only be used for specific types of racing and nothing else should take place there.
Now let's analyze this thinking. Take any domed NFL stadium or hockey arena for example. Sure it's a football stadium or the arena was built for hockey but they're also entertainment venues. The more types of entertainment that the promoter brings into his facility the more interest and income the facility generates which is good for everybody involved. For the cryin' out loud, the trucks are only going to be there one night, it ain't as if NASCAR will be taking the place over, paving it and cancelling all Sprint, Late Model and Modified shows. It's one f'ing night in the middle of the week, they could bring the Shrine Circus in there instead of NASCAR trucks and who's it gonna hurt?
I see a similar situation up where I live every year. Cedar Lake Speedway gives the Late Models and Modifieds the night off for their annual School Bus night. The Mod and Late Model people bitch and moan and post bitter comments wishing all kinds of bad on the promoters. Meanwhile local high schools all build buses that are driven by teachers and the track even builds a couple buses for one of the owners and the local stunt guy to drive. They pack the place to the rafters with a crowd as big or bigger than their annual World of Outlaws Sprint show and the final night of the $50,000 to win USA Nationals. The purse for the buses amounts to a trophy, a victory lane photo and a year of braggin' rights for the winning school. Let the whiners whine, the fact is that School Bus nights are hugely successful and draw 10x more fans than a weekly show.
Eldora and all dirt tracks are entertainment venues first and "Sprint Car" or "Late Model" tracks secondly. Any promoter in this day and age that paints themselves into a corner by never offering any variety will have a hard time keeping their gates open. The numbers of competitors pulling in the back gate for weekly shows and the size of the crowds are down everywhere. A few shows like this can make a season for race track now days.
The Vikings stadium here in Minnesota is used for conventions, concerts, Monster Trucks, and Motorcross just to name a few of the kind of events they hold there. I don't think of Trucks at Eldora any differently than Gravedigger churning up dirt on the 50 yard line at the dome. It's all entertainment that targets a variety of interests.
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Stan Meissner
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This message was edited on
December 01, 2012 at
10:57:14 AM by StanM
As far as who shows up to race, which groove they run, how many dirt track "ringers" are in the field, etc., etc., etc. I don't take entertainment that seriously. I'm not located anywhere near Eldora but if I was and I felt like going I'd go and enjoy the evening. If I didn't care for the trucks I'd stay home and probably check the stats on the web the next day just to see what happened. A big thumbs up to Tony Steward for bringing this history making race to Eldora. I hope it goes well for him and I'll tune in and watch or set the DVR if I'm busy doing something else. My life and happiness doesn't hang in the balance over what Tony does with his Ohio property. In other words, people ought to chill out about this, it's no big deal. ;)
Stan Meissner
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