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Looked like the crowd was big, and it sounded like they enjoyed the show.  Other than the light issue, which wasn't an Oultaw problem, it looked like a success.  Anyone have any positive and/or negative input from those that were there?  Hoping they can keep adding different tracks to the regular schedule.  

I agree, the electrical issue created a longer than usual event.  My only question is, when they knew they had an issue with the lighting, they still had over an hour of daylight before needing lighting, why didn't they go ahead with hot laps and time trials?

I was following Tanner Holmes on Facebook, and he did a video and stated that the Outlaws "polled" the drivers and asked them if they wanted to race.  Some were okay with it, but some expressed concerns about how dark it was/would be soon in certain areas.  I'm fine with them deciding to err on the side of caution and don't blame some of the drivers for voting no and waiting for the lighting to be corrected.  

No complaints.  I was at Jackson, Minnesota, one time.  Beautiful night, 40+ cars, a tall hauler catches a hanging cable and takes out the lights.  It ended up being a four hundred mile round trip with nothing to show for it.  Aside from the long delay the racing was good last night.  I like quarter mile tracks when they catch up and start working lapped traffic.  Some say that half miles will make you fast, places like Husets and Kennendale will make you a race car driver.  

Stan Meissner

The track was WAY to wet to hotlap or TT before the sun went down. At one point they were going to try it, but it would have taken at least two sets of hot laps to get the track ready. They called an audible and went ahead and ran the doorbanger hotlaps and heats first.

We thought the exact same way.  I remember Knoxville having same problem a couuple of times.  Many years ago at Hawkeye downs they ended out with cars in infield lined up around track with lights on.

Balog is a good driver with good equipment.  If he nailed the setup, he would have been right there just like he was at his stomping grounds in Wilmot last year.  However, I don't think he, nor the car are at the caliber needed to win if they miss the setup by a bit.  JMO.  I love watching him race, and root for him every time he's on the track.  Guys like Larson, Schatz, Gravel etc, can make up for small misses in the setup with ability and equipment.  (I know this contradicts another Hoser's genius thoughts that Schatz could only compete because of Ricky----but that simply isn't true)   

Lol you make it sound like he started 2nd and finished 15th. He dropped 2 spots in a 35 lap feature. Have none of the outlaws ever lost 2 spots in a feature? Balog is a great guy and I hope everyone is buying his merchandise to help him continue to chase his dream of running a full year with the outlaws. He's nipping at the heels of Kofoid for ROTY so far. Something that not a lot of people would have guessed before the year started

Real race cars don't have fenders...

Balog has been a pleasant surprise. Making a mistake at the WoO level will cost you spots 90% of the time from which you arent likely to make up for it. At the IRA level he could make up for any mistakes much more easily. 

Wow, talk about an uninformed statment. The guy starts 2nd and finished 4th after biking it up and losing several spots and charging back. He drove his ass off and did one hell of a job driving a car the setup was not optimal on against some of the best in the business. How about giving him credit for staying in the top 5 with a car that wasn't handling as well as it could ? I thought he did a pretty damn good job all things considered...

The older I get the faster I was.
All of my hard lessons have been learned at the speed of 
pain...

The best crew chief in the business and an extra $1 million would probably do him wonders.  Until that happens, he, and his crew, are doing a hell of a job.  Take more chances?  Doesn't sound like a sound business model for a "low-budget" team.  Maybe Sheldon can get away with that with the big NOS on the car, but not Bill.  He's just fine the way he is.  He'll win a race or 2 this year.  

Absolutlely not!   Then he'd have to compete against Cory Eliason every night....

There are simply not enough crew chiefs in the world to solve the Cory Eliason juggernaut................................

Whatever deep is supposed to mean. I think most fans would rather have a field that is fast.

There you go cheerleading again. They have only run a few races so far, check back after Knoxville and see how deep it is then you'll know.

I have to ask, why does this place go out of its way to crap on balog and the IRA? like you guys crapped on him for finally leaving the IRA and running all stars, then you crap on him running with the outlaws, and when he does run well there's a heavy majority that still thinks that he is doing a terrible job. I get that some may not like him or feel that he is overrated for his success with the IRA but dang guys it's literally every little thing he does and you guys trash him. He is keeping up with the top guys while racing them clean, which is a far cry from what a bunch of the other high priced teams do to him. He's keeping up in the rookie of the year points against a highly funded roth team and could easily find himself battling for sixth in points once Sheldon chokes away another race and junks his equipment. 

I may be biased being a long time IRA fan and seeing one of our own be successful on a national stage but I will say that I have a great deal of respect for a guy who is willing to take a chance on himself and chase his dreams down even when it means that he has to foot the bill himself. 

If High Limit was a better fit for him at this point in his career, that's where he'd be. He's been racing and winning for a long time now. He knows how to run his team and he doesn't need your idiotic advice.

And yet, given all that "freedom" to race wherever they want, they don't. HL having a "deep field" apparently doesn't mean anything.... just saying.

Sure, and running against Eliason and Parker Price Miller would surely put the fear of God in any sprint car driver...

So much freedom to roam, so little wander lust. But it does give Rico more time to post on Insta