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Nice camera work Gunner. Now everybody take a deep breath! Stuff happens. Watching the video posted here, (I was not there) Mike appeared to be the leader. Ty was a back-marker. When you watch the HD video in regular time, Mike entered the turn low to protect the inside from a charging Baylog. Bartz was riding the top of the turn. At the apex, (the middle of the turn) Mike began to drift high and Bartz started a sharp left toward a lower exit of the turn. Big mistake as a back-marker!

At the point of contact, Mike had an advantage over Bartz evidenced by where contact occured on the 80K. The far back 1/4 of the wing sustained damage on the 80 K. Simultaneously, Mike and Ty headed for the same track position and something had to give. As a back marker, and you know you are or at least should know you are, you have a shared responsibility to stay out of the leaders way. Mike tried to slide under and past Ty. Ty for whatever reason looked to exit low from the top of the turn. Responsibility is shared by both drivers. It was purely a racing accident. So all of you stop screaming like you belong on TMZ, it was a racing accident by two competitive drivers.

I'm not certain parking Kertscher for the incident was the right call. It appeared that is what happened? If it did, tread lightly IRA because you need kertscher right now more than he needs you. Without the 80 K this year, the IRA would have no show and the series point race would be long over. The on-track battle between Baylog and Kertscher is the best I've seen since Melius and Johnson back in the 60's. It's been building for two years, let it grow! Otherwise, your stands won't be 2/3 empty, they will be ¾ empty.

You have nothing else to hang your hat on, unless you bring in the hired guns to walk off with the prize money.

You know how your loyal drivers feel about that.

seriously, watch the front of the 46 and watch his front wheels. Both were going for the same spot. Fact is, Ty has probably been upside down more than anyone in the IRA except maybe Irwin. And no the video does not lie. I have the capacity to break it down frame by frame and prove all of you wrong. When you look at it frame by frame, he clearly comes down off his line as Mike slides up. No over analysis just reality tv.

good thing the 80 car had another car to bounce off of...or he'd be the one waiting to be extricated after he blasted with wall unassisted.

8 tires have always cornered better than 4

Actually you are wrong about 8 tires being better than 4. The Terrel Formula One Car back in the 80's had, (I believe) 6 tires and it pushed like a mother. Was not as impressive in the corners on tight tracks as expected. LOL

You're ass has some hillbilly in it. Don't comment on anything other than that type of stuff, cuz that's all you know.

The real problem here and almost all "hub" IRA shows, is that there are 3 good cars and drivers and 27 slow ones who shouldn't be racing 410 sprint cars. How many times at these "local" IRA shows in the last 5 or 6 years has a very fast leader or charger get caught up by a very slow car? Probably why fewer and fewer "travelers" or "outlaws" are showing up to these local shows. That sucks for us but I can't blame them.

The comment about the IRA needing Kertcher more than he needs them is pretty accurate. I'm pretty much done going to these local shows unless it's a Friday Dodge show.

Good post 69. I never realized how many emotional women were sprint car fans. It was one of those racing accidents. Both driving hard and getting together. And, as for the 141 accident with Baylog, it's my understanding that Baylog never complained because he understands that he and Mike were after the same piece of realestate. You people seriously blame a guy for laying it on the line racing to win a clean sweep. Get a pair! Baylog apparently didn't make a big deal out of 141 because he would do the same. Would all of you really want it any other way? I wouldn't. The edge is what attracts race fans and drivers to the sport in the first place. Otherwise, we would all be little homo drifter fans running around in white sun glasses driving little white Subaru Impressa's.

Didn't Baylog destroy two other cars after 141 in a period of a week?

Fortunately the last two weeks he has been backdoor Billy Baylog, sort of like backdoor Billy Johnson against Melius back in the 60's. For you youngsters, that's Miles Melius running on the edge

while Billy Johnson ran on the bottom and backed into most of his wins. One had a set the other didn't!

Funny how history repeats. Enjoy it while you can. The IRA has a marketable pair of rivals going here.

Let's see if they are smart enough to massage it and use it to put fans in the stands. Is this fun or what? LOL

You're ass has some hillbilly in it. Don't comment on anything other than that type of stuff, cuz that's all you know.

The real problem here and almost all "hub" IRA shows, is that there are 3 good cars and drivers and 27 slow ones who shouldn't be racing 410 sprint cars. How many times at these "local" IRA shows in the last 5 or 6 years has a very fast leader or charger get caught up by a very slow car? Probably why fewer and fewer "travelers" or "outlaws" are showing up to these local shows. That sucks for us but I can't blame them.

The comment about the IRA needing Kertcher more than he needs them is pretty accurate. I'm pretty much done going to these local shows unless it's a Friday Dodge show.

You're ass has some hillbilly in it. Don't comment on anything other than that type of stuff, cuz that's all you know.

The real problem here and almost all "hub" IRA shows, is that there are 3 good cars and drivers and 27 slow ones who shouldn't be racing 410 sprint cars. How many times at these "local" IRA shows in the last 5 or 6 years has a very fast leader or charger get caught up by a very slow car? Probably why fewer and fewer "travelers" or "outlaws" are showing up to these local shows. That sucks for us but I can't blame them.

The comment about the IRA needing Kertcher more than he needs them is pretty accurate. I'm pretty much done going to these local shows unless it's a Friday Dodge show.

Nice camera work Gunner. Now everybody take a deep breath! Stuff happens. Watching the video posted here, (I was not there) Mike appeared to be the leader. Ty was a back-marker. When you watch the HD video in regular time, Mike entered the turn low to protect the inside from a charging Baylog. Bartz was riding the top of the turn. At the apex, (the middle of the turn) Mike began to drift high and Bartz started a sharp left toward a lower exit of the turn. Big mistake as a back-marker!

At the point of contact, Mike had an advantage over Bartz evidenced by where contact occured on the 80K. The far back 1/4 of the wing sustained damage on the 80 K. Simultaneously, Mike and Ty headed for the same track position and something had to give. As a back marker, and you know you are or at least should know you are, you have a shared responsibility to stay out of the leaders way. Mike tried to slide under and past Ty. Ty for whatever reason looked to exit low from the top of the turn. Responsibility is shared by both drivers. It was purely a racing accident. So all of you stop screaming like you belong on TMZ, it was a racing accident by two competitive drivers.

I'm not certain parking Kertscher for the incident was the right call. It appeared that is what happened? If it did, tread lightly IRA because you need kertscher right now more than he needs you. Without the 80 K this year, the IRA would have no show and the series point race would be long over. The on-track battle between Baylog and Kertscher is the best I've seen since Melius and Johnson back in the 60's. It's been building for two years, let it grow! Otherwise, your stands won't be 2/3 empty, they will be ¾ empty.

You have nothing else to hang your hat on, unless you bring in the hired guns to walk off with the prize money.

You know how your loyal drivers feel about that.