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Good race at Port Royal last night. Track was slick and racey.

Very good. I got the ppv after I heard the WoO was rained out and needed my racing fix. 

Gary Allbuagh

oh boy.... what i like is COMPETITION!

& I like Dewease too....

A win from 8th, winning pass on Lap 28 & you don't like it?

Some people are hard to please... you sound like a Dewease HATER....

Yeah he must be one of those Strawser types lol, hates when there tons of passing all throughout the field. They'd probably rather see hammer down in a line, up against the fence.  Not much excitement in the heats but the mains were good. 

Not to mention Bayston, who was a rocket, starting 27th and finishing 12th. Would love to see him get better starting spots.

I don't mind the dream team.  If you notice Lance had to pinch Deitrich way down coming off the 4th turn to make the pass work.  Then on the last lap Deitrich tried to go a little higher to get a run on DeWease and slide way up the track and DeWease pulled away to the checkers.  When I saw where Lance was starting I thought the rest of the field is in big trouble.  That car is lights out on a slick track.  

Let's go Sprint Car Racing!

Rico - 10 wins
Donny - 0 wins That is right the big fat zero!

Knoxville - Best Track In the USA!
Eldora - 2nd Best Track in the USA!

Whaaa, whaaa, whaaa.  A wet track today produces exactly what everyone says, hammer down and get in line. The tracks starts to slick off then you see the guys that can control wheel speed and a crew chief that understands that as the race goes on you just keep getting faster. Dietrich will never learn.  He's a foot to the floor driver. That track slicked off and he was in trouble. He can try as many different set ups as he wants, if he doesn't  learn how to use his feet to control wheel speed the outcome will be the same next week.

What? 

Of all the things you can say about Dietrich acting like he is a "foot to the floor driver" is about the most incorrect. He wouldn't have led 28 laps on the bottom in the slick if he just had his foot to the floor. LD is better in that situation but that does not mean DD does not have throttle control, he's probably the second best Posse in that situation. LD even said in VL that he could only run that line for 4 or 5 laps before DD would start to pull away. You can find the foot to the floor drivers up on the cushion in that situation because if you are trying to hold your foot to the floor anywhere else you will be doing donuts. 

Thanks,

Jeff. 

Dusty? If you mean normal race track dust....maybe?

Danny had the cart set up to run well in lap traffic. If you read the write-up post race, he knew once thaty caution came out he was a sitting duck. Lance was great in relatively clean and by running the middle in 3 and 4 he essentially enabled Danny form being able to get a drive off the corner.

Macri would have won that race if he'd been a little more patient. However, that;s been the story all year. He;s young and will win a lot more races.

And that track was full of passing. Spencer Bayston came from 27th to 12th. Dylan Cisneycame form mid pack to finish 7th. Logan Wagner came form 13th to finish 3rd and Lance came from 8th to win. I;m not sure what race you may or may not have been watching. But the track was in excellent condition and the racing was as good as any show all season

So are you saying you hate Lance Dewease? I can't see why anyone would hate any of these guys, unless you think they're a dirty driver, & i've never heard Lance accused of that....

Rooting for or against somebody is entirely different from "hating them"

They're a bunch of guys risking their lives for our entertainment. I have my favorites, but wish them all well....

Will see how DD does when the heat of the summer gets here. Will see if he heads back down to lincoln or will he stay at Port royal. I don't dislike DD, I just won't put my money on him when the track gets slick.

Didn't he win a Speedweek show at Port last season? In July (and led most of the other until Wolfe got by). In fact in the heat of summer last season he picked up the majority of his wins last season. He also won a Labor Day classic on a very hot day time track over Brock Zearfoss in 2017. 

You hit the nail on the head. He's still pissed off because Lance didn't sign an autograph for him 25 years ago or some shit. Get over it dude. Lance is awesome and so is his team. They're all good guys who win with a combination of hard work, smart budgeting of team finances/equipment, intelligence, talent and experience. 95% of the people in the bleachers respect what they've been able to do not only now, but throughout their respective careers. The other 5% are a bunch of miserable idiots who are just jealous because their guy is getting their ass kicked regularly by a team that has a very limited budget and is made up of a bunch of guys who are old enough to be the father, grandfather, and even a great grandfather in Davey's case of most of the guys they're handing out the ass whoopings to. Congrats to the Kreitz team on another big victory. When Lance passed the 48, that was as loud as I've ever heard a crowd at a sprint car race. What a great night.

I don't give a shit what you "believe", their small budget is a FACT. Not a belief, or a theory nor is it an opinion. 

i enjoyed pa speedweek last year, all the way from SW Mexico, not New Mexico either! all of the tracks were great imo but then again, quit your pissin' and moaning here!!!  I traveled from SW Mexico, not New Mexico either for the week.  You have some of the best racing in the U.S., enjoy it while you still can... 

Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

All i know is without LANCE would have been another race won from the pole. Lance is the last of great era in Pa,, Hod, Kauffman, Shaffer, Rahmer. We will never see the likes of them again. Now days drivers upset if they can't start in the front everynight. DD had  two second place finishes with all stars and never passed a car in the feature. Modern day racing!!

Last year Lance won $162,252 according to http://www.sprintcarratings.com - if they operate only off of race winnings they would not be considered low budget here in PA. Assuming Lance takes 40% (I would be surprised if he takes that much) that leaves $97k before sponsor money is even counted. At $97k that is a budget of roughly $2,500 per race for a 40 race season (which is about what LD seems to run). I have nothing but respect for LD but this low budget nonsense has to stop. Based strictly on race winnings with no outside sources (car is covered in sponsors) $2,500 per race is definitely not low budget in PA. 

How can you complain about someone starting front row if they earned that spot? It's one thing when you redraw to the front row. DD qualified good, ran good in his heat, and won his dash from 2nd (ahead of a bunch of good cars including Reutzel and Shaffer). I don't think DD whines about having to start in the back, he complained about Lincoln because he was handicapped to the back on a track you couldn't pass on which is why he went to Port for the past few weeks. That same night Freddie wasn't doing much passing either and Monteith by way of his early season DQ got to start toward the front in his heat. LD and co. tend to run primarily time trial shows so I would say they care just as much as anyone else about where they start. 

A budget and earnings are 2 completely different things. When I talk about budget, I'm talking about what they spend on the operation and what they're willing to spend. If you don't believe me or you think it's nonsense, go talk to Donald or anyone from the team and ask them yourself. 

Sad but true my friend. Those days are gone forever.