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Really...? Over a *mini stock* feature?
Jeez. Now, I've been around short track racing a LONG time. I *love* good, hard-fought short track RACING just as much as the next guy. But this track - Bowman-Gray - comes down this kind of stuff *every* week, even in the lower divisions, I'd quit going. Why? I'd be embarrassed. Real race fans shouldn't be jumping the fence, getting involved in on-track altercations between the drivers. In this particular video, it just looks like the 29, running second on the restart, just got a good run on the leader going into turn one. Then, that car, the 17, tried to mirror-drive and block, and took *himself* out. I don't think the 29 did it at all. No reason to go after the guy when you take yourself out while leading. Why not just settle for second (or maybe third if the other guy followed through) and be able to load the car on the trailer at the end of the night, instead of going off the track on the wrecker with a crashed race car? I don't watch this Bowman-Gray stuff on TV because of stuff like this.
In all my years of short track racing down here, I can only ever remember one fight that even came close to something like this. It was at St. Pete in 1983, and involved Rusty Haugh and Scotty Shelton, who were running in the Thunder Car division at the time. Apparently, they had gotten into it on the track during a mid-week show, and it carried over to Saturday's regular show. It got *nasty*, involved Haugh ramming Shelton's car up onto the trailer and through the tailgate of his truck, a guy ramming a jack handle into Haugh's cockpit, and Haugh's car ending up underneath Shelton's trailer. I remember about 4 Pinellas County Sheriff's cars showing up racing down the dragstrip, as it was only afternoon practice!
But apparently, this kinda stuff happens *every week* up there in Winston-Salem. I don't go to the fights and hope a race breaks out; I go to see some great short track action. It shouldn't get *this* heated up every week.
Really...? Over a *mini stock* feature?
Jeez. Now, I've been around short track racing a LONG time. I *love* good, hard-fought short track RACING just as much as the next guy. But this track - Bowman-Gray - comes down this kind of stuff *every* week, even in the lower divisions, I'd quit going. Why? I'd be embarrassed. Real race fans shouldn't be jumping the fence, getting involved in on-track altercations between the drivers. In this particular video, it just looks like the 29, running second on the restart, just got a good run on the leader going into turn one. Then, that car, the 17, tried to mirror-drive and block, and took *himself* out. I don't think the 29 did it at all. No reason to go after the guy when you take yourself out while leading. Why not just settle for second (or maybe third if the other guy followed through) and be able to load the car on the trailer at the end of the night, instead of going off the track on the wrecker with a crashed race car? I don't watch this Bowman-Gray stuff on TV because of stuff like this.
In all my years of short track racing down here, I can only ever remember one fight that even came close to something like this. It was at St. Pete in 1983, and involved Rusty Haugh and Scotty Shelton, who were running in the Thunder Car division at the time. Apparently, they had gotten into it on the track during a mid-week show, and it carried over to Saturday's regular show. It got *nasty*, involved Haugh ramming Shelton's car up onto the trailer and through the tailgate of his truck, a guy ramming a jack handle into Haugh's cockpit, and Haugh's car ending up underneath Shelton's trailer. I remember about 4 Pinellas County Sheriff's cars showing up racing down the dragstrip, as it was only afternoon practice!
But apparently, this kinda stuff happens *every week* up there in Winston-Salem. I don't go to the fights and hope a race breaks out; I go to see some great short track action. It shouldn't get *this* heated up every week.
this all happen when you would sit in the stands till after the races were over an you could get by the gate at the end of the stands after the races were over
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