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First things first... there was a very scary moment when Legend racer Danielle Stratton pounded head first into the turn 4 wall (before even getting to the green flag), and it took somewhere between 10-15 minutes for an ambulance was brought in 'from town'.
There is NO EXCUSE for not having the properly trained people to already be 'on sight'. Those few minutes could have been the difference between life and death. Without knowing the rest of the details, since they never TOLD us, insurely hope it turned out to NOT be tragic.
Secondly..... the announcer, and race director both need to be fired, if not shot on-sight. Never seen worse from either position. Every single caution turned into 5-8 laps of BS, before the green came out again..... and of course, the announcer had ZERO commentary, or explainations of WHY things happened the way they did.
The racing itself was VERY good.... it only lasted 4-5 laps at a time. The other divisions pretty much ran green to checkered.
There are several racers that probably won't be back, due to questionable calls... Steve Dorer being one of them. A bunch of cars were allowed to be used as bulldozers, with NO penalty. Others, Dorer included, got into a 'gray area' but got sent packing for the night..... Yet Jonathan Guy did much worse, and more than once, but he gets a top-5.
On the flip side I was VERY glad to see Jessie Dutilly win, in tribute to his Dad that passed away this week. You can't write a better script, but this one was NOT given to him by anyone.
Daniel Webster......confirmed once again of what I'd been thinking.... THAT M'fer can flat-out WHEEL a racecar. After a late race race red flag, he couldn't re-fire (I think he was out of fuel), he pitted, got repairs, started at the back, and TORE throug the field to race Dutilly to the flag.
The guy that 'should have' won, and the guy that made him work his ass off to get it.
The pair of black 42 cars is an example of why the 3-spin rule should be in place. Not sure if this rule was used as written, but I CAN vouch that the biggest cheers of the night came from the Black flag being thrown at one if them. No offense to these drivers personally, but sometimes it just ain't your week.... don't %$#k it up for everyone else.
Lots of racing, lots of passing, tons of flapping sheet metal..... but overall, if this is supposed to be an example of Floridas Finest... This one struck out.
Unless this track, or this Series gets things under control ..... I've spent my last dollar of support. The only letter of FUPS that is true is 'Florida'..... it sure isn't United, they only have a single Promoter, and 'Series' won't make another year.
When it takes over 2 hours to run 125 laps, on a 1/4 mile track....... EVERYTHING was done wrong......
A whole bunch of people, from top to bottom, should be ashamed tonight.
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There is NO EXCUSE for not having the properly trained people to already be 'on sight'. Those few minutes could have been the difference between life and death. Without knowing the rest of the details, since they never TOLD us, insurely hope it turned out to NOT be tragic.
Secondly..... the announcer, and race director both need to be fired, if not shot on-sight. Never seen worse from either position. Every single caution turned into 5-8 laps of BS, before the green came out again..... and of course, the announcer had ZERO commentary, or explainations of WHY things happened the way they did.
The racing itself was VERY good.... it only lasted 4-5 laps at a time. The other divisions pretty much ran green to checkered.
There are several racers that probably won't be back, due to questionable calls... Steve Dorer being one of them. A bunch of cars were allowed to be used as bulldozers, with NO penalty. Others, Dorer included, got into a 'gray area' but got sent packing for the night..... Yet Jonathan Guy did much worse, and more than once, but he gets a top-5.
On the flip side I was VERY glad to see Jessie Dutilly win, in tribute to his Dad that passed away this week. You can't write a better script, but this one was NOT given to him by anyone.
Daniel Webster......confirmed once again of what I'd been thinking.... THAT M'fer can flat-out WHEEL a racecar. After a late race race red flag, he couldn't re-fire (I think he was out of fuel), he pitted, got repairs, started at the back, and TORE throug the field to race Dutilly to the flag.
The guy that 'should have' won, and the guy that made him work his ass off to get it.
The pair of black 42 cars is an example of why the 3-spin rule should be in place. Not sure if this rule was used as written, but I CAN vouch that the biggest cheers of the night came from the Black flag being thrown at one if them. No offense to these drivers personally, but sometimes it just ain't your week.... don't %$#k it up for everyone else.
Lots of racing, lots of passing, tons of flapping sheet metal..... but overall, if this is supposed to be an example of Floridas Finest... This one struck out.
Unless this track, or this Series gets things under control ..... I've spent my last dollar of support. The only letter of FUPS that is true is 'Florida'..... it sure isn't United, they only have a single Promoter, and 'Series' won't make another year.
When it takes over 2 hours to run 125 laps, on a 1/4 mile track....... EVERYTHING was done wrong......
A whole bunch of people, from top to bottom, should be ashamed tonight.
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There was good side by side racing yesterday. You can run 2 wide, just need to grow a set. Most wrecks where caused by lack of oxygen from the drivers over tightening their helmets. Over all it was good racing in all classes.
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