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The race last night at Langley Speedway was absolutely incredible. Pretty much every division had some close racing for the lead, the Late Model racing was intense with drivers running side by side for multiple laps, pulling crossover moves, and some good old beating and banging. Here's the highlights from last night:

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RaceRap blows haha. Race22.com

Dad and I just made a quick decision to go watch open wheel modifieds at Auburndale tonight instead of watching the Cup race.

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Is it Punta Grove or Auburndale that's owned by psychos?

i just saw the greatest street stock race that i have ever witnessed

I've heard alot of shit talked about Auburndale's owner, Rex Guy, on facebook. Stuff like him turning cars away for open test days because they didn't have Hoosier tires and claims of favoritism towards certain drivers. The most recent being a late model driver who I assume wrecked his way to a top 3 finish without being penalized, that ended with the track being pelted with cans and bottles. I can't really support those claims one way or the other, simply because I just don't go down there that often.

There was a car tonight that had the name of that page on the side of his car with the words "No Favoritism Here" on the side of it. Picture of that here I didn't catch the whole incident but there was contact between him and another car which sent the other car around. They sent them both to the back (as they do with anybody involved in a caution) and I guess he gave the flagman the "one fingered salute". They immediately disqualified him and he proceeded to do donuts in the grass.

As for the racing tonight, the best race by far was the Legends. 20 car field was the biggest car count of all classes. The open wheel modified class was scheduled to be a 40 lap feature. There were only 6 cars at the track so I assume for that reason they cut the feature race in half. I caught a few spins and thats about it. Didn't take near as much video as I did last time.

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I drove 4+ hours to Motor Mile Speedway this weekend since pretty much every track in Virginia was closed due to NASCAR being at Richmond. Car counts are down a bit there but there was still some pretty good racing and a few wrecks so overall I think it was far better than sitting home and watching the Cup race on TV.

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I think you will find that video might be popular over at iRacing.

Street stocks look so much cooler up there
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Also, this is what the sportsman class looks like.

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And this are in the same class lol
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Two things I hate about U-Cars, they have to be FWD, and they have to be American.

Also, do they performance balance the Monte Carlos and Camaros in the street stock division? I know we're not allowed to use Camaros up here due to the rear suspension being far superior. Which is fine by me because I think those Camaros look horrible haha.

The sale of the Oswego Speedway finally went through last week. Out are Steve Gioia Sr. and Pat Furlong, In are brothers John and Eric Torresse. Only good things can come from this. It is my understanding that renevations are all ready underway. Opening day is May 28th.

Highlights from Wacky Wednesday on May 4, 2011:



About Street Stocks...ones like what they run at Motor Mile are obviously the product of a runaway rulebook. To me a Street Stock is completely stock other than some safety modifications. The Street Stocks they run at Motor Mile could probably run in the Grand Stock division at Langley Speedway and I think they're probably closer to the Late Models that run at Southside than the Grand Stocks that run there. As for UCARs, they can be pretty entertaining as an entry level division even though I don't like FWD cars.

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These are all in the same Street Stock class for 2011:
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These are in the equivalent class at a different track for 2011:
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Suffice to say, Ontario rules between tracks are fucked up 5 ways from Friday.
PS: This was from an actual Pro LM invitational in 2007, where someone found a loophole in the rules:
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Your definition of a street stock is what we call a SuperX up here, or what most call a Pure Stock.

Our Street Stocks are a mix between a SuperX and a Late Model.
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I just got back from Langley and it was one of the wilder nights I've seen there. There was a fight in the UCAR race following some blatant intentional crashing, a bump 'n run for the win in the Late Models, and the two leaders on the last lap of the Grand Stock race beat the hell out of each other so much that the 3rd place car swooped in for the win, followed by some extracurricular activity on the cool down lap. Unfortunately the rain came before the Modified race forcing it's cancellation and the second twin 50 for the Late Models.

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May 7th Highlights:

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I heard at the local dirt track there was a massive crash that sent two late models flipping end for end this past weekend. Hopefully the race track posts the video on youtube eventually.

Second race of the Florida United Promoters at Auburndale is this Saturday, 4th race of the schedule. Tim Russel coming off his 2nd win in this series (Auburndale, Columbia Motorsports Park) is leading the points. In between those two races, he also won at New Smyrna twice. A 4 race win streak across the state.

Probably going to this race, but I might not bring my camera this time. If I do, I won't be taking many videos. I find it much more enjoyable to just watch the racing, and as much video as I took last time I didn't really get the feeling of having actually watched the race.

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Highlights from Wild & Wacky Wednesday on May 11:


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You may remember a couple months ago Southside Speedway announced they weren't going to open this season...well they changed their minds and decided to run a short schedule this summer and fall. I'm glad the track is not closing but I question if it's a good idea to open now since many Southside teams have gone to other tracks. I have a feeling the car counts will be rather low, at least for the first few races. However they did add two new divisions, Legends and Pro Six. I'm sure the Legends will get a pretty good count since Southside is the only Friday night track in Virginia and there's plenty of Legends drivers in the area. Also, they have three Sunday races on their schedule, which I kind of like for fall races when it starts getting cold again, but one of these races is July 3rd which I'm sure will be unbearably hot.

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Understandable, you could always take a few pre-race pics though if you feel like it.

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Yea, for sure. If they do time trial qualifying again like they did last time I should be able to take plenty of pictures with the cars lined up, and maybe a few videos of that.

And speaking of South Boston, they are showing the K&N race from there on Speed right now.

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"The track's wet, that's what I think about it. Fucking shit gets wet when it rains."
-Dale Earnhardt Jr.