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I'm probably not in the loop here, please elaborate.

Shitty scheduling (this year was the first year since 2007 they scheduled on a long weekend), and changing rules/costs and cutting purses to where any oval field is shit. The only races that are decent are the road courses, and those guys don't have to show up to the oval races since the cherry-picking rule got scrapped.

I'm also going to be running a car this weekend. My first Pro Late Model race at New Smyrna a couple of months ago got rained out so this will effectively be my first race. Running the #136 for Tim Russell this time, again at New Smyrna Speedway for another 100 lapper.

Brought it home with a 6th place finish tonight..Just had a good clean race.

I saw your results on speed51.com.. way to go Brendan!

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Gael

Thanks Gael! For those that didn't see, I ended up finishing 4th after starting 6th in a 17 car field. Pretty happy with that considering I haven't raced anything since the end of 2008. I'll post some GoPro footage soon, but unfortunately the camera overheated with 7 laps to go just before the final restart.

I saw your result over the weekend. Nice job, Brandon.

Just a reminder, this Saturday night at The Oswego Speedway is the 4th Annual King Of Wings race. Looks like about 30 winged supers will be in attendance going for the money and the prestige. Also in attendance will be the Must See Racing Xtreme Sprintcars. Yes, the same two class of cars that duked it out for the overall track record at Bristol will be racing at the fast 5/8 mile this Saturday night. Gates open at 2PM and the racing starts at 5PM.

Highlights of my race from my GoPro cam.
[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z847KnvRTE&feature=plcp[/youtubeidiot]

Bought a $30 pit pass at Auburndale Speedway in Florida, about one hour from where I live. Talked to some South East Champ Kart owners to see if there was any way I could buy some go-carts and possibly race in the series.

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Dang, if I wasn't working that night we could have met up, since I live 5 minutes from the track.

Speaking of Auburndale.


First late model race this year barely had 20 cars. I haven't seen a 30 car field down there in anything in years. It'll probably be a wreck fest and end in some controversy but I still plan to be there, work schedule pending.

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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.

Just found out recently that the remnants of USA Speedway have been demolished.

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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.

iRacing's first "historic" track?

Guess so, since they still hadn't released Oran Park yet.

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In a world of tracks closing and being demolished, the old Sunshine Speedway, which closed down in 2004, now Showtime Speedway in St. Petersburg, FL had it's official grand re-opening last night after months of work and renovations by the new track owners. And it was apparently a rousing success. So many people showed up they had to turn people away. As for the car counts, I have no idea. They had 15 late models practicing Friday night. 20 has become the "decent" number for LM here in Florida it seems.

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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.

2 weeks ago, I had a motor blow in the Mini Stock I was supposed to race. It caused me to miss last night's race. But I will be finishing out the season in the car.

hell of a VMRS race today at thompson

Things got real interesting at Bowman Gray last week.

The fun starts right about 12 minutes into the video.

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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.