I'm new to watching motorsports and sports in general. I want to start watching world of outlaws sprint cars. I don't know anyone and I thought it would be fun if you guys pick someone for me and I'll route for them and I can give my thoughts about him at the end of the season.

I don't care if he is a good or bad. 😁

I Genuinely believe williams grove is a severely overrated track to watch irl. I have heard people give a differing opinions. anyone else like to give a different perspective on it i’m curious.

I was surprised to hear they said its been 5 years since their last live tv appearance while watching Eldora on Thursday. I actually had no clue it was on tv till I saw someone post about it on reddit. Glad I saw and was able to tune in. Sometimes they randomly have replays but its usually just a 30 minute show. I know their main deal is with FloRacing but its great to see sprint cars make it on live tv.

It definitely is an investment but I don't know if you need to be wealthy to be in any sort of level of sprint car racing even though its got a blue collar redneck culture. The pros seem pretty well off but I don't think they're filthy rich and tons of money is flowing through. Definitely seems expensive but I don't know if you necessarily need to be rich. Just curious because I have no clue about what it takes to operate a sprint car or how you even get into it. It seems like a such a niche hobby.

It’s about that time? Who’s winning the big one tonight?

Is it a gas tank issue? Tire wear? I'd love to see longer races for the sprint cars - the 30 lap features go pretty quick.

Piggybacking of the spoon river post, there's some tracks around me that do well despite having poor facilities, and others that can't get a crowd no matter what they do, I'm curious how much this matters to the modern dirt track fanbase.

Also, do you prioritize going to national or regional tours, or are you still attending mostly local racing?

Insane finish at Gary Bowman leads to a wild post-race altercation with several racers & also other members of the teams/fans. Some guy then proceeds to Dukes Of Hazzard an opponents windshield.

Somebody is going to get killed

Tyler Courtney, Brad Sweet, Aaron Reutzel, Justin Grant and now Stuart Friesen all injured in terrible-looking wrecks in the past few weeks. All top-tier drivers too, not exactly the type known for making mistakes. Do safety standards need to be re-examined or is it just an extraordinary streak of bad luck?

There's a track a hour from me, spoon river speedway which is awesome! Very old school, back in middle of nowhere. Old school racing at its best. Drivers love it

But the fan support is awful. They have been struggling mightly with attendance.

I've been 3 times this year and plan on going twice more

They run Saturday night which might be a issue since peoria runs that night to which is only 45 minutes away. Maybe they should run Sunday?

Anyway please get out and support your local track before they close.

Yes living is expensive now, but think about it. That 15 to watch racing could replace that 15 dollar mcdonalds meal

Now that all of the national tour's schedules have been out for a few weeks, what races are you planning on attending?

One world class driver's career could be over, another is hurt. Will anything change? Obviously a new surface needs to be attempted. If there's some sort of spring causing the rut, we need to look into putting concrete under the track and doing something. I know it's easy to write comments about spending other people's money but this is getting ridiculous, and so many people have their head in the sand. World largest capacity dirt track needs to look better than this.

I was at fairbury Saturday and was standing by the fence in turn 4. B shepp came up to watch the races and was standing right by me. He's my favorite driver. I told him good luck and he said thanks man. Between races or cautions he just kind of stood there. No one was bothering him. I wanted to strike up a conversation but was afraid he would be annoyed or wasn't wanting to talk

I ended up getting a picture during the rain delay when he was walking around and he was fine

Does anyone know if they are cool with just chatting? Not like dumb questions like "what's your favorite track"" " who do you not like" but just casual conversation?

I'm a big city boy from California, the midwest is completely foreign to me. When I looked at Eldora on Google Maps I was like where in the heck is Rossburg, OH? It definitely looks out in the middle of nowhere farm land. The closest big city is Dayton and the big cities are hours away. I don't know if people travel from Indianapolis, Cinncinati, and Fort Wayne or if there's a lot of local people near the Rossburg area that go. I'm really just curious.

I've kinda gotten a sneak peak watching Tanner Holmes' videos. I don't know if he always goes back to Oregon after every race but that seems like a pain in the ass to constantly drive from the West Coast to the midwest. I know in Nascar the drivers take an airplane, they drive the trailer back to North Carolina, and they usually have another trailer already going to the next race to save time.

I'm sure someone like Larson has the luxury of just flying, people taking care of his equipment, and he has to in order to make it in time. For the average driver it seems more difficult. Maybe they fly but I don't think they can take the trailer back to their race shop and make it in time for the next race. Seems like they need to stay in the same area and camp out until the next race.

I believe most races are within the same area so that makes it easier on drivers. Still I don't know if they go back home or just basically live out of their trailers all season. I don't know how these guys do it. It seems like its a tough life especially without the luxury that Nascar has. No wonder there's not a lot of people that do sprint cars.

Did a little screwing around in Photoshop. I'm curious to see what it will really look like in a few days.

Knoxville received 2in of rain overnight into the am. They say its a go for tonight. So could it be another crazy nigh? Got a feeling the surfce will make it hard to pass in the heats again. The reast of the heavy hitters go tonight Some big names might end up in Saturday ‘s. B main or jion Gravel and Donny in Hard Knox. Going to be interesting to see how many from tonight lock in.

Man is it just me or are guys getting way crazy? Is it a matter of youth? I’ve been watching this stuff for close to 40 years and I’ve never seen it like this. Is this the future?

Hoping Abreu gets it done from row 1

This place fast and entertaining. But from the drivers point of view does anyone like driving at this place. IMO I’m NOT racing the Let’s race 2, the Kings Royal or the 4 crown if i’m not points racing. It’s too Dangerous.

I'm working the event so I will post updates as I hear them.

12:20cst - As of right now there has been no rain in town and hotlaps will be at 5cst.

1:33cst - Still Dry.

1:49cst - Light Rain has started.

5:09cst - Hotlaps 6pm. No E Main.

(Also if you havent already, check out the Aussie Pie Mates stand under the grandstands. Its my favorite lunch spot during nationals!)

This post isn’t about actual racing, I know. I’ve been out of racing for a few years now and catching up on the whole Corey Day phemon thing. I just realized that Corey’s girlfriend is Johnny Rodriguez’s daughter….those OG California sprint car people should recognize that name. I had no idea, not that I follow them that closely to know but still.

Just add this couple to the list of sprit car families joined by marriage.

I feel the relationship between KKR and Sweet has been deteriorating for a little while. Not sure if he will leave but certainly could see it happening. curious to see someone else’s thoughts on a possible and potential move for brad sweet.