Cafeoutdoors.com: Well Suze....

Hang on. You know sportsman is the same guy quoting ESPN over and over, just like ESPN played the video Ward Jr.'s death over and over. Now Lance is back in the news with his narcisstic personality disorder, and no one believes him either. bwaaaaaaaaaaaa

I was at two different tracks last weekend and watched three different sanctioning bodies run clean races, midgets, modifieds and supermodifieds. No drivers exited their cars during caution laps, despite the fact that when you immediately shut down a big block engine running on methanol, you run a larger risk of fire that you can't see. Often times, I've seen cars on fire that the drivers are unaware of, and other drivers stop their cars, to extract them from the cars.

I am by far, no dirt track racing specialist, because, I don't understand where the line is to run on the tracks, I don't understand car set-ups. I've been to enough dirt track races, we have friends who own a dirt track, it's just not my thing. What I do understand is 'the classes of cars', how they differ, and WHY.

This is the young man's car we went to see race. THIS is a pure race car, not a STOCK car. This is a supermodified, sanctioned ONLY to run the International Super Modified Association series. It has a 467 cu. inch engine, pushing between 850 & 870 horses. It has a roof wing that works on a shock that lays down flat to the roof on the straights, then returns to its upright position in the corners. It has independent front suspension. These are the most powerful short track PAVEMENT oval cars, in the world.

This car, is ILLEGAL to run the Labour Day Classic 200 lapper at Oswego, for two reasons.

1) It has a wing. It has ALWAYS been the track's stance that fans wish to see the drivers from the stands, drive these cars, AND, the wings inhibit the driver's view. Take a look at this photo. If you don't 'get' that these wings cause an obstructed view, I have more.

2) Independent front suspension is outlawed at Oswego, not only as an advantage to drivers, but as a cost limiting measure, to keep car owners happy.
In conjunction with ISMA, these cars will run a support race before The Classic, but this particular car will NOT be in The Classic itself.

In conjunction with the Oswego Speedway, another support race will take place, for SMALL block supermodifieds. They have NO wing, LESS power, NO offset engines, and different c*ckpit. This is a beginners series for drivers and owners, and feeds the track new talent.

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What's this got to do with Ward Jr.'s death? Pavement cars drive through corners, largely assisted by advancements in steering, wing, engine and tire stagger. One of the men who went with me Friday night used to spend the ENTIRE month of May at Indianapolis, balancing race car tires for Bear Alignment, until they went out of business.

Dirt cars, back into corners, and wings obstruct a driver's view, as they do on pavement also.

This is a video of drivers with UNOBSTRUCTED views. It's got nothing to do with NA$CAR. If tracks and sanctioning bodies wanted to slow THESE cars down, for those who are faint of heart, they'd pull the wings off of them, just as Oswego Speedway always has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92fPVsAh2S8

Frankly, the BEST quote I heard all weekend from a racer on the subject of Ward Jr., was the answer to this question, cut short by a car owner.

Question: "Have you been following?...."

Answer: "I never follow anyone."

If you don't get it, read it again.