Blue Eyes : Activity

Calling out OLD SCHOOL 88

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:52:11 GMT

If you are going to use people's names in blogs at least have the common courtesy to spell the names correctly. The correct spelling of the #11 in the street stock division is RABBITTS, not Rabbits. Could it be that his car is a peice of junk because of deliberate attempt to take him and his car out. If I remember seeing the point standings he is sitting currently in third. I sit and watch racing every week at the track and see that his car is getting faster. He has a great handling on the car. I have been watching Bill for many years, and he has always been a clean driver. Could it be that he needed relearn how to drive a rear wheel drive car verses the front wheel that he has driven for the past 4 years?

9-11 Cookout?

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:57:00 GMT

For some reason I didnt see that post at first, I was reading the longer ones I guess. I know I am just a fan but is it true, Bill. Is it open for anyone to come? I think I would like to come and share some of the storys of older days and see what everyone is up to since it has been along time away from the track. Is anyone else going? Sounds like a good time and maybe a chance to learn more. I have watched you through the years in the old Trophy Stock and Figure 8 class. You have raced with alot of these guys, what are your opinions too. Please let me know, I want to be there.

Calling out Management

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:49:21 GMT

I know that there are many racers out there as well that have fallen into the hands of Jimmy Cohagan. As well as many of you think that he is a great guy. Jimmy is very inconsistent with rules when it comes to his favorite drivers, and that is why the track is the way that it is. The track officials and owners lacks consistency when it comes to consequences for ones actions. Here is a question for you: At what other track in the area, do you see a track official building, selling and helping drivers fix there cars not only in the pits on race day but off the track as well? NONE. That is one of the things that irritates other drivers to no end. Yes, you can give pointers and make suggestions, but lets be realistic building, fixing, and selling cars shows favoritism to the finest. You are hearing in the stands that Jimmy helped me build this car, or Jimmy has such and such a car for sale, and OH I BOUGHT IT FROM JIMMY. The fans hear this and it just is not right. As for bringing cars and fans back to the track I am not sure that it will happen for a while or until the lack of disrespect between the drivers stop and the track is more consistent with the rules. I can remember exactly what is being said when you needed to lay blankets out in the stands in order to save seats and that was just a few years back.

I also think that some of the car rules are getting a little out of hand. I know that everyone wants to go fast, but there are some people out there that just do not have the money to sink into motors to be competitive. When they started changing to rule for trophy stock that is when a lot of the drivers said that they would not be back. I know of 3 cars personally sitting in garages for that very reason. They feel that they can not compete with the big dogs so why should they come out at all. I know that it is about fun, but on the other hand they would like to be competitive and not blown away by the field. I can remember just a few years ago that in the trophy stock division, now known as Detroit Irons, a car being lapped was almost unheard of.

As for the Figure 8 "big dogs" you are absolutely correct in saying that those cars are getting harder and harder to find, without paying a fortune for them. That is why so many tracks have done away with those types of cars and have gone to the 4 and 6 cylinder cars. They are more readily available. It is the wave of the future in stock car racing.

Huge Fan Of Racing

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:30:11 GMT

I have been attending Painesville speedway almost every week since 2003. Up until then I was not even aware that there was a speedway in the area except for that of Thompson that I use to hear while I was camping in Montville as a youngster. I just happened to stumble upon it one day and was actually excited that there was something to do in the area. Since then I have seen the car count dwindle considerably. I am sure that some of it has to do with the amount of money that it cost to build the cars, as well as the price of gas being at $4 a gallon and continuing to rise. I have also seen a decrease in the fan count in the stands, could it be for the same reasons? Some families live on a very budgeted income and the increase in not only the gas but food as well has put a strain on many households.

Yes, i still continue to go to the track on a weekly basis because I enjoy it. I see that some of the drivers are becoming extremely aggressive. I do believe that some of the driving skills have been lost. It is now a crash fest every week instead clean whole some racing. I am aware that rubbing is racing and all that fun stuff. But, it is not OK to deliberately turn cars to take them out, or to take off through the infield after another driver, in which I have seen done on several occasions while sitting in the stands over the past few years. I have also seen drivers spin other drivers on pit road. Where the hell are your heads while you are doing this? You could potentially hurt not only yourself, but someone else that has a family that loves them. What has happened to the respect for other drivers and yourself? I can remember drivers being removed for this and was asked not to return for 2 weeks or better yet given a fine to pay and is not allowed to return to the speedway until that fine is paid.

As for the questions asked on here about entrance in the pits. I know for a fact that at Raceway 7 the driver and car in the charger division, which is equivalent to the Factory 4 division gets in for free, they also give those drivers one free gate admission. If the driver chooses not to use that gate admission it can be used to off set the cost of one other pit member to enter the pits. For example: gate admission is $10 for the evening, and pit entrance is $20, if the gate entrance is not being used, one member of the pit crew would get in for $10. What is so wrong with that concept?