Dirt Legal 358 modified show on asphalt

[Openwheel]

Is this event still on or is Ralph going to bone the dirt drivers because of lack of fans for Tuesday event?

Showers in the forecast....oh man i'm closin' my eyes....don't even wanna know how this ends up.

[enforcer]

stewert freisen will be at i-88 speedway that is confirmed

[tq41@juno.com]

The Casey's Midgets will be there with most if not all of our top drivers. Tuesday night is tough for some but as far as I know we will have a full field. We are looking forward to putting on the best show we can for the fans in the stands. It's unfortunate that DTRP failed to show us on the poster but we will do our best to give everyone the best show we can. Please come and support your local track and enjoy our show....Jim

[rocket5973]

The forcast has improved dramatically over the last couple hours. Hoping for a good turn out of Dirt Mods! Should be interesting to see some of the Airborne drivers that are used to running these type of cars on a pavement surface versus some local guys that know the track itself a little better. Todd Burley maybe?

[DaveTheDude]

TQ41: Don't take it so personally, that flyer was made up probably before the TQ were officially added to that show. If you bothered to look at the schedules that the track hands out or the schedule on the website it lists the TQs are running and I have mentioned the TQs are running anytime I promoted the show while announcing.  I doubt it was done to slight your group.

Look tonight is going to be a fun show no matter who shows up. Yes if I had anything to do it with that flyer listing drivers that at one time DID confirm they were running this race that later backed out would have disappeared or been changed a long time ago but that's not my department. Either way I think it will be worth it to see something that has never happened at that race track, at leat not in my lifetime and I think/hope the people from DIRTCar who are assisting with this program will make sure their drivers are taken care of.

Yes what happened Saturday was very unpleasant but it was probably done so the gates at that track can remain open come August and September. When I left the tower at the end of the night there was one person left sitting up there, it was Ralph and he didn't look very happy about what had happened either.

What are you people that constantly throw stones going to do when there's nothing left to hit because you knocked it all down?

[tq41@juno.com]

Wow Dave...Dude back off on the coffee, I didn't take it personally. Very simply I am promoting our own show the same as you are. The last few seasons we've seen several very great comments concerning our show at DTRP. My hope was by pointing out we will be there, with many or all of our top drivers, that may make the difference of coming or not for a few "fans in the stands". ie: Positive promotion! Please re-read my post in the tone it was meant.

To all of the fans that may be on the fence about attending tonight...Please come, this will be a great evening of racing and as I stated earlier the midgets will do thier best to give you the best show we can....Jim

[foxracing621]

Do you really blame Hossfeld for backing out of this event? If I were him, I would have backed out too. In fact, I would not be surprised if only 10 cars or so showed for tonight. It's a shame that word travels fast and how wrong the drivers and race teams have been treated thus far.

Dave - If the flyer was made up before the TQ's were scheduled to be on the race card for tonight's racing, then someone in that office should have made another poster to be put up. It takes what, an extra few minutes to make another poster? I have to agree with TQ41 on this, it's a shame that you couldn't recognize them after they were added. Also, if Ralph didn't look to happy with what had happened Saturday night, then he should have never done it to begin with.

Tigerpaw -  I wouldn't put it past Ralph to bone the driver's that show up tonight.

Leftturnjohnny and Justmark - According to the schedule that is posted on the DTRP website, they are scheduled to have a 50 lap feature - so which one is correct now, the 50 lapper or the 35?

[JayFish]

Wow, Casey's Midgets + 358 DIRT Modifieds, Street Stocks and 4 cylinders, going to be a great night of racing tonight. This will be my first trip to DTRP to shoot and I am super pumped. Anybody want to go from the Syracuse area, give me a call. (315)481-4175. Have a great day.

Jay Fish

[DaveTheDude]

Jim, you are right and I am sorry. I shouldn't hop on here 1st thing in the morning but I stand by everything I else I said. Also I talked to Chuck Hossfeld on Saturday and he said his Dirt car still isn't ready and it's taking longer than expected.

[ESP_Pulling]

Hey, the weather is going to be good. How about everybody just go enjoy the show and support the local track. What happened in the past, leave in the past.

[tq41@juno.com]

Wow, Casey's Midgets + 358 DIRT Modifieds, Street Stocks and 4 cylinders, going to be a great night of racing tonight. This will be my first trip to DTRP to shoot and I am super pumped.

Thank you Jay, if you make your way over to the midget pits please stop by and introduce yourself.

Jim, you are right and I am sorry.

Thank you Dave, let's have a good time tonight!

Hey, the weather is going to be good. How about everybody just go enjoy the show and support the local track.

Please everyone support your local tracks!!.........Jim

[kt]

Dude, I, like the majority of people have been pretty tight lipped about what happened Saturday night out of respect for the speedway and the staff that puts so much into it......MOST everybody is sitting on their hands, to give the track a chance for a successful show tonight......As Larry has stated, word travels fast, take a look over at DTD...... Inevitably, some tree-hugger type will be on here tomorrow morning blaming the tracks lack of success on the internet........YOU, now have already stirred that pot this morning. EVERYONE already knows what the BIGGEST problem is at Lancaster.......The track will have to live with the repercussions of  Ralph's actions as long as he is in charge......No one else made that decision......He not only boned the drivers, he ruined all the good that LORI has done, undermining her efforts, she is the one I have the most sympathy for.......  I don't think any effort to invoke sympathy for Ralph is going to fly here or in any racing garage in NY state...............................

[Jazzy]

I had the same conversation with Chuck about tonights show, he hates not being there, but as Dave stated, he doesnt even have the car finished to run on dirt, let alone change over to run at DTRP.

As for some of the other names who had committed earlier in the year, that was before I-88 scheduled this big show, and lets face it, the guys who run Dirt for a living need to follow the points and the payout.

The Dirtcar official I spoke to said that they expect(expect not guarantee, let me clarify so I am not crucified tomorrow) to have at least 25 358's attend tonights show, so along with the TQ's, Street Stocks and 4 cyl's, it should be a very good show.

And to verify, the 358 feature will be 35 laps.

[Tigerpaw333]

So is ticket price still going to be 18 now that its 35 laps not 50 laps?

[Street21]

It seems no matter who the owner is people complain about how they run things,bottom line without an owner we have no track.I definatly don't agree what Ralph has done but i do know he loves racing and is probably kills him to do these things. I think he should call some kind of meeting with drivers,officials,fans etc and tell everyone where things stand and what we can all do to help,as much as we all love racing and have ideas I'm sure we would do whatever it
 takes to keep the place open and improve it.