Utica Rome Speedway

dond409 · 12-02-2010, 08:53 PM

I remember the very first time I ran at U-R. I couldn't believe the burn out procedure. I adapted quickly. It was a double money night. We had just got converter back from A1 had not raced in over a month. I think it was early October. I think there was 8 or 9 stock elim cars. Notables were Bill Plage and Baker & Evans. Any ways I worked my way through eliminations to the semi finals I ended up againist Plage. In time trails he was going -.2 to .3 under I was +.2. I was a G/SA he was a J/SA. I had to give him the spot. Well I won the round. Man was he mad. Went to the tower and talked to Tiny Baker. Who promptly came to see with Bill in tow. Tiny says to the both of us, "It's up to this gentle man here. If he want's a rerun. We do one." I declined. Wow did Bill throw a fit. I little while later Dan Shula came up to me a said that won't happen in the final. I had to run the Baker and Evans E/S camaro in the Finals. Dan was the driver. I tried to get out on them, but I red lite. I won 75 bucks that night. The race before this one was at Spencer Speedway. I went to the finals that night too. I broke the tranny in the burnout box. That was why I had just got the converter back. Man those were the days

12-02-2010, 08:53 PM	#12
dond409 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 21 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Utica Rome Speedway I remember the very first time I ran at U-R. I couldn't believe the burn out procedure. I adapted quickly. It was a double money night. We had just got converter back from A1 had not raced in over a month. I think it was early October. I think there was 8 or 9 stock elim cars. Notables were Bill Plage and Baker & Evans. Any ways I worked my way through eliminations to the semi finals I ended up againist Plage. In time trails he was going -.2 to .3 under I was +.2. I was a G/SA he was a J/SA. I had to give him the spot. Well I won the round. Man was he mad. Went to the tower and talked to Tiny Baker. Who promptly came to see with Bill in tow. Tiny says to the both of us, "It's up to this gentle man here. If he want's a rerun. We do one." I declined. Wow did Bill throw a fit. I little while later Dan Shula came up to me a said that won't happen in the final. I had to run the Baker and Evans E/S camaro in the Finals. Dan was the driver. I tried to get out on them, but I red lite. I won 75 bucks that night. The race before this one was at Spencer Speedway. I went to the finals that night too. I broke the tranny in the burnout box. That was why I had just got the converter back. Man those were the days