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Just a warning to anyone anxious to take Eddie up on his offer for a cold one. Just so you know, he's an...
http://www.staginglight.com/photos/v...01015-1434.jpg

:eek: :p :D

Either that or one of THE nicest guys (and nicest family) anywhere. 'Course you'll have to show up to figure that out for yourself. Oh, and his wife Lisa (former Division 1 Stock Champ herself), looks like Jennifer Aniston, so that alone should override any excuse you may have for not attending. :D

- MB, totally getting himself in trouble....

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Hello all again.

I quit racing in 1996, and came back to racing a couple years ago.
I left for several reason, money, delay boxes, buy backs ect...
Looking back I wish I had never left. I look at all the good times I missed.

Never ran a class at an IHRA or NHRA race till last year at the IHRA
PRO AM race at MIR. 1st pass on a PRO Tree and I was hooked.
(Thanks Robert Jones & Dale Koncen they talked me into coming)
I never liked the .90 index classes at all. But that has all changed.

My point here is this race may not be the norm, but we must start some
where. I admit buy backs are not my favoite thing either, but I have done
it in the past and will most likely do it again in the future.

Lets face a couple facts here,
1) It cost a lot of MONEY to put on a race like this.
2) It cost a lot of MONEY to build a race car these days.
3) It cost a lot of MONEY to travel to these races.
4) This is a GREAT payout for a class race !!!

MIR is a GREAT race track, lets all give this a try.
The more susessful this race is, the better the chance to maybe get
a sponcer to help with the purce. then next year they may not need buy
backs to secure the purce.

Thanks for all the input, I hope Royce has been reading all these post and
keeps this all in mind for next years event.

Keepem Green and Shinny Side Up
Cal HR177X

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Cal,
Well said. I will be there with you.

Novadude,
No offense but the purist are going the way of cheater slicks and muncie 4spds.

To everyone else,
Eddie Bolton is a good guy and is definately out of his league in the marriage dept.LOL

Chip Johnson

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Thats GREAT Chip.

LOL I just hope I don't get you in the 1st rd again. ;)

Maybe we can meet in the final :)

Cal HR 177X

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Ed & Eddy,

I agree with what both of you are saying, I don't like buy-backs either ... But , I think it's best to try something & make comments afterwards , rather than not going at all ... Seems like we are always
looking at the dark side first & not giving this race a chance ...
We know that everyone can't & won't make this race, for different reasons ... Don't you think it's the wrong way to look at this Race,
the entry - fee looks right, 5K looks good ... No Race in Div. 1 & 2 going
on that I know of, I can understand why Div 3 guys aren't coming ?

So what's the problem ( buy-backs) then don't buy-back , but support the race .... Remember we have been asking for Big money races for years,
well now we have one so let's support the people who support us ?
Also , this being the very first 5K IHRA money race, they are still trying to sort things out ... Let's make this Race a big success , so we can change some things for the next race @ VMP ....
Remember , it's all about having choices on where we can race in the future & who supports the Sportsmen racers... Come do your part
& make this a yearly event ... What do you say , lets get this off to a good start , see you @ MIR ....

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I agree with you Dave....
We can improve by trial and error. If no one wants to support with this in mind ,then it may be over,,,,You don't like buy-backs as stated =don't buy-back....But please come and give this race the support it needs.Maybe as someone has said before ,we can have a minimum car count for no buy-backs........Get enough cars ,we will not have to buy-back hopefully....See y'all there.We will be putting superstock motor in at MIR on Friday.(hope it ain't HOT...lol..

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I really don't understand the extreme aversion some apparently have against buy backs. Whats the big deal? I kind of like the idea. How many times have you driven a very long ways to get someplace and done something really stupid first round. Heres the second chance we all secretly beg for on the way back to the trailer.

Its not this way at every race, just this one GAURANTEED $5000 TO WIN event that Skooter has dreamt up in an effort to help, promote, grow, etc his sportsman racer following. Seriously people....

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Dave is correct you do have to try something out before you start to bring in the negitive's about a race. There is only so much writing down on paper and brain storming you can do in your head. It's not until you actually run the race and then look back at what can be improved upon that you make the changes for the next time. Trust me I'm going through that right now with the .90 Race I'm putting on in August. Everyday I sit down I think of something else that we can do or improve upon to make things easier for the racers. As I said before I would love to come down and support this race but, I'm the president of the S/C Assoc & I'm in points for MASGA so we already had a race scheduled at Maple Grove before they announced this race and we couldn't move it. Good Luck to everyone, hopefully this race is a success and they continue it next year because isn't this what we as sportsman racers have been asking for and for once people are listening, just look Lee & Brian's 10K Race, Napierville 10K Race, MIR 5K Race, VMP 5K Race all for Stk/SS and for the .90 Guys you have MIR, VMP & the .90 Nationals all paying 5K.....WAKE UP!!!

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If you win the first round you dont have to worry about buying back.....LOL. I say give it a chance. Besides the Millers are some of the best track owners you will ever meet. Again its a great biting track and Royce and IHRA didnt have to do this you know. Im sure they could have made more money with less head aches putting on a show that didnt even have stock and S/S involved. It should be a great show for sportsman car lovers and not a circus act like some of the NHRA national event shows have turned into lately.

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I'll be bringing my tools and I sure don't mind getting dirty, Danny!!

See you there!

Lew