Dan Fletcher

[Dale Slusser]

Congratulations .... Dan....

[Hagen Gary]

Say Mark, You haven't done to bad for yourself so far this year.
How is it that you become one of those "Touring Sportsman"?
Seems like it takes either a long term career of winning, and slowly gathering things like 2 or even 3 cars. A motorcoach and a stacker, and some way of paying the bills at home.
Or you fall into money.
Or have earned enough in your career that you can now race while semi-retired.
I can say that Dan has definately earned that track time advantage that he has and continues to earn it everyday, which explaines the level that he is at now.
I'm thinking I need a bracket car. It sure would be cheaper then the way some of these guys have done it.
Congrats to Kevin in both finals
Congrats to Dan on continuing the legacy.
we all know that brings out the red bulbs and .100 lights!

[Don Kennedy]

mark Said "Yeah it's so easy and fun travelling the country wondering and hoping when/if you're going to win and be able to pay the bills. Why not try it yourself awhile and call yourself a touring sportsman pro. You'll win all the time too if it's so easy..."

Don wishes he could do what you all do so i could win like you guys do but at the present time it is not in the cards , so the only way i can beat a touring pro sportsman is with "Luck" which can show up any time cause i don't have enough seat time and practice for sure cause it looks easy being a touring pro sportsman cause they win more than all the sportsman combined .

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

mark Said "Yeah it's so easy and fun travelling the country wondering and hoping when/if you're going to win and be able to pay the bills. Why not try it yourself awhile and call yourself a touring sportsman pro. You'll win all the time too if it's so easy..."

Don wishes he could do what you all do so i could win like you guys do but at the present time it is not in the cards , so the only way i can beat a touring pro sportsman is with "Luck" which can show up any time cause i don't have enough seat time and practice for sure cause it looks easy being a touring pro sportsman cause they win more than all the sportsman combined .

It's more than just seat time.It takes understanding the dynamics of what we do,starting line,finish line,dialing the car,etc.Even still some guys can have enough seat time to grow award winning hemorrhoids and still never get good at it.It's called talent.

[Don Kennedy]

Ed Said"It's more than just seat time.It takes understanding the dynamics of what we do,starting line,finish line,dialing the car,etc.Even still some guys can have enough seat time to grow award winning hemorrhoids and still never get good at it.It's called talent. "

Don agrees
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[tpoh815]

For those who think my hate you joke is malicious. I remember racing with Dan in the mid 80s and thinking this guy is just great at what he does.Tom his father was 20 yrs ahead of his time. He taught his son well and now the torch is being handed down to Thomas. So that being said I wont hesitate to hate Thomas as well. Dan I was worried that you were in a slump so I know your looking forward to my next post! LMFAO.

[Dan Fletcher]

LOL Haddock...

I was in a slump. If it wasn't for Comp I wouldn't have won much at all in the last few years. With all of the advantages afforded by being a "touring professional sportsman" and with all of those wonderfulful extra laps down the track, I must really suck to win as little as I do.

Because as Don has so eloquently, and repeatedly, pointed out, ANYONE that races as much as I do would win all the time due to the TREMENDOUS advantage afforded to the "touring professional sportsman".

By the way, I hope to see you at NYIRP this weekend, as I'll be there running our family's 13 flat wagon instead of making excuses as to why I don't win and others do...