Why cant Sportsman Racing be like this on TV these days???

Toby Lang · 02-13-2011, 03:47 PM

Bret,

As you can tell by the smiley face I was trying to make a joke. I'm sure you're still as good as you ever were. I know I'm as good once as I ever was.

You probably don't remember this, but you interviewed me at midnight for the TV show after I won my first, and only, Iron Man in Shreveport back in 1998. This was two weeks after I won my first national event Wally at Memphis.

The Shreveport event was rained out the week before and I didn't plan on going to the make-up race since it was being held the same weekend as the Dallas national event. It had been raining in Dallas also and it was one of those deals where the sportsman would come in on Thursday make their runs and leave later that night so they could park the Pro's on the asphalt.

We only got two time runs and I screwed up in qualifing and had a heads-up race first round, which of course I lost. So I had plenty of time to go back to the Shreveport race. I did win a heads-up race in the second round there though.

As my car owner Jim Meador likes to say, things happen for a reason. I'm glad I had the opportunity to win an Iron Man. It's one of the only things I've won that Jody probably never will.

-Toby

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Toby Lang VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 2,133 Likes: 2 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Why cant Sportsman Racing be like this on TV these days? Bret, As you can tell by the smiley face I was trying to make a joke. I'm sure you're still as good as you ever were. I know I'm as good once as I ever was. You probably don't remember this, but you interviewed me at midnight for the TV show after I won my first, and only, Iron Man in Shreveport back in 1998. This was two weeks after I won my first national event Wally at Memphis. The Shreveport event was rained out the week before and I didn't plan on going to the make-up race since it was being held the same weekend as the Dallas national event. It had been raining in Dallas also and it was one of those deals where the sportsman would come in on Thursday make their runs and leave later that night so they could park the Pro's on the asphalt. We only got two time runs and I screwed up in qualifing and had a heads-up race first round, which of course I lost. So I had plenty of time to go back to the Shreveport race. I did win a heads-up race in the second round there though. As my car owner Jim Meador likes to say, things happen for a reason. I'm glad I had the opportunity to win an Iron Man. It's one of the only things I've won that Jody probably never will. -Toby Last edited by Toby Lang; 02-13-2011 at 03:58 PM.