HI JERRY!
SEE BELOW:
From: "JERRY FOSTER" <fosterap@flash.net>
To: "DOUG ANDERSON" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Subject: YO!
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:16:50 -0500
I had heard you talk about sprint cars before.
AHA!
I have been to Knoxville three times in the mid 80's for the Nats. I don't
like the wings either, but now even the non-wing cars look like some kind of
road-building machines with those down tubes. Guess I'm just on old timer.
NO YA AIN'T....
I AGREE WITH YA 110% !
IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THEY'VE REALLY GOTTEN BAD. SPRINT CARS ARE OUR
STRONGEST LINK TO THE RACERS OF THE PAST, AND ARE ONLY APPEALING BECAUSE OF
THAT TRADITION. I PREDICT THAT IF THAT CONNECTION GOES AWAY, SO WILL THE
SPRINT CAR FORMULAS -WHICH AS WE ARE AWARE, IS REALLY FOR OUTDATED UPRIGHT
HIGH CENTER OF GRAVITY INEFICIENT TIPPY KIND OF RACE CAR. AS OUTDATED AS A
HARLEY. I LOVE'EM BOTH -JUST FOR THAT VERY REASON.
THIS MODERN CROP OF DRIVERS AND OWNERS APPEAR TO HAVE EITHER FORGOTTEN THAT
OR NEVER REALIZED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I DON'T LIKE WHAT I SEE.
NOBODY'S WATCHING THE FOX CIRCLING THE HENHOUSE..... TED JOHNSON DON'T SEEM
TO BE ABLE TO (OR WANT TO...) CONTROL IT..... I THINK HE'S LOST SIGHT OF
WHAT IT WAS WHEN HE STARTED. AND NO ONE WANTS TO CONTROL THE INCREDIBELY
INSANE SPENDING FORCING MORE AND MORE GOOD TEAMS OUT OF THE GAME ALL THE
TIME JUST LIKE NASCAR.....
NO ONE WILL ADDRESS THE APPEARANCE OF THESE UGLY THINGS. THEY LOOK LIKE
HELL.
THERE'S NO DOUBT, SPRINT CAR RACING HAS LOTS MORE "EXPOSURE" THAN IT EVER
DID -THANKS TO TV TIME.
BUT IS THAT NECCESSARILY GOOD? JUST AS WE FEAR "OVEREXPOSURE" IN
LSR,....
I THINK SPRINT CARS HAVE SOLD OUT IN SAME WAY STOCK CAR RACING HAS.
....ALL ITS ABOUT ANYMORE IS HOW MANY SECONDS THE "SPONSOR'S" NAME CAN
APPEAR ON NATIONAL TV -NOT ABOUT THE COMPETITION AT ALL. THE ONLY REAL
COMPETITION IS ALL IN THE "MARKETPLACE" -WHICH JUST DELIGHTS THE
CORPORATIONS! I TOTALLY IGNORE NASCAR FOR THAT REASON-AND BECAUSE NASCAR
WILL NOT STOP MANIPULATING THE RULES TO APPEASE THE CORPORATIONS. I WAS A
"NASCAR MECHANIC" IN 1964 -BACK WHEN "STOCK" MEANT "STOCK" THAT WAS THE
REAL THING. NOW IT HAS BECOME A SHAM. A JOKE. A F#@%ING MARKETING GIMMICK.
CURRENT SPRINT CARS HAVE BECOME ALMOST AS UGGGGggLY AS D.I.R.T. MODIFIEDS
-WHICH I IMAGINE YOU'VE SEEN IN PICTURES. I CALL THEM "DOORSTOPS WITH
ROLLERSKATE WHEELS" AND LIKE NASCAR, I WOULD'NT CROSS THE STREET TO WATCH
THEM -IF YOU GAVE ME THE TICKETS.
....BUT SPRINTERS, WELL,..THERE'S ANOTHER STORY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF VERY
FEW RULES; WING SIZE, CUBIC INCH, (tire perhaps) AND NOW IN SOME CIRCLES,
WEIGHT. THOUGH I FEAR THEY HAV'NT GONE NEARLY FAR ENOUGH WITH THAT: IN
FAIRNESS, ALL WEIGHT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE "WITH DRIVER" SO AS TO
ELIMINATE THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE TO STUFFING JAC HAUDENSCHILD IN YOUR SEAT AS
OPPOSED TO BIG STEVE FOR INSTANCE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE TO "POWERS THAT BE" CANNOT WAKE UP AND SEE SUCH AN OBVIOUS
THING. IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS A DRIVERS WEIGHT IN A SPRINTER IS A
SUBSTANCIAL PART OF THE EQUASION -SAY 10 TO 15% -THATS A BUNCH.
WAKE UP, SPRINT CAR AMERICA"!
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD.
ARE YOU LISENING TED? ALLEN KREITZER? BERT EMMICK? USAC? CRA?
COM'ON-SMELL THE COFFEE!
REAL FANS WANT REAL SPRINT CARS IN REAL, FAIR, EQUAL RACIN!
The best guys to come out of Dallas (Devil's Bowl Speedway) were Gordon
Wooley in the 60's (won USAC title or two) and James and Jim McElreath,
Johnny Rutherford and my favorite from the 90's Bobby Marshall. For the
spectator, there is nothing like the sprinters. I only go twice a year or
so when the Outlaws are here. I simply can't sit through four classes of
junkers waiting for the sprints on a regular weekly show. jf
I TRY TO GET DOWN TO PENNA A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR TO SEE THE PA, POSSE WHO
ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THE BEST WEEKLY SHOW IN THE COUNTRY. PA. SPEEDWEEK IN
JULY IS AWESOME; USUALLY 7 RACES AT 7 DIFFERENT TRACKS IN 8 NIGHTS-ALL
WITHIN SOMETHING LIKE A 50 MILE RADIUS -CAN YA;' IMAGINE?
WANT TO LEARN MORE?
GO TO: www.hoseheads.com for DAILY UPDATES AND NEWS!
HEY JERRY! I GOTTA GO!
CHEERS, -DOUG ANDERSON -in southern NuYawk State.
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