Hello
and welcome back to another edition of "My Thoughts". This week I
would like to touch on a few different things that have been rattling
around in my brain recently. I will share my thoughts on the Racing
Extravaganza car show this past weekend in York. I will also address
the absence of car owners in sprint car racing and offer a viewpoint
that many people in Central PA may not agree with. Finally, I plan to
touch on a debate I read on Twitter the regarding which track, Lincoln
or Port Royal has the better competition on Saturday nights in Central PA. So how 'bout we get started....
This past Saturday
I attended the 2nd annual Race Car Extravaganza race car show in York
Pa. It was great to walk around and talk to some friends that I haven't
seen since November (Yes, contrary to what many believe I do have a few
friends contrary). Naturally, we discussed the show and how it was
compared to the past Dirt Trackin' shows at the Fairgrounds that many of
us have attended over the past 20 + years. Now this is not a knock on
promoter and organizer Scott Gobrecht. He has certainly worked hard to
breathe some life back into a show that appeared to be on life support
the past few years. The following are just random musings on things
that I think could be done or improved upon to make it more fan friendly
for the attendee paying $12 to get in.
Now
I can already hear some of you yelling at me.... If the car owner
didn't feel the driver was worth it, then they wouldn't have made the
agreement. Furthermore, who the hell are you to judge how a guy makes a
living and how much he makes?
I get where you are coming from and understand it is a dream to get to do something for a living instead of working a crappy 40 hr a week job. No driver held a gun to an owners head and said pay me a lot of money so your car is sitting on the front stretch every week. It just seems to me that if that never happened we would still have a lot of car owners willing to spend money for our drivers to play in the clay on the weekends.
I get where you are coming from and understand it is a dream to get to do something for a living instead of working a crappy 40 hr a week job. No driver held a gun to an owners head and said pay me a lot of money so your car is sitting on the front stretch every week. It just seems to me that if that never happened we would still have a lot of car owners willing to spend money for our drivers to play in the clay on the weekends.
And last on the agenda is which track has the better competition on Saturday nights,Lincoln or Port? Now I went on line and did some digging and couldn't believe some of the things I found.
Taking
the top 10 in points from 2016 at both Lincoln and Port Royal I looked
at how many wins each driver had at their home track as well as at other
tracks in Central PA. I was very surprised at what I found.
Starting with Port Royal here is the top 10 in points as well as their win totals at other race tracks
Driver / Port / Lincoln / Williams Grove / Selinsgrove
Doug Esh - 7 / 24 / 24 / 1 = 56
Brock Zearfoss - 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 2
Mike Wagner - 11 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 12
Dylan Cisney - 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 2
Greg Hodnett - 49 / 30+ / 62 / 17 = 158
Lucas Wolfe - 4 / 3 / 14 / 2 = 23
Curt Stroup - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 0
Ryan Taylor - 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 6
Blane Heimbach - 11 / 0 / 0 / 1 = 12
Kody Lehman - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 0
Port wins - 90
Lincoln wins - 57
Williams Grove wins - 103
Selinsgrove wins - 20
total - 271
Driver / Lincoln / Port / Williams Grove / Selinsgrove
Alan Krimes - 16 / 0 / 5 / 0 = 21
Brian Montieth - 51 / 1 / 21 / 0 = 73
Jim Siegel - 12 / 0 / 4 / 0 = 16
Cory Haas - 8 / 0 / 6 / 0 = 14
Gerard McIntyre - 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 = 6
Austin Hogue - 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 2
Glenndon Forsythe - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 3
Robbie Kendall - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 1
Freddie Rahmer - 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 3
Adam Wilt - 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 = 6
Lincoln wins - 102
Port wins - 1
Williams Grove wins - 42
Selinsgrove wins - 0
total wins- 145
Driver / Port / Lincoln / Williams Grove / Selinsgrove
Doug Esh - 7 / 24 / 24 / 1 = 56
Brock Zearfoss - 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 2
Mike Wagner - 11 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 12
Dylan Cisney - 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 2
Greg Hodnett - 49 / 30+ / 62 / 17 = 158
Lucas Wolfe - 4 / 3 / 14 / 2 = 23
Curt Stroup - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 0
Ryan Taylor - 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 6
Blane Heimbach - 11 / 0 / 0 / 1 = 12
Kody Lehman - 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 0
Port wins - 90
Lincoln wins - 57
Williams Grove wins - 103
Selinsgrove wins - 20
total - 271
Driver / Lincoln / Port / Williams Grove / Selinsgrove
Alan Krimes - 16 / 0 / 5 / 0 = 21
Brian Montieth - 51 / 1 / 21 / 0 = 73
Jim Siegel - 12 / 0 / 4 / 0 = 16
Cory Haas - 8 / 0 / 6 / 0 = 14
Gerard McIntyre - 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 = 6
Austin Hogue - 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 2
Glenndon Forsythe - 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 3
Robbie Kendall - 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 1
Freddie Rahmer - 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 = 3
Adam Wilt - 4 / 0 / 2 / 0 = 6
Lincoln wins - 102
Port wins - 1
Williams Grove wins - 42
Selinsgrove wins - 0
total wins- 145
Now
looking at those stats what do you think? Port had the better top tier
drivers in Esh, Hodnett, and Wolfe all who have wins at all 4 tracks in
Central PA. No driver at Lincoln has a win at all 4 tracks and only 1 of
those drivers has a win at 3 tracks. So the top or the top I don't
think it is a question who has the better quality of cars.
But wait there is more to think about......
After
you look at the top guys it gets a little cloudy. The 2nd tier drivers
are an entirely different story. Port has two drivers in the top 10
without 1 career win at any race track while all 10 drivers at Lincoln
have at least 1 win. Only 3 drivers from Port have a win at Williams
Grove (Zearfoss, Wagner and Taylor) while only 2 guys at Lincoln DO NOT
have a win at Williams Grove (Forsythe and Kendall). So looking at that
it says the 2nd tier is more competitive at Lincoln right?
Now
a look at 2017 shows that Port will be loosing Wolfe as he will not be
running full time anywhere on Saturdays so that knocks one of the big
dogs off the list. Heck even Hodnett doesn't run full time at Port. If
you take Greg's wins off the list then Port only has 113 total wins at
all the area race tracks.
I will let you make the decision on who has the better competition on Saturday
nights in Central PA. For me....I'm like a lot of fans and am glad we
have this problem. Just think how boring life would be if the fans from
each race track couldn't mess and talk shit to the others.
And for your listening pleasure a track from the Boston band Reveille.....What You Got...
That's
all for this week. Hope you enjoyed my musings. As always feel free to
hit me up and let me know how wrong I am, or even better that I got it
right. Leave a comment on here at the bottom, tweet me or shoot me an
email at billmc358@gmail.com.
I love hearing from all of you on these subjects or anything else you
have to talk about. Until next time.....Try and stay warm and keep your
beverage of choice nice and cold.
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