Information on Dirt Nationals

[VMS Motorsports]

Come on up to Beaver Dam

[Gimpster]

I can't get past the welding slag in the ear.  I got a moth in my ear a few years ago and thought that it was bad.   It's Gimpster's fault if I start having welder nightmares. 

With the mirrors, that is one of those things that needs to be agreed between the track and INEX and on paper before cars start showing up. 

Haha nightmares !!

On a creeper welding overhead with a stickwelder.  The puddle exploded. I flinched and turned my head right. It just SIZZLED as it went in. 6 small holes burned through the eardrum and 1 big piece of  slag burned the drum to the  ear wall at about the 7 oclock position. The tissue in your temple that tightens up when you bite down is what they tried to reconstruct the ear drum with. It never worked. Had to learn how to balance all over. It screwed with my equilibirium...

LOL nightmare on Gimp Street... It's almost Halloween !!  (insert theme song here from the Twilight Zone)

[JGRacing]

Having that moth flapping inside my ear does not seem like that big of a deal anymore.  Geez.           

[IraceLegends77]

Ahh just the name Larry Phillips makes me smile. That was the best guy that ever sat an ass in a race care. RIP Larry Phillips

Scott

[Vern Houseman]

Hey Mr Scott when you get a chance can you email me uncle bubbas phone number ,me and John where talking about him today, you really have a great family.If you need anything this winter just give me a call looking for a reason to make it down your way.

[JC38]

Larry Phillips was great. Dirt or asphalt. didnt matter, besides my Dad and uncle racing. back in the early and middle 80's he was my favorite driver. i was actually so ticked whenever he quit racing dirt and just raced asphalt.  Can you believe when we made the trip to North Carolina last year for Nationals, no one at 600 racing ever heard of Larry Phillips. And there suppose to be the big asphalt guys.  we couldnt believe it!

[NJRacer510]

Unfortunately, Inex will not go by the rules that the track has when it comes to a national event. I have been through this many times before and each time Inex says its their event, so they go by their rules. You could sit here and debate this forever but it's not going to change. I think there are pro's and con's to mirrors so it is what is it really. Just like mirror's people have had the same conversation with Inex about two way radios, in the Inex rulebook you are not allowed to use radio's but in Virginia you are allowed to, I don't know why but that's the way it is.

I hope things change for the better over the winter so next year everyone could have yet a better racing season. I know in the Northeast more tracks are having more races in 2011 and new tracks are bringing Legends in as well like Accord Speedway in NY.

[JC38]

Oh i know they say its there event. And if there going to treat it like there event then they need to bring more then 2 people from inex. I wonder how many they brought from there own crew to the asphalt nationals. i bet more then 2...

[Gimpster]

 I don't believe USLC realizes how serious we take dirt racing.
Or... they prolly don't know as much about it as we all do about it.
One or the other ! LOL
They would have took a growler if 200 cars would have showed up for the nationals (wink)

----- Gimpster -----

[IraceLegends77]

Gimp that would have been funny. I think more than USLC would have crapped their pants.

Its official I finished dead last in points in S/P points for the year on dirt. I really have to race more next year.

Vern I think that I bought a new chassis. I will be swapping everything over to it over the winter. My car full of gas weighed 1198 lbs. I know I'm fat but I don't need a fat race car too.

Scott

[Vern Houseman]

My black car weight 1160 and my white car weights 1190 god knows what it weights with my fat aaaa in it lol

[VMS Motorsports]

My coupe is 1137 out of gas with 40 lbs of lead.

Hey Scott, you can't complain about points if you only race one time!

This was my worst full points year. Too many wrecks and 5 weeks of not being able to figure out that the hard-wired transponder was intermittently shorting out the fuel pump did me in. My other car (Dan) got 10th, just barely though.

[justfreaky]

Now we are starting to get back to the "How You Doing 2010" thread... 

I think Dan did well for his first year in the Legends Car. I know that he told me that he had a good time with the car this season. 
Hopefully we will see him back in the VMS sponsored car next season.

Jim, You had a rough year all around. Between the rough breaks with the race car, the wrecks and the economy... Well, lets just say that it wasn't your best season.
With any luck at all, the economy will come back around. I know you will give your car a thorough going over in the off season. Hopefully next season will bring you better results.

Scott, You just need to stop working so hard and get out there and race a bit more. Your finish at the Nationals shows that you are capable.

Looking forward to updates from everyone on the off season work and seeing pics of the new paint, cars, etc...

Steve

[VMS Motorsports]

Dan is back for next year, he signed a long term contract 

[JGRacing]

Hope Dan got a signing bonus at least.