Sobus is in what car?

Blogger: I heard that it was a Ray Graham car, but I haven't confirmed that.

Unfortunately the one big question on everyone's mind will be the lighting situation. Instead of talking about car and driver combinations, who has a ride, who doesn't, etc, all everyone will be talking about is will the lights stay on. That is very unfortunate for such a wonderful race weekend.

Blogger: You may be right, but I think after reading Chuck Handley's explanation on Pinner's that it may calm down people's concerns a little. As long as he keeps us posted, and informs us what the changes are, I think conversation will end up back where it belongs. Stay positive, buddy!

sounds sensible- letting them have their fun but within the boundaries of- 'we'll take it off you if you abuse the privillege' really like that.

JJ, do you accept public speaking engagements? I want you invite you to present at one...

Blogger: only if the subject is " Internet spam, and poor use of grammar"

"I’m happy to give my kid the opportunity to live his dream. But even though he’s the driver, I’m still the owner"... I almost like the metaphor in it :-)

Looks like no USAC race this year.
It seems the track at times hurts themselves unnecessarily. Why announce a race that might not happen? Remember a few years back they promised a new scoreboard.
Now the track will get criticized for announcing something they should've waited on. That's unfortunate.

Very good article. Nice work, it's a real pleasure to see play regularly.
I learn so much of your information. I hope you will continue to write long articles.
Thank you for writing and sharing this information.

Does anyone else find it a bit strange that just twelve days before the USAC race, there is absolutely no mention of the race on the speedway website? An event like this needs as much publicity as possible yet there's no mention of the race anywhere. Any chance the race will not happen?

Blogger: I agree with you. That is very strange. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

One race thats it? boy i can remember a time when 2 of my guys got thrown out for 2 weeks. And the team owner put on probation for the rest of the season. And did not even touch a person. Kinda werid. I will say this track officals do not have the right to put there hands on anyone. Bob was not in the wrong on this one. Safey crew Secruity,I dont care who it is. YOU DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS ON ANYONE! The track has no right. Secruity is a joke. They walk aroud like cops.

Blogger: Thanks Andy, (I think). It's not as devastating when a crew member gets thrown out, because the driver is the only one that HAS to be there, for the purpose of points and handicapping. But I won't agree that security is a joke. You might be off on that one.

You're partly correct JJ. Those EIGHT were all safety crew memnbers. Security people wear yellow shirts. Your picture would contain zero yellow shirts. It's said but true that there is no security people in the pits.

Blogger: dude, you're such a hater! I don't monitor or care about shirt colors. All I know is, there were plenty of guys there to handle it. Some in red, one in purple. Maybe even white shirts. Eight is enough!

Having security there may have helped. Security people have experience handling those situations.
Unfortunately the speedway eliminated all the infield security.

Blogger: that is certainly not the case, Steve. I have a picture of EIGHT security / safety guys dragging my guy down the front straight. EIGHT

I talked to Bobby just a bit after he was given the shortcut to Albany Street for about 20min or so. I'd had a pretty good view of what had happened and didn't understand the initial "approach" used to settle him down. Situations like that need to be treated like bombs ... they need to be defused and I think things ended up getting infused. The safety crew does a fantastic job and they usually (fortunatly) don't have to deal with situations like they did on Saturday. I hope Bobby has the opportunity to sit down with the safety crew members involved. If what happened was caught on video, perhaps BOTH sides can learn and move on. Like you and Bobby both said, there's a TON of emotion out there and when the pendulum swings like it did, it can offer up a pretty nasty potential.

As for your "controversial" statement ... sure, passion is great for the sport. Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart are two of the most popular drivers - sports figures - around and both have a very long history of controversy. Showing your emotion and speaking your mind certainly "sells." We both know that. You've just got to pick & choose the right ways and times to do it.

And oh, I hope you mentioned something in your Gater column about the great job David Cliff did in the Strong super Saturday night. Nice to see another small blocker getting a crack on the other side of the pits.

Keep up the great posts, here at Nissan in the UK we read your blog.

Hey my wife and I have been happily married since 1998 and still going strong. So happy to hear about a 25 year anniversary, you too stay blessed.

You 2 are the absolute best. I could go on but will just say I love you both so much and am very proud you are my family.

love you guys! happy anniversary!!

good article.

Winning a race is half the battle. Anyway I was a lurker on your site. I just notice you really love racing. I found your blog very interesting Men.Keep it up!

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As odd as it may sound, I would really like to see the black flag actually get used this season. The lack of self-discipline on the track coupled with the continuation of the "powers that be" not taking action against aggressive driving, brought things to a boiling point last year.

Swift, harsh action taken against it early in the season will keep things from getting out of control down the road. So you tick a driver off ... maybe they even quit. Good! You cannot have drivers evening up scores and trying to enforce rules on the track. That's not their job. But if they don't have the confidence in those that are supposed to be enforcing the rules, then you're going to see more Carl Edwards-type incidents.

Blogger: Noted. Sometimes the calls are made correctly, and sometimes not. It's not always easy to tell who is at fault. Thanks for reading!