I think the season at barrie has been alright so far. There is so much happening in terms of new stuff. The charger class is doing great....i think they may need to move a couple of cars up though...i think Monette will win there and Melson will be right on his tail....I think one of the burrows boys will win in the A division. The thunder cars i think Davey will end up back on top again if he can stay consistent...and i'd have to go with Baker for the late models. All in all good stuff so far...A few odd rumours but things like that happen in racing everywhere. Everyone is putting on a good show on the track and thats what the business is all about!

Thank you for the post SHADOW!!! Your right the Thunder Cars are great at Barrie probably run the most caution free features per year than any class we have. Great action as well!!! This year added to the mix are the NEXT GENERATION CARS vs Older Style Thunders ( Camaros, Monte Carlos)etc but no particular style car has been dominating yet so thats one of the things I personally keep an eye on!!! Dont know if youve seen many pics from our site on the Next Generation Thunders but the cars really look great like the challenger from yester year. Anyways gonna for sure make it down your way for one of those races most likely the July Twin 75 show fits my schedule better!!! Thanks for the info!!

Hey Shadow

I was down at Delaware on the May 24 weekend. Nice track and some awesome racing. It was my first time at Delaware, I will be back for sure! (too bad about the distance from Barrie, otherwise it would be more often). Barrie is my home track and I'm getting my own Thunder Car ready for competition right now. Thanks for the compliments on the Barrie Thunders.

You were right the L/M are fast and there was some great racing from that class and also the modifieds. I thought the black flag procedure was a little odd, (penalized driver waits on the infield pit lane until they throw the green) but I guess the L/M restart procedures we have here would seem odd to you (drivers picking high or low lanes, no 1-2-3 double).

The other thing was that the Super Stocks were pretty well all Novas. I thought I was at Barrie Speedway in about 1984. I haven't seen a Nova Street Stock type car in about 20 years. There was maybe 1 Malibu like mine, a couple of Montes and 1 Camaro and a Firebird. It was like being in a time warp. Most of our Thunders are Montes, with a few Malibus, 1 Camaro and the Next Gen cars (newer bodystyles like Luminas etc... with metric chassis and crates).

The trucks were really cool too, and yes they were here maybe 10 years ago or more, I think only a few guys built the trucks, they didn't have enough of them for a class so it died. Then the four cylinders came along. As I recall this is what occured at that time.

I guess that I should not have hijacked the thread with my discussion of Delaware, but it came up here.

I haven't noticed too much change at Barrie with the Nascar deal. I think most of the changes are with the Cascar/Nascar deals, Barrie was on the old Cascar sched so that isn't new, and the aforementioned corner warning lights. Lots of Nascar advertising around the speedway, maybe some added internet coverage on Nascar.com, supposedly some added money for the drivers point fund. That's about it, pretty much business as usual same as all the other years I've been going. (since 1980). Most of the new stuff is the initiatives of the ownership. Don't get me wrong they have done a lot of work at the speedway, it shows, and it has to be one of the nicest facilites around. IMHO of course.

As usual the racing at Barrie has been spectacular. And not one person has been winning them all. Everybody hates that, except fans of the guy who is dominating. Take Earnhardt Sr., Jeff Gordon, Jr Hanley, Stompin' Tom as examples. A lot of people hated/hates those guys because they won a LOT. So close racing with a mix of winners works, and this season has been like that so far.

Hey Thunder6, glad you made it down. I'm thinking you were here for all-features night. That was a good night!

I hear ya about the distance. I love Barrie, but its just too far to get to on a regular basis.

It funny you mentioned the Novas. Delaware seems to be the only track where the guys favor them, and its been going on for a long time. In the 80s, the SS division was almost exclusively Chevelles, then the Novas took off. Over the years, Monte Carlos have been fairly rare here in SS. I guess its part due to the fact that most of those Nova SS have been around for 20 years, getting sold and handed down from driver to driver. But, now a few guys have competitive Monte Carlos, and they're letting Camaros in, so that should shake things up a bit.

I don't know that I'd be so enamored of the "next gen" cars if they were to do that here. I personally like the idea of a class dedicated to good old American Iron. (I like seeing Chevelles, Novas, Monte Carlos, and Camaros.) But it may be that in another couple years, we may be headed that way too.

Actually, we do (or have done) the LM restarts like you guys do, but only during the big specials. I'm still undecided which I like better, but I think I lean toward the 1 2 3 in line way of doing it. Mostly because I keep track of the running order on paper for my reports, and the shakeup that comes whenever they do that inside/outside thing drives me batty. But it makes for a good show, especially here where inside lane or out really means something.

Anyway, glad you came and enjoyed!

(PartSource 140 coming up this Friday...it'll be worth the trip.)

I have been at BSW for two season now and I have been at Sunset, and BSW has a reputation to uphold now,and the racing is Great!!!,, and BSW is the only track I will go to now Only because They owners are doing a great job and its clean there,,We are about Half season now and I predict along with That knanefreak''' Monette'''CHARGERS''Slaughter ''A Class''Doucette ''T.C. and Baker L.M. For Champs..