A bad night at Barrie June 23

Guest · 2007-06-24T08:19:05Z

Starting an hour earlier then normal (6pm) in order to run five divisions (too many) and two LLM 40 lap features the promotors tried to get the show done at a decent time but that would have required a little cooperation from the drivers in the top two classes and unfortunately there was very little and the show dragged out until almost midnight. The night started with the first LLM 40 lapper and the race ran green for about 30 laps before the one and only caution . With allot of side by side racing induced by crate engines and most drivers having the set up down it was pretty much a punt to pass affair . I know the upside of the crate engine (cost) but the downside is an average to below average driver in a car of the same caliber can pretty much hold up the top guys by just taking the good line or running side by side lap after lap causing grid lock . Perhaps a more powerful crate like they use at Flamboro would help but it would seem that a 300 hp crate is so easy to drive even a caveman can do it (Gieco reference) . In this case the caveman was Dave Lewis in the #8 who held off the faster cars of McLeod McWhirter Baker etc. On with a bevy of heat races for the 5 divisions that offered some good racing and for the most part had few cautions the only problem being in Thunder Car and LLM I noticed a disturbing trend of guys that spun out mostly by their own doing playing dead on the track to get a caution so they could get caught back up to the pack and resume racing. This drags out the show and was one of the reasons we were there until almost midnight . Black flag these idiots and they will get the message they cant play that game . The funny thing is I didn't see the Mini Stock guys pulling this crap and all their races ran off quickly and were good to watch , kudos to them . (see I am not always negative) As long as I am being positive let me mention the Mini Trucks . This was the first time I had seen them run and they put on a great show . They had around 18 trucks and were turning times in the mid 16s with really fast corner speeds . All the trucks were professional looking and well prepared and they ran all their races with only one caution in one of their heats . I was very impressed by one driver in particular , Corey Mosker #39 (sp) This kid can drive like H___ . He started in the back of the feature and drove through traffic like a hot knife through butter never laying a bumper on anyone and ran second only because he ran out of laps . Yes he had a fast truck but this guy is a wheel man and will do well in what ever he gets in next. For the record I don't know this guy at all and have never met him. Now that I have the positive stuff out of the way the Thunder car 40 lap feature was a mess . I think it was 40 laps but it may have been 400 it took so long. Caution after caution for spins and wrecks and guys playing dead to get cautions made this a forgettable experience . The promoters brother won this in a car that was about 4/10 quicker then anything else on the track . I am not alleging anything but when your that much faster then everyone else and the promoters brother and the tech guys are congratulating and shaking your hand when pull in the optics are bad to say the least. LLM final feature another 40 lap race this time with allot of spins more guys playing dead for cautions and another time killer favorite of mine the guy in 12th place refusing to get in 13th place where the starter has told him to get causing lap after lap trying to sort the field for the restart , just like playing dead this can be cured with a black flag. One high light of the race was Baker getting spun half way down the back chute and in an incredible piece of driving keeping it off the wall by working the throttle , brake and steering and doing a 360 . I don't care if you like Baker or not he maybe the most talented driver at Barrie and that move reminded me of something you would see Tony Stewart do . Heres where things go from bad to worst Garry Reynolds had led pretty much the whole race after starting up front and at times had a pretty big lead aided by crate engine grid lock only to have it reduced by cautions. Barrie has that wacky restart rule where the second place car can chose to line up on the outside of the leader if they want and Dave Lewis #8 decides to avail him self of said rule . The green flies with 5 to go and Reynolds makes short work of getting away from Lewis and resuming the lead . On the very next circut with 4 to go Lewis runs in 3 lengths deeper then he had all night and drills Reynolds sending him spinning into the wall and taking out 80 % of the field . 14 of the 19 cars are now piled up in the first turn like cord wood and I mean that literally . cars on top of each other backed into the wall drove into the wall , what a mess . I have been going to Barrie on and off since the joint opened and I cant remember a wreck of that magnitude ....

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team27

Jun 26, 2007 9:50 pm

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Maddog,are you chinese ?, how can those results be true Baker 2nd ,Quesnelle 3rd ,well before the caution Walters and McWhirter were behind the SHOWSTOPPER, so it must be a mistake have another egg roll...

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maddog

Jun 26, 2007 10:13 pm

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over the last 30 min the Barrie speedway office phone has not stop ringing the official finish for the 2nd race is 17,55,47,31,10,28 it post on the site. baker get sc**w again. as you say there never a dull mount sat night at Barrie speedway. because there different clown same circus. New talk of the week is how they scored showstopper lewis in 14th head of 4 car and didn't dQ for causing the biggest wreck in Barrie speedway history.

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team27

Jun 26, 2007 10:24 pm

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Maddog, my chinese little buddy how the **** could the showstopper be scored ahead of 4 cars in the second feature , and move up in the points one place after he was suppossed to be black flagged rough driving for causing the biggest wreck in Barrie speedway history,The three blind mice Moran, the flag man and black flaggin again must have scored this one, Hey its Barrie what more can l say.

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Pinecrest

Jun 26, 2007 10:34 pm

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Before I hit the rack I will just say that with well over a 1000 views of this thread and going on 5 pages my favorite line was by team27 about how Lewis sped out of the pits so fast after the race that he was surprised that he didn't hit the ticket booth since it was the only thing he hasn't hit all year. or words to that effect.

I did find it interesting that after 1000s of views and pages of comments about Lewis causing perhaps the biggist wreck in Barrie's history that the only one that chose to stick up for Lewis was a track official . There is something very telling about that.

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blkflagagain

Jun 26, 2007 11:01 pm

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TRACK OFFICIAL????????????? LMAO!!!! Thats the funniest thing I heard on here yet!!!! I'm a fan like everyone else!!!! TEAM 27 you smokin some good **** there!!!!LOL I started of by doing articles VOLUNTEERING my time!!!!LOL I just write the race report the way I see it, it has nothin to so with right or wrong thats a fact the race report is just through 1 persons eyes!! You have lets say 3000 people at the track on any given night and I'd hazard a guess to say you'd have 2998 interpretations of what goes on in any race you bonehead!!!LOL. So all I do is write the report the way I see it!!!

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