That is a tipical Barrie smart a## remark,if you get ur head out of ur ##### and come out of the fog,come to Sunset and watch a real show .
I know I'm not going to waste any time or money on Sunset this year. The show sucks and has for years now. It's boring, the flagging stinks and the cars are slow. They have nothing to offer that interests me at all. If I want interesting and FAST racing I'll be at Barrie to see it. I see they still insist on the "fastest third mile in Ontario" myth as well. Better check that. Barrie is a second and a half faster. When Sunset llm's break under 15 sec laps then they might have something to crow about, but that's not going to happen. Somebody needs to do the right thing and tear up the pavement and go dirt. That's the only worthwhile course of action because Barrie has the asphalt scene more than covered. Just another opinion.
If they did go to dirt..i might switch tracks...i would love to run some dirt, just no opportunities cause the tracks are all so far away! And that sux about Beatty and Malcolm..they were both doing really well...
That is a tipical Barrie smart a## remark,if you get ur head out of ur ##### and come out of the fog,come to Sunset and watch a real show .
I know I'm not going to waste any time or money on Sunset this year. The show sucks and has for years now. It's boring, the flagging stinks and the cars are slow. They have nothing to offer that interests me at all. If I want interesting and FAST racing I'll be at Barrie to see it. I see they still insist on the "fastest third mile in Ontario" myth as well. Better check that. Barrie is a second and a half faster. When Sunset llm's break under 15 sec laps then they might have something to crow about, but that's not going to happen. Somebody needs to do the right thing and tear up the pavement and go dirt. That's the only worthwhile course of action because Barrie has the asphalt scene more than covered. Just another opinion.
Dster you make some good points Sunset does have a flagging issue and their LLM may not be quite as quick as Barrie's but they do seem to have a better car count and as most people realize its not how quick the field is its how competitive they are . Speaking to some people today they said the OSCAAR race last night was packed and they had to park cars on #11 . I would say that Barrie's and Sunsets Thunder cars are pretty much even overall and of course Sunsets Mini stocks are faster because of the 16v rule . In a perfect world Sunset would run on Fridays and Barrie would run Saturdays and both would benefit with running the same rules but I just don't see that happening anytime soon under the current ownership .
As for your idea of turning Sunset into a dirt track I think that would be fantastic but I don't see that happening either.
Well Barrie Thunders are running 15.6 fairly regular, and it sounds like the Sunset LM would not be much faster than that. I attended Sunset for a few years, and followed the Vintage Mods for 1 season. Now I'm back home, Barrie Speedway where I have been attending since 1980. Barrie has to be one of the nicest tracks facility wise I have gone to (there are a couple that are almost as or just as nice as Barrie in 2007, Kawartha and Delaware come to mind immediately) but comparing Barrie and Sunset really is no comparison. I enjoyed the racing at Sunset but the cars are slower. In the last two years the cars from Barrie have gotten really fast. I have a Thunder car I'm preparing for Barrie which is an ex-Sunset car ('05 Tech sticker and '04 Rookie of the year car, ex-Barrie car before that) and it has needed quite a bit of work to be competitive at Barrie. I could have brought the car out as is, but it would be lucky to get into the mid 16's. IMHO if you want to have fun and turn a few laps, not spending a lot of money on your car, go to Sunset. If you want to race competitively and have a little deeper pockets, run it at Barrie. It's like house league and rep. If you don't believe me we will see what happens at the invitationals this year...
Thunder 6 I might buy into that if the Thunder car that finished 2 nd in the points at Sunset in 05 didn't go up to Barrie and win the points in 06 . The best Thunder car I have seen in Ontario IMO is the #23 at Sunset . I did not say the best driver just the best car .
Depending how busy I am Thursday I am going to try to get up and watch the special ,I hope allot of Barrie cars show up.