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What time did they finish at? Who was the starter? I know Bob Finnegan does OSCAAR but was he also doing the other divisions?


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Midnite and it was BOB !!!


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anyone know what happened to the 42 of Jamie Ramsay in the LM feature did he get involved in any wrecks?


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thanks for the reports guys and glad I stayed home. Caution fests seemed to be prevalent at all these post season races where we're usually battling the weatherman and a host of visiting drivers who are unfamiliar with the tracks.
I would love to see a three division special event (perhaps LLM, LM and Oscaar) finish the season and leave the support divisions off the program entirely or run a mini, for fun, and other minor divisons on a completely separate day (perhaps the next week). These marathon shows are not family friendly (likely grounds for divorce) but I wonder if the promoter is really interested anymore in the fan, but just the back gate revenue. More cars = more back gate $$$$$.
Just wish the promoters would put more in the LM purses and try and attract some US drivers like in years past. The international flavour has truly been lost but god knows there are probably 5 sets of different lm rules for cars that run in a 200 mile radius.
Short track fan and I went to Wyoming County Saturday (weather turned out beautiful) at Perry NY for a SST modified tour season ending show. There were just 4 divisions (5 counting a handful of mini cups) and the show started at 2:30 and ended at 8pm. Even though there were a lot of cautions in the SST modified feature (31 cars on a small 1/3 mile), it was a pretty decent show, so after reading these Ptbo reports, I retracted some of my complaints about the show at Wyco.
Problem up here seems to be that our promoters, who could screw up a one car parade (to borrow a quotation), seem to live off the revenues of these season end marathons. Perhaps if they promoted their facilities better during the season the revenue intake would be more consistent during the season and they wouldn't have to rely on these season end shows as make it or break it venture to keep their tracks open.
Just my rant for today. Cheers-have a good off season. Heading to Smyrna in November.


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I almost went out on a limb to to come to this one, and am sort of glad I didn't. It looks to me, as Mike32 pointed out, a realy blatant attempt at getting as many cars/crews crammed into the pits (and buying hamburgers etc) as possible. Something about an event where the promoter knows he's gonna make money even if no fans show up sort of rubs me the wrong way.

I don't begrudge these sorts of events too much (I was at Flams Oktoberfest) simply because they seem to be the one sort of season ending special event that actively includes the 2nd tier divisions. Its good to have something those guys can travel to just to do something different....and for the most part, the mini guys, LLM guys and the thunder guys seem to have a good time. So its not all bad.

But geez, these things just go on and on and on. Mike is right....its not family friendly. I can't imagine keeping kids entertained for that long at the track. And even if I left the kiddies at home, my wife'd never enjoy something like this. (I don't have kids...just speaking hypothetically)

I'm curious, how full were the grandstands? Was anyone from here at the event purely as a grandstand spectator?


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