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Back in 2005 I raced at a race in texas that paid $20,000.oo to win, instead of the final ffw race that paid $5000.oo to win, I really had as good a chance or better to win the 20k race, because there was also another one 25 minutes away, that the majority of the racers were going to, as well it was also 106 degrees, and the tracks were going to be a little tough to manipulate. I even talked to one of the ffw guys in advance for their opinion on which I should attend, since we make our living on racing. The ffw we had been very loyal to, canceling match races, and other guarranteed pay events, but we had the points all sewn up, and had a chance to win 4x's the pay. ffw never paid us to attend not one race, so the advice was go where the money is, noone would care. We also had to add 150lbs at this 1/8th mile race, but it was a decent risc, since there were no lynch,kirk,hill,ect........ Well we were fortunate enough to win, but the owner of ffw was so offended, that he added 150lbs to us, and sent out word he would not even let us race if we ever showed???? We did race one race the following year, and took advantage of the small engine loophole, we won but were just oh so lucky, brad brand was very late against me the first round and I won on a holeshot, tim lynchs car did not start the second round, and the fellow we ran in the final just did not get down, bill never came to the pictures, actually he refused, and we had atleast 100 fans standing in the rain to have pictures with us, as well we never got our winners plaque for that race. This is all fact, and George can back it up, hey face, say good bye to nose, BGI saw that this morning. It is a very good article.
I was there :-DBack in 2005 I raced at a race in texas that paid $20,000.oo to win, instead of the final ffw race that paid $5000.oo to win, I really had as good a chance or better to win the 20k race, because there was also another one 25 minutes away, that the majority of the racers were going to, as well it was also 106 degrees, and the tracks were going to be a little tough to manipulate. I even talked to one of the ffw guys in advance for their opinion on which I should attend, since we make our living on racing. The ffw we had been very loyal to, canceling match races, and other guarranteed pay events, but we had the points all sewn up, and had a chance to win 4x's the pay. ffw never paid us to attend not one race, so the advice was go where the money is, noone would care. We also had to add 150lbs at this 1/8th mile race, but it was a decent risc, since there were no lynch,kirk,hill,ect........ Well we were fortunate enough to win, but the owner of ffw was so offended, that he added 150lbs to us, and sent out word he would not even let us race if we ever showed???? We did race one race the following year, and took advantage of the small engine loophole, we won but were just oh so lucky, brad brand was very late against me the first round and I won on a holeshot, tim lynchs car did not start the second round, and the fellow we ran in the final just did not get down, bill never came to the pictures, actually he refused, and we had atleast 100 fans standing in the rain to have pictures with us, as well we never got our winners plaque for that race. This is all fact, and George can back it up, hey face, say good bye to nose, BG
That is true in this day and age. I always thought a man's word was worth more than a piece of paper, because you can fake the piece of paper.A gentlemans agreement is a handshake where a signed pack is a legal deal in my mind.
I guess I thought you could have expanded on it after the origional breaking news. You broke the story then nothing. I just hate the fans paid to see a show then no P/S show up. If you knew they weren't going you could have updated the story. Don't take it personal if Aaron knew he or his people could have stepped up too. On the high jack side how about the mayor of Union getting indicted Bobby? I hope the new track isn't effected.How could I have done more? I broke the story, LOL.
Perhaps that's where I saw it first, I can't recall. Bobby, I check the CompetitionPlus site at least several times a day to get my "pro news". But I have a minor issue to pick with you, and maybe this is just the down side of having a site with sponsors and advertisers. This whole Even Knoll and Torco thing. There seems to be a hell of alot of info out there that is NOT being discussed or reported on CompPlus. I don't know if it's because you have a loyalty to Evan or not, but the news that I hope to get about this deal from your site is not forth coming. Alot of folks want to know what is really going on. We hear about possible serious fraud charges, prison time, $200 million missing, federal investigations, etc. And then there is the so-called unpaid $300K bill to NHRA for the Joliet event. All of these rumours have been floating around, and I figure that with your insight on this whole thing, we would be getting a few more facts by now.How could I have done more? I broke the story, LOL.