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Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated.

Thanks for posting, you're about 3 minutes ahead of Knoxville "live" updates. Great job!

Thanks for covering the Malvern Bank cars so we know what's going on!

Knoxville said they are right at a record crowd for this race. Crowd is bigger than it looks. Massive grandstands.

SPark

Gotten to know Jack a bit over the last couple years while helping a friend at some Silver Crown races on the miles in Illinois. Jack is a great guy, just glad I didn't have to race against him! He...

Had a Ford in our DW11. I don't remember having any problems getting a mid plate for it. We didn't have to do anything special. Also don't remember ours being a 5/8" reverse offset.

SPark

How would the shock "birdcage" be mounted to the axle and rotation controlled? What would keep it from moving. Are you talking about a clamped birdcage?

SPark

He was late getting there Thursday. I had to hit the grandson's soccer game on the way and I walked into the stands at 7:10. Scott's rig was just pulling in.

He was also late coming out for EVERY...

I live in Iowa, about 75 miles from Knoxville. I try very hard to never miss a late model, modified or wingless sprint car race there. I have NEVER been to a weekly sprint show or the 360 or 410...

I was kind of upset when I first read this. After thinking back (have run mods and late models there with friends), this track is hard on engines and you are in the gas a LONG time every lap. Much...

Always thought it was odd that Boone and Marshalltown allowed drinking in the pits and SOLD beer in the pit concession.

When we raced stock cars, I saw a driver blow an engine in the first couple...

Coming from a mom and pop operation to win at the MLRA level I like JC Wyman from SW Iowa. 3rd generation racer. Great racing family.

Another group I like to watch from central Iowa is the Eckrich...

Softer springs, stiffer shocks, bit more gear.

I always spend night 1 in the pits. See old friends, check everything out. Watch part of the time from the bleachers inside turn 1 and most of the features from inside turn 3/4 with the big screen.
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We ran Valvoline Synthetic. Found our gears were much cooler when changing them between hot laps/heat/feature. Never had a failure with it in a QC or a 9".

SPark

Raced at 21 different tracks

Watched at 14 others

Toured/rained out before racing started/stopped to check out 17 more.

Got 4 newbies on my wish list for this coming summer!

That was horrible!

Lee County is always a good show. Scotland County (Memphis MO) should be a great show as that track is really racy. It rained out last year. Southern Iowa Speedway (Oskaloosa) is also a pretty decent...

Look at lowering the seat, laying it back a bit more and gaining room that way, too.

SPark

I weld a piece of 1/2 OD x 3/8 Id tubing to the door bars where the bottom of the net falls to. Then I use a 1/4" rod thru the net and use a cotter pin thru each end of the lower bar. That way you...

Think they only built mods in 2002-2004 if I remember correctly. They never had a good handle on them and admitted they lacked support. Had Warrior LM and talked to them years ago about a mod for...

Use your eyes. If it looks bent it probably is. Sight down tubes (top rail on right, bottom rails, tail square with the rest of the frame, sits on jack stands, etc.

Talk to the mfg of the chassis...

I do it the same way as Just Add Dirt. I then take the area where each wheel is out the most and shrink the tubing to get the housing back to straight. Almost every 9" floater I have ever bought had...

Truck scales are a totally different beast. That is driven by maximum weight on each axle based on the axle spacing of the truck and overall weight. Those weights are set forth by the Federal Highway...

No track that I have ever been to has certified scales. I also know of nobody that owns certified scales in their personal shops. That's why you compare what you weigh at home against what you weigh...

Quoting Clayton Wetter - If the scales were off, which was proven then I don't understand how you can say anyone was light. Please tell me how you do that. End Quote.

It's an unfortunate truth. It...