Now LaSalle Speedway and Josh Richards in trouble with WRG / DIRTcar

[Latemodel333]

I 100% agree that rules need to be enforced!! What I dont agree with, and we all have seen this before many times and never paid much attention to it, but say driver A wrecks his car and his car is totaled, the next week is points championship, his good friend has a back up car and let him use his car. Driver A enters the event as though its his car and wins the race, and the championship. DID anyone bitch it wasn't his car? That he wasn't the owner, thus he loses the points? (assuming points go with a car owner, not driver) The guy finishing second just got the shaft for sure.... Now as I said before, I highly doubt Josh's car is owned by Brock, or Best motorsports, so why isn't it right that Josh whom was not ineligible to race enter the car as his, use his tax ID#, or his company's and be allowed to race?? We all have seen driver A's car arrive in another hauler because he rented/borrowed it? And, before the event started or a car hit the track UMP had withdrawn from sanctioning the event!! They pulled the plug because the hauler was on the grounds!! From that standpoint UMP breached the contract so anything that happened after that was none of UMP/WRG business... Do you think the penalties would have been as harsh if they couldn't find a track to pick up those dates with less than 45 days before cars hit the track? They made sure they had those dates filled before they told anyone they where penalized....
Why would WRG make such a big deal about this? It sounds as though the fine for the infraction was paid, the time has passed, Josh wasn't even involved in the mess... He was there #1 star, and money maker by a long shot!!!
I would even go out on a limb to say he was told to enter the car as his, and not by his team owner or Tony.....

[Cardirt0]

NFL has been given a pass by congress on anti trust laws the UMP has not...

[Cardirt0]

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All this fighting is not good for racing at all i see no good coming from this UMP is a big mess... This hurts Dirt racing no if and buts... Absolute Power Corrupts and that is whats happing here .. This might make a good anti trust case....Were a ruling body can not be owned by the same people that run the races....Each track should have 1 vote with whats done and WRG should only have 1 vote too be fair...The people that run the Tracks no long have a say thats not how it works...
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United Midwestern Promoters ... There is no United no more...Promoters have no say no more...The only thing in this is Midwestern is still true...This is a anti trust case just waiting to happen...If i was Izzo i sue in Fed court.. I bet he win
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If hes paid Dues to them he have a real good case... They did not give him a hearing.. And he payed Dues... they lose...

[Barbecueboy]

I'm great with rules enforcement if they are the same for everyone........

[IZZOJR16]

I hate to see anyone lose their livelihood but I like the fact sectioning body enforce rules and don't tuck their tales and run because of primadonna drivers or owners.

[Latemodel333]

It was not a WRG, or UMP event, Sam pulled the sanction before the show started and left. Some UMP officials stayed because they had already loaned out transponders for the night and didnt want to make a scene gathering them up. UMP points where given as a courtesy because it was advertised as a UMP show. I would presume Josh renewed his dirtcar membership whenever it was up for renewal.

[reid boys]

First it was still a wrg event. Every driver got points for their series. Josh would have a membership. Doesn't have anything to do with this instance.

[bullring]

I remembered something from last year that makes you wonder also. Last year well after the schedules were out and the season was underway, WOO late models decided to add a date at the WRG head mother's family racetrack about an hour North of Lasalle. And the date they picked, Lasalle's Summernationals race date. Tony was unaware of this until it came out and he said he was still going to run. I thought there was talk of pulling his date and then later they were able to work out an alternative date.

[HoosierDirtFan]

At the Thaw Brawl DIRTcar officials did all the registrations in the MARS trailer. Per DIRTcar rules all drivers must have a DIRTcar membership. When Josh Eichards registered with the DIRTcar officials did he have a membership or did they sell him one at the event. So either DIRTcar officials let him race with out one, sold him one, or DIRTcar sold him one before hand. How is LaSalle Speedway in the wrong.

[i like racing]

Is huskerdirt banned here now?

Also, what is ISC?

Iowa Stock Cars forum

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Thanks for pointing this out. You are so right in once Sam pulled the sanction it didn't matter at that point as far as UMP was concerned and what car was out on the track. I think you are right about UMP warning other drivers about going to Lasalle not sure it will work with that kind of money on the line but, I bet your right they will try.

They call that extortion...

[kidrock]

Trying to prevent a future lawsuit, WRG may have created another. We all dont know what was said between the parties, nor do we know what was listed on the entry form for Josh's car that night. It sounds like Josh listed it as though he was the owner, and as I said in another thread it would be very hard to prove he didn't rent/lease the package deal for that nights race which would not have violated anything. Sam pulled ump sanction before any car had hit the track, so when the 1 car did go out it dont matter who owned it, and it was at that point none of UMP, WRG business, they terminated the contract for that nights race. Now they have pulled sanction agreements, SN races just because the 1 car was on the speedway grounds....There certainly is alot more to the conversation between Tony and Sam, if you read Sams PR several times its clear there was more to it. With the Lucas guys at Magnolia they certainly wont be there unless weather helps out, the WOO show is in Canada, and the top UMP boys will all be told to stay away or else. Tony will need a bunch of locals, some huge sponsorship, and hope the SN dates dont get filled. I wish him luck, there is no winner in the mess....

Thanks for pointing this out. You are so right in once Sam pulled the sanction it didn't matter at that point as far as UMP was concerned and what car was out on the track. I think you are right about UMP warning other drivers about going to Lasalle not sure it will work with that kind of money on the line but, I bet your right they will try.

[Latemodel333]

Trying to prevent a future lawsuit, WRG may have created another. We all dont know what was said between the parties, nor do we know what was listed on the entry form for Josh's car that night. It sounds like Josh listed it as though he was the owner, and as I said in another thread it would be very hard to prove he didn't rent/lease the package deal for that nights race which would not have violated anything. Sam pulled ump sanction before any car had hit the track, so when the 1 car did go out it dont matter who owned it, and it was at that point none of UMP, WRG business, they terminated the contract for that nights race. Now they have pulled sanction agreements, SN races just because the 1 car was on the speedway grounds....There certainly is alot more to the conversation between Tony and Sam, if you read Sams PR several times its clear there was more to it. With the Lucas guys at Magnolia they certainly wont be there unless weather helps out, the WOO show is in Canada, and the top UMP boys will all be told to stay away or else. Tony will need a bunch of locals, some huge sponsorship, and hope the SN dates dont get filled. I wish him luck, there is no winner in the mess....

[D. Tidrow]

I can't believe all this confusion, with ump. Look at the joke runnng things. Smoking lots of things and cigerretes.

[Bubstr]

This is the actually quote......


“I talked to Izzo about it and asked what he thought about it,” Driggers said. “He admits that he didn’t do exactly the right thing, but he didn’t truly understand all the consequence of it. So, at the end of the day, my heart said, ‘Let it go. We’ll figure out something else.’ But my gut says, ‘There’s got to be a penalty here. It’s got to be something that people understand. You just can’t break the rules.’

This was Driggers statement, not Izzo's. What or if Izzo said that, it is hearsay, unless witnessed. With Tony, being so quiet, it sounds like he got good advice from a lawyer. HUMMMMMMMMMMM.