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

[WisWildManFan]

Something tells me lawyers will be involved in this since tony hasn't made any public comments on the situation.

[Bubstr]

First let me say that I don't agree with everything that UMP/WRG does. UMP has gotten very far away from the dreams of Bob Memmer and his local racer ideas. I've seen first hand how tire sampling is handled and it's not good. But UMP/WRG does bring some sort of parity to a sport that is way to fractured across the board. On the other hand I've seen promoters do the wrong thing on and off the track as well. But there are tracks that go above and beyond too.

In this Best/LaSalle issue, Best simply tried pulling something and got caught. LaSalle got caught in the middle, but apparently didn't try to stop what was taking place. Richards, driving for Best, had to do what he was told to do. What surprises me is that ALL knew days in advance Best was going to LaSalle and yet nothing was done by ANYBODY prior to their arrival, thus this mess.

For fans to call for a boycott of UMP tracks is a not thought out idea. The only group/individual that would be hurt by this is the weekly tracks we all care about and attend. Would boycotts send a message? I guess, but at what cost? The better/simpler idea is an old school letter writing campaign. Any social media posts can be deleted/shut down, but the mail stream(if there actually was a huge turnout) arriving daily would get peoples attention.

Or how about this? We all continue to support the sport that all of us love and let the parties involved work it out. There are three sides to the story, WRG/UMP, LaSalle and Best and they are all big enough to deal with this themselves. They can do it one on one or if need be get lawyers involved. If those involved feel truly wronged and/or blamed incorrectly, they should pursue any legal action to clear their name if need be. Yes, it would cost money to litigate, but all involved could do it and should do it, to prove who is right and who is wrong.

As I've posted many times before, this sport we all love is pretty cool but let's put it into perspective. Man, look at the world today, there are far more things to get worked up, worried about and care about than if tracks lose a race date.

Or maybe Best should have thought more about what their intentions would cause before heading to LaSalle?

I call BS to this post. WRG took something from all the fans in northern Illinois. They penalized the SN fans in northern Illinois, by taking the three closest races to us. The fans did nothing wrong and some face double the driving time to see a SN race. The WRG could have taken care of this, at the track, that night and not penalized us race fans. They didn't. Now I know who to be outraged at, as one poster so elegantly posted. Tony, Josh or even Best, didn't penalize the fans. Sam Driggers and WRG did. They took their pissing contest into our living room. Since they have no qualms about irritating race fans, lets see them take Eldora's dates. Babbclock drove a Best car there. We will see if WRG is as fair and upstanding as they say they are, in enforcing rules as they say they are.

[bullring]

Right on Bubstr. That's exactly how I feel about getting screwed out of 3 race dates. Now a minimum of an hour longer drive for the closest Summernationals race.

[J20in1st]

Huskerdirt on ISC is saying that Tony has a statement on DOD. Can anyone confirm that? Supposedly on the riggers article

[NormP]

Is huskerdirt banned here now?

Also, what is ISC?

[Highside Hustler25]

A perfect move would be have it at Joliet since the WoO guys are there the day before. Following day, it's a Hell Tour/WoO race at Terre Haute. That would help out some in the area that were planning on LaSalle.

[ptown]

Huskerdirt on ISC is saying that Tony has a statement on DOD. Can anyone confirm that? Supposedly on the riggers article

It said in that article Izzo declined comment.

[huskerdirt]

Huskerdirt on ISC is saying that Tony has a statement on DOD. Can anyone confirm that? Supposedly on the riggers article

Did not say that.

Is huskerdirt banned here now?

Also, what is ISC?

Unfortunately not yet.

It said in that article Izzo declined comment.

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.’

[onlyfacts]

I am 99% certain the car Josh drove was owned by Best. That said, why couldn't a Best car be sitting somewhere owned by Riggs, Josh, Mark, or the Easter Bunny?

The race was before the Easter Bunny come this year.

[illiniracing]

Jeff Babc0ck just ran a best performance car at eldora 3 weeks ago at the opener.....they gonna yank the ump sanction there too?

Best performance can race at any event that isn't sanctioned by UMP.Eldora is not a UMP track they just host some UMP sanctioned events along with lots of other various sanctions

[Jim11h]

ALMS is ump sanctioned as is weekly modified racing there. Eldora only runs late models under ump sanction

[illiniracing]

ALMS is ump sanctioned as is weekly modified racing there. Eldora only runs late models under ump sanction

My bad I thought Bab(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) was only running a sprint car for them.

[racedad11]

Eldora is absolutely a UMP sanctioned track

[Latemodel333]

Sam should have been very clear to Tony after he asked several times that he would face serious penalties, and possible suspensions if he allowed Josh to race that car. I do not think the man would jeopardize his business over one driver or car if things where clear.

[Barbecueboy]

Was poorly handled all the way around.......