McDowell

[MI Dirt Fan]

Why doesn't he ever run East Bay during Speedweeks?Hasn't been there since 11'.

[Tireguy17]

For a team not racing for Lucas points, running East Bay is a financial loss. 1/2 of the races don’t pay enough for the wear and tear EB usually produces.

[MI Dirt Fan]

He's not running WoO points but he's still going to be at Volusia

[stewart fan]

Petroff said years ago it was a quick way to burn through sponsorship money for nothing.

[MI Dirt Fan]

East Bay is

$5k
$5k
$7k
$7k
$12k
$12k

Volusia is

$7k
$7k
$10k
$10k
$10k
$10k

I think that's only $6k difference. I didn't mean like the first two nights. So subract those. Also hit the Bubba race on the way to Volusia would be another $10k race.


Just a curiosity question is all.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Petroff said years ago it was a quick way to burn through sponsorship money for nothing.

Is that why he sponsors so many?

[zyoung25]

A driver told me the one time he went, he went 66 tars in a week. I could see why if you didn't follow lucas why you wouldn't want to go. He said he wouldn't never go back.

[tb1545]

The track is about the most abrasive surface I've ever seen. The clay has a ton of sand and seashells in it that just eats up tires no matter if its slick or hammer down. And that crap gets in the smallest nooks and crannies of your car. We were finding seashells a year later washing the race car when we went down there.
Also eastbay doesnt seem to fit mcdowell's driving style imo. Volusia seems more fitting. Eastbay doesnt really compare to anywhere else so its not the greatest barometer of success in the upcoming season.

[james white]

Those prices are for the winner,most drivers run for 3 to 500.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

McDowell’s driving style does not fit East Bay. Just the same as it doesn’t fit Scott’s.

Volusia is entirely different from East Bay.

[Josh Bayko]

Could be as simple that he just likes Volusia and doesn't really care for East Bay.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Could be as simple that he just likes Volusia and doesn't really care for East Bay.

Exactly. And he runs a whatever I feel like doing schedule.

[King1]

The last time Tim Logan took Francis down there they won $29,000............ it cost em $29,800 to race down there. Not a good idea unless you need a tax write off, have more money than you know what to do with, or you're in the business to sell race cars and parts.

[Josh Bayko]

Exactly. And he runs a whatever I feel like doing schedule.

He more or less stays around the south except for a few big races in other parts of the country, and I've noticed that he's way more relaxed that most of the national touring guys. Funny how that works.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Thanks for the answers.