GR Smith off WoO tour...shocking

[Thedoctor]

Pretty sad that a professional would feel the need to have to acknowledge and try to defend himself about the little that was said about him on here.

[adamconners]

And to have the audacity to put up trophies that someone else won you, whilst making it seem like he won them.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

https://www.facebook.com/11023028238...870137?sfns=mo

Mick Sansom, Hummer, and GR, lol, what a group.

Whatever I do in life, I try to be very good at it. And not screw people over.

Sure I’m a keyboard racer, I cannot afford to blow $100k plus on a race car to be up front, so I will not bother. Talent or not, still need the expendable cash.

And why pay attention to the little that GR is talked about on here, we are just keyboard racers anyhow, why care? Bloomer, Bobby, JD, not a peep.

And defending someone who is sketchy, ya I’ll pass(Hummer). Where there’s smoke there is fire.

Sansom ran at Atomic. Leave it at that.

[Highside Hustler25]

He does have a nice pic of Davenport trophies...

Maybe I've missed something along the way but is Smith tied in with Rumley/Davenport somehow? Looks to be living vicariously through ole JD. Not just the World 100 trophies but he's even listed Davenports accomplishments on his facebook page. Just seems a little strange.

[zyoung25]

I dont see why you would all fired up over a bunch of people's opinions in the first place. I feel any time you strap into one of these cars, infront of a crowd, you had better be ready for some sort of criticism, rather it be good or bad. Some guys can handle it, and some can't.

All I know about Hummer is he has a very ugly race car. GR can drive, but would probably be better off just not to pay attention to what is said here, or anywhere else for that matter. He's done shook the bee hive now. So it's only going to get worse.

[Tireguy17]

1. GR in thin-skinned to let people's comments on a message board affect him to the point that he FB posts about it.

2. If you are driving to Speedweeks solo, you have no business running a national tour.

3. If 2 motors lay down in a week, you again have no business running a national tour, and need a new builder.

4. Do not wear item #2 like it's a badge of honor, people shouldn't criticize you for doing it, and if anything you should be commended for it. All of that is false.

5. DO NOT blame anyone else, including strangers opinions on a message board, for the reason you quit something. That's a cop out.

[adamconners]

There are two types of people in this world: 1.) Those that are humble 2.) Those who are about to be humbled

[fastford]

after reading mr. smiths FB comment , i have lost any respect i had for him , and i agree with Tireguy assessment , i may be a key board jockey at times because i feel for certain i am way less funded than Mr. smith , BUT , i race when i can and help a lot of racers like me , i guess what im saying , when you try to put your self in the spot light and race above your means and fail , then be ready to accept a little bashing from us key board jockeys..........

[kazual]

Reminds of “alligator mouth and a hummingbird butt”. Don’t know the gentleman but if you’re thin skinned about posts to social media in this day and time you best stay out of the limelight. Calling attention to yourself is a dual edged sword.

[GregA12]

Pretty sad that a professional would feel the need to have to acknowledge and try to defend himself about the little that was said about him on here.

People do that all the time in today's age of social media. I don't see a problem in defending yourself if you feel you need to. Pro athletes, celebrities, etc, respond to Twitter criticism all the time. Some people have thicker skin and ignore it, some people don't. As for him dropping off....I also would think you were never truly prepared for the long haul in the first place if you drop off 2 races into the season. Not like it hasn't happened before though. I assume all these guys declare though because maybe they think if everything goes perfect, they could do it... and also the fact they get provisionals. Even Chuck Hummer got a provisional at Screven. I can't imagine he would've had he not declared.

[ZERO25]

My dad always said......don't let your alligator mouth write a check, your canary behind cant cash!

I guess we know what kind of "behind" GR is....I mean, has!

[Clayton_Wetter]

I don't really know anything about GR but was all this stuff really called for?. I would be irritated too.

[Krooser]

Not defending Smith but...

Look at any shop and they display their big checks and trophies everywhere. While JD won the races he would have been pretty far behind the field without a car to drive. Seems to me Smith provided a means for JD to win...

Yeah he's gotten pretty out of whack on FB but he could fix all that by closing his posts to comments. Lots of business folks do that... racers too. I say take it easy and this too will pass.

I used to proudly show anyone my check from my first sportsman win at Hales Corners in 1970... $3.60!!!

[RW57]

3.50 and we racers complain about today's purses.My first win in a hobby car in 1977 netted me 50$ I was a 17 yr old high school kid I was rich my dad was funding the car but they only payed 5 spots 50 40 30 20 10 it also cost 5$ to get in pits good times back then

[Krooser]

3.50 and we racers complain about today's purses.My first win in a hobby car in 1977 netted me 50$ I was a 17 yr old high school kid I was rich my dad was funding the car but they only payed 5 spots 50 40 30 20 10 it also cost 5$ to get in pits good times back then

We always ran for 40% of the purse split between the coupes and sportsman at that time. I think we usually raced for about $600 total with 8 heats, a semi, a consi and the feature. Heats paid four spots, consi about 8... the semi paid all 24 cars and the 18 car feature the same... had a $50.00 Ford Starliner with a $50.00 352.... one season I made $11.00 total in winnings. The rulebook said don't spend more than you can earn!!!!