LaSalle Speedway!!

[TheJet-09]

While weather was an obvious factor for everyone yesterday, I think today being Mother's Day may have played a part in some wanting to stay closer to home, as well.

[WisWildManFan]

I went on Friday knowing car counts looked very low. I love fairbury but I sure hope lasalle can keep running. 1 hour drive home always beats 2

[Highside Hustler25]

While weather was an obvious factor for everyone yesterday, I think today being Mother's Day may have played a part in some wanting to stay closer to home, as well.

Thank you for supporting LaSalle and good luck going forward with your racing season 👍.

[56GWebbfan]

FALSFAN82's initial post - not even worth a reply. Myself and my wife made a weekend of the event & enjoyed every minute of it. Hiked Matthiessen State Park (awesome water falls), ate lunch at Skoog's Pub in downtown Utica (great burger), hiked at Mitchell's Grove's nature preserve (beautiful dam), discovered a new place to eat - Riverfront bar & grill (nice view of the river), spent too much money at Bath & Body Works (Peru Mall) for her mothers day present....and of course ENJOYED the races both nights. Thanks Tony & crew, keep them coming!

[dirty-white-boy]

No one has to make Tony feel like a promoter because, he's already one. Did you forget he not only promotes races at Lasalle he promotes a series something that's not easy to do nowadays. He's trying to keep racing alive and deserve a lot of credit for trying to make that happen but, no you want to come on and puff your chest out for Fairbury. Everyone already knows how good Fairbury is. Yes Fairbury took a chance but, nothing compared to Lasalle. Quite a bit of a difference in the payout wouldn't you say? The bigger the pay the bigger the chance but, hey the fine people of Fairbury feel better this morning thanks to you.

Say what you want but 16 cars for 12k is a joke no matter how you spin it!

He is a promoter huh? If he was a real promoter he would have ate money and run the program that was advertised on Friday night. Fans/drivers/crew paid the same price yet was screwed out of a feature 'because of a low car count'...

Think of it this way. He had the perfect opportunity to draw many top names in. With Lucas being off and other drivers doing their own deal he should have done some real 'promoting' and made stuff happen. There are not many real promoters left in DLM racing. The rest of them are just labeled as such and are really nothing more than track owners that open up the gates hoping they come.

[Highside Hustler25]

^^^^^
No Mr. Clueless, if he was a real promoter he would of canceled to save his butt. Instead he gave the fans the best show possible. You weren't there, what do you care other than to beatch about something. Unfcnbelievable.

[Action10]

Say what you want but 16 cars for 12k is a joke no matter how you spin it!He is a promoter huh? If he was a real promoter he would have ate money and run the program that was advertised on Friday night. Fans/drivers/crew paid the same price yet was screwed out of a feature 'because of a low car count'...Think of it this way. He had the perfect opportunity to draw many top names in. With Lucas being off and other drivers doing their own deal he should have done some real 'promoting' and made stuff happen. There are not many real promoters left in DLM racing. The rest of them are just labeled as such and are really nothing more than track owners that open up the gates hoping they come.

Do you have an example of the real promoting he could have done?

[NeedforLM$peed]

This ain't that lawyer/state cop guy again, who loves Kankakee and Smith is it...? smh

That was actually my first thought before I thought he might've been you... lol

[WisWildManFan]

FALSFAN82's initial post - not even worth a reply. Myself and my wife made a weekend of the event & enjoyed every minute of it. Hiked Matthiessen State Park (awesome water falls), ate lunch at Skoog's Pub in downtown Utica (great burger), hiked at Mitchell's Grove's nature preserve (beautiful dam), discovered a new place to eat - Riverfront bar & grill (nice view of the river), spent too much money at Bath & Body Works (Peru Mall) for her mothers day present....and of course ENJOYED the races both nights. Thanks Tony & crew, keep them coming!

Skoogs is good. Next time try rips tavern in ladd. Best fried chicken I’ve ever ate. Get there before they open though otherwise you’re looking at least and 1.5 hour wait.

[HoosierDirtFan]

That was actually my first thought before I thought he might've been you... lol

ha ha ha ha LOL.

[obamaracing#1]

One thing you can’t accuse Tony of is working his a55 off to get his track ready for a race. Maybe the greatest Lucas oil heat races happened at this track, this among other great races at Lasalle. The family has dedicated their life to the sport and then some. His hands were kinda tied this weekend..

[dirty-white-boy]

Do you have an example of the real promoting he could have done?

They make a big deal out of this race with the name and belt ect. What I mean by promoting is making it feel like something special. Make it a really big show especially if its your own track and its the first race of the year!! Work to GUARANTEE the field is more than just a glorified local race. Face it, its just another dirt late model race at a mediocre racetrack at best (does the place even have running water?). Pay for some names to show up which in turn makes the fans want to show up too. Davenport, Bloomer, Owens to name a few. I dont know what it would take for them to show up. Do fun stuff for the fans other than just open the gates and say watch my race, thanks for your cash. He has had 10 years to really build it up into something yet he has done really nothing other than announce dates and take your cash at the gates.

It says alot when a guy like Babb drives right by the joint on I-39 on his way to Wisconsin (he could have easily taken home $15k from there) or a guy like Rusty does not even stick around for day 2.

Bottom like for me as a fan is when you say you are going to run double features then you back out because there was 'not enough cars' I would never support that guy again. BUT....there are people out there that seem to overlook that and continue to support him which is really sad.

Oh but he has given his life to dirt late model racing LOL!!!!

[HoosierDirtFan]

They make a big deal out of this race with the name and belt ect. What I mean by promoting is making it feel like something special. Make it a really big show especially if its your own track and its the first race of the year!! Work to GUARANTEE the field is more than just a glorified local race. Face it, its just another dirt late model race at a mediocre racetrack at best (does the place even have running water?). Pay for some names to show up which in turn makes the fans want to show up too. Davenport, Bloomer, Owens to name a few. I dont know what it would take for them to show up. Do fun stuff for the fans other than just open the gates and say watch my race, thanks for your cash. He has had 10 years to really build it up into something yet he has done really nothing other than announce dates and take your cash at the gates.

It says alot when a guy like Babb drives right by the joint on I-39 on his way to Wisconsin (he could have easily taken home $15k from there) or a guy like Rusty does not even stick around for day 2.

Bottom like for me as a fan is when you say you are going to run double features then you back out because there was 'not enough cars' I would never support that guy again. BUT....there are people out there that seem to overlook that and continue to support him which is really sad.

Oh but he has given his life to dirt late model racing LOL!!!!

Done a lot more then you have for the sport. As a laugh yes they have running water.

[Action10]

They make a big deal out of this race with the name and belt ect. What I mean by promoting is making it feel like something special. Make it a really big show especially if its your own track and its the first race of the year!! Work to GUARANTEE the field is more than just a glorified local race. Face it, its just another dirt late model race at a mediocre racetrack at best (does the place even have running water?). Pay for some names to show up which in turn makes the fans want to show up too. Davenport, Bloomer, Owens to name a few. I dont know what it would take for them to show up. Do fun stuff for the fans other than just open the gates and say watch my race, thanks for your cash. He has had 10 years to really build it up into something yet he has done really nothing other than announce dates and take your cash at the gates. It says alot when a guy like Babb drives right by the joint on I-39 on his way to Wisconsin (he could have easily taken home $15k from there) or a guy like Rusty does not even stick around for day 2. Bottom like for me as a fan is when you say you are going to run double features then you back out because there was 'not enough cars' I would never support that guy again. BUT....there are people out there that seem to overlook that and continue to support him which is really sad. Oh but he has given his life to dirt late model racing LOL!!!!

Earl Baltes..... Bob Memmer..... Carl Short..... Mooney Starr..... Bob Sargent..... Dirty White Boy 樂 You mentioned Babb as an example. Appears to me that Babb, Heckenast, Pierce, Simpson, and even Gundaker were looking at a better chance of racing twice in Wisconsin instead of LaSalle and there was more money on the line in Wisconsin. This race at LaSalle usually has a very good field when it runs as scheduled the weekend before the Illini 100. Seems pretty simple to me.....

[BloomerWon]

That was actually my first thought before I thought he might've been you... lol

Yeah, I heard you the first time smart ass ☝🤓