big wreck at florence

[Dirt Clod]

I'm not sure a close finish completely redeems the disaster we watched.

Disaster seems to be little harsh describing the race and finish. Bet anyone there didn't deem this finish a disaster.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Disaster seems to be little harsh describing the race and finish. Bet anyone there didn't deem this finish a disaster.

It took forever to clear the big one. They kept having caution after caution. If they were sport mods, everyone would have left and they would have reached the time limit. After all of that, two guys with bent up race cars jockeyed with each other ahead of a kid with a broken arm. It was an exciting finish, but was it actually any better of a finish than the compact race at Mansfield?

[weatherman85]

Seeing the entire grandstands stand and cheer their hometown boy on to win over one of the sports greatest current drivers more than made up for everything beforehand for me but to each their own.

The last two North/South 100 finishes have been great in my opinion!

[3 wide]

What a race.with a race like that better buy your ticket now for next year one of the best races I've ever seen definitely in the top 5 out of 50 years of going.

[84wedge]

I'm not sure a close finish completely redeems the disaster we watched.

everyone is (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)ting on you but you're right. the crowd made that race. if the same thing happened at Wheatland half of you would have turned the tv off and went to bed.

[MRM]

Florence and Fairbury seem to be the only two tracks that can produce exciting races most of the time. I think the crowd just made it that much better.

[zyoung25]

It's the best race I have seen in person since the 06 world. It may not have been as entertaining on flo, but there was plenty of passing. I was right in the middle of the frey when they slinging radiators and beating cars back straight.

The cautions were awful. There were times you could watch the crew guys motion for their guy to slow when they were about to a lap down. That (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) needs to stop.

[cjsracing]

It took forever to clear the big one. They kept having caution after caution. If they were sport mods, everyone would have left and they would have reached the time limit. After all of that, two guys with bent up race cars jockeyed with each other ahead of a kid with a broken arm. It was an exciting finish, but was it actually any better of a finish than the compact race at Mansfield?

of course it took a while to clear the big one. You had cars on top of cars. Did you want them to rip cars off each other to get it cleared faster. This is really a stupid complaint.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

of course it took a while to clear the big one. You had cars on top of cars. Did you want them to rip cars off each other to get it cleared faster. This is really a stupid complaint.

The facts are the show took forever. Ideally, they wouldn't have wadded them all up. The problem is 80% what happened before the cleanup started. The point is it was far from a great show. Sometimes that's avoidable, sometimes it isn't.

[Highside Hustler25]

I feel like I'm trying to interpret a post straight from Joe Biden's mind.😵💫

[foxfire2dirtracing]

MasterSBilt Racer

1 question: were you there at Florence or watching from your recliner?

[Snake X3]

Definitely ranks up there with a 2006 world 100!!

Nice to see rice get it?

I never thought I'd enjoy a race where JD lost on the final turn of the final lap, but when a race for the win was that exciting and the winner was Josh Rice at his home track, it was amazing. The crowd's reaction, Josh doing the post-race and even how JD congratulating Josh just added to a perfect finish. I was completely caught up in the emotion of the race...wrecks and yellows (which I hate) just helped build the tension. I can't imagine what it must have been like to actually be there. Must have been amazing.

[kidrock]

This was probably one of those races you had to be there. If you were watching on Flo it probably seemed long with to many cautions, but a great finish. A great finish can make a race seem better than the race really was on TV. Being there in person you can watch other drivers battling for position where you might get to see that on TV. I haven't had time to watch the race yet, but I plan to watch the replay this weekend.

[MRM]

When there are 8 lead changes among 4 drivers, I don't know what else people would want. Just about every other track in the country would kill for that kind of racing.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

MasterSBilt Racer

1 question: were you there at Florence or watching from your recliner?

I was watching from my recliner. Crowds are way too big to deal with.