Sorry for the duplicate posts. tried for over 3 days to post a response and I guess they all went through at the same time. Don’t know what happened there with that but was getting frustrated. I even tried to delete a couple after the fact but am unable to, don’t know why…
I have no problem with the track tech’ing cars and had it been for something valid (like a regular lap race, not 15 lap race and if I’d been waxing some A$$, not 1/2 a lap the behind leader before he blows up with 2 to go) I would have pulled the head no problem.
This was no more than a pissing contest that was allowed to be done for no more than to throw their weight around “like the big men they are”. Mainly because I called techman out to be a liar with everyone in the same room.
(He was pitting one SS driver against another).
Perfect example, 12 feature wins for one car, pull the head, 2 feature wins on the other car (my car), pull the head. Really??? Sad thing is, there were only 4 SS cars total, now there’s 2. One of the main problems are, this promoter has SS racing just about every weekend without breaks, too much for these motors. About 40 races a season. We have all tried to explain that but may as well talk to the wall.
You never know, now that the promoter has changed the rules once again 2/3 through season to totally destroy and mutilate the class. (Now you can run World product heads), you may get 4 cars and the ones that have been supporting the division get screwed… That’s about right…
Good Luck to anyone that wants to try their hand at the 3 ring Circus…
I was just told last Saturday at Auburndale that the Citrus Techman ran off a couple of SS racers from Auburndale that were coming up to race with us, (they used to race against him in mini stocks years ago and would beat him regularly).
I got the Citrus promoter to publically allow/invite (on CCS FB page) Auburndale SS cars up to race under their rules and behind the promoters back the Techman texted them and basically told them that he was the “Techman” there now and good luck with that. (Promoter invited Showtime cars with their rules as well).
They told me they weren’t about to come up there and felt unwelcome by the texts from him so they figured why load up, drive that far to be bent over… I don’t blame them, but I was looking forward to having more than 3 or 4 cars to race against at Citrus… I race against them at A-Dale and like their competition… Sad, Sad, Sad…
I also feel The “Techman” shouldn’t have cars running at a track he works at. There’s quite a few divisions I heard. Hornets, Mini Stock, Sportsman and I believe another class if I’m not mistaken… Can you say Conflict of interest??? But, that’s not my fight… Just thought it was quite interesting…
I will continue to race my SS, just not there.
Once again, Thanks for everyone’s support…
Dora Thorne
SS #48 “Twisted Sister”