One racecar still for sale.That’s what Patrick Thomas stated in between segments at Citrus County Speedway.I wonder if it’s still available today? Thomas was the overall winner of the High Kick 99 last night.He also snagged the win in the middle 33 lap segment of the main event.Brooke Storer grabbed the other two segment wins,but a last lap altercation battling for the lead with Adam Briggs going around in turn four off of her front bumper prompted a call by Wheelman officials to score her and Briggs as the final two cars on the lead lap.A decision that all but sealed her fate and left Thomas,Rex Struble and Earl Beckner to battle it out for the overall win.The final overall tally scored Thomas the overall winner with Struble and Beckner locked for second and Mathew Green and Storer trailing the three in the golf score type format where the objective was to get the least amount of overall points.Johnathon Appleby grabbed the outlaw street stock feature that started twelve cars.Zach Curtis towed over from New Smyrna and put on a clinic on how to maneuver through traffic and grabbed the mini stock feature before being dq’d in post race tech for ride height.Andrew Hall running second became the winner.James Peters took the Pure Stock feature that started twenty cars.An early incident in turn four between Kyle Peters and Wes Wilson destroyed the number 50th of Wilson and planted him on top of the turn four wall with debris showering the spectators sitting in the turn four tiki bar and Wilson’s car immediately catching fire underneath.A long red flag period ensued slowing the already lengthy program.On the way home I bagged an opposum and shortly after saw the closest falling star I have seen in my life.Im hoping that combination brings good luck but so far not so much.
Whatever
Congrats to Patrick, but I still say whoever got the checkered at lap 99 should be the winner. Average finish is bullshit! Please tracks, don’t do this. Just like I said in the other post, I knew the winner at the end of the race wouldn’t be the winner.
Bandit–
The format choice:
- Start the all three segments straight up, a la Cup, with the final winner being THE winner.
IF this had been done it would seem that Patrick Thomas would have finished third in the first, won the second (since he won it anyway starting from the back), and won the third as well.
Patrick’s car was hooked up, his driving was razor sharp, and he had a little luck on his side as well.
But it would have been more boring for the fans than watching him come through the field–twice.
- Run as they did–Straight up, invert, invert, and calculate the overall final positions by averaging.
In this case (or probably any case), it would not possibly have been fair to the 25 car to put the up-to-lap-66-winner arbitrarily in the back and to “let” the rest of the field in front of him, and then score the final segment straight up, effectively “giving” the win to someone else.
So, I would say both deals are inherently flawed, and they made their choice and it was exciting for the fans.
And Thomas? He happily accepted the cool trophy and provided a little sweet talk to the donkey before laying a big smooch on her!
Zerofor–
I figured word would have gotten around amongst the wildlife about your tendency to hit something 
on the way home from the races, but apparently not.
I saw that falling star! It looked like a 4th of July firework.
I am not sure how yet, but it must have been Trump’s fault.
Bandit
Personally I would rather see twin fifty’s.Other than Patrick Thomas winning I wasn’t sure of anything on back other than how they crossed the stripe.I had to look online to see how the final points worked out under that system.I know I wasn’t the only one not sure about the final tally.I have seen many posts on Facebook from people who didn’t know either.
old school
Who said anything about hitting anything? Sometimes the cupboard gets bare at home and you need to restock,so to speak lol.After all Jed Clampett was a millionaire but Opposum stew was good enough for him.(You may want to avoid my place for dinner lol.)Do you know if the donkey has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit yet after Saturday night? I was always told no means no,but maybe P.T. was wining & dining it so it would consent.I don’t know.Trumps fault about a falling star? Nah.But if that Samsung satellite that fell in a Michigan front yard would have hit the house instead,THAT would definitely have brought him blame.
It was a consenting trophy donkey. And darned cute, too.
https://speed51.com/wheel-man-champion-kisses-the-donkey-in-florida/
Back in the day I helped the Wayne Heckle team for a while. The Team slogan, which was painted on the car, was, “Eat mo’ possum”.