What a Mess this Sat. night!!!!!!!!!!!

[meatmissle1058]

:Angry6:The race tonight was an absolute mess. First, they didn't have the track rolled in on time and asked anyone in the stands if they didn't mind using their own cars to help. Then there was the lovely fight that ensued directly after the ucar event that took nearly an hour and four Henry co. Sherriffs cruisers to control. While the fight was being handled, the all american class had to sit on the track roasting in their cars awaiting the start of their feature. There seemed to be alot of confusion in the tower this evening as to the difference between the all americans and the pure stocks as the all americans were called to the track when in fact the pure stocks were the intended class to be run. Then there was this imminent threat of a "thunderstorm" that never occured.
Granted, the winds did whip up a bit and it actually cooled things a bit, but no rain. As of 11:20, (when we left) it appeared as if the drivers had still not been paid notably evident by the long line of irrate people visible.

This place has sure got a LONG way to go and really needs to take a serious look how this operation is being run!!!

Later, I guess......................

[meatmissle1058]

Oh and I forgot to mention, the ladies got snickered out of their powder puff race tonight. French announced that they will get to run at a later date..............
Who knows?????????

[dirtslider]

It was not that bad, the fight mess was the real problem...French does the best he can with what he has got.The fighting just ruined what was left of the night....Trashy people fighting in the pits is just rediculous,they should be banned from the track...That's right i said TRASH , and you know who you are...Pure low rent garbage that should stay home and watch Jerry Springer...:ThumbsDown:

[Badboyz21]

I think the track was in excellent shape. Second time i ran there this year. So! we had to wait a few extra minutes. Goto the other local track for a bit and see how their surface is. French did what he had to do. He dont beat around the bush niether. Straight forward. Whether i like his decisions or not, he is straight up and does what he says.
Now on a bad note. Pulling in after the hot laps, i got out of the car, immediately switch a tire. No more the 5 minutes it was time for our heat races. No time to pee, to take a sip of drink or anything. I finally got in the car. Then they told me i couldnt go out. No big deal. not with 6 cars anyways..
The fight, should have never happened. You wanna know who was involved. A 16 YR old drunk kid and a few other. After hitting the man in the head with a rock, It took 1 punch and the fool went to the ground. Then 30 people, YES 30 PEOPLE! From the stands and everywhere jumped on the man. What a bunch of cry baby wimps. The man they was fighting with was probably 300 pounds and 6 foot tall. And the instigator was 5-6 maybe and 150 pounds. If it was not for myself and my relative he would have been dead. Because he was in the arm of the big boy getting the wind choked outa him. We convinced him to let him go, he did, what does the punk do? comes back and pushes him again. NOT TO SMART!
Anyways, the instigating party was banned.

Over all i think it was a good nite, not a butt load of cars. But smooth track and good racing.

[AEB_Racing]

the only reason the heat races were so soon after the practice was because it looked like it was gonna rain. usually he takes a little break inbetween practice and heat races and then between heat races and feature races. he just wanted to try to make sure all the classes could race. that was understandable to me. i think french did a good job with that. he cancelled the powder puff race because it was the u-car racers that were fighting. the #7 car did get banned from the track.

[2tone]

Racing was great, but next time have track ready earlier so all divisions can practice and run their heat races.
I also understand why French had to be in the pits because of the fighting, but he should hire some security as a possible deterrent.

[crashgentry]

The racing Sat. night was alright the track was in good shape. The thing with the fight I can understand some because when a man owns a track he has to look after it or HIRE SOME SECURITY because that fight was so uncalled for and the PUNK that started had 20 or more people with him for one man and from what I heard, he hit him on the track and the man just returned it and then the cry baby wanted to start a fight. If he can dish it out he needs to be able to take it OR GO HOME!! The thing that upset me was the track wasn't ready and he cut alot of peoples practice and heat races and that ain't right to both the racers and the fans because the racers spent alot of money getting up there and on the cars and getting in the race and then some of us didn't even get 10-20 minutes on the track. THAT IS PATHETIC!! The fans pay to see some racing and some action and all they got to see is a little because he cut the practice and heat races from about everyone so all the fans got to see was a little racing!! THAT IS NOT RIGHT!!

[hhracing]

I hope the trash was the #7 and all his trash people. cause I sure like that big guy

[RACEFACE]

Racing was great, but next time have track ready earlier so all divisions can practice and run their heat races.
I also understand why French had to be in the pits because of the fighting, but he should hire some security as a possible deterrent.


If i'm not mistaken this is the 2nd time this year there has been some type of altercation requiring security......I really hope they get it taken care of before someone gets hurt.....Maybe he should just hire a few of the Henry County deputies like it was back in the day......I'm surprised there isn't some type of ordinance through the county that would require this at a public event.

[AEB_Racing]

If i'm not mistaken this is the 2nd time this year there has been some type of altercation requiring security......I really hope they get it taken care of before someone gets hurt.....Maybe he should just hire a few of the Henry County deputies like it was back in the day......I'm surprised there isn't some type of ordinance through the county that would require this at a public event.he did get it taken care of, after 4 henry county officers took care of it all, the #7 was banned from the track. once the trouble makers are gone it should be an even better place to race.:dirt_race:

[crashgentry]

he did get it taken care of, after 4 henry county officers took care of it all, the #7 was banned from the track. once the trouble makers are gone it should be an even better place to race.:dirt_race:

YES, the boy was banned from the but the officers could have done a better job because I know the boy in the 90 car and he is very good guy he talked to the cops and they did nothing to the boy about the fight even though 20 or more people jumped him and it was very cheap of that other boy to blind side a man like that and then the cops told 90 that if he wanted to do something about he would have to take out a warrant on the boy and then he went down there and they told him that he couldn't take one out because the boy wasn't arrest at the track so the cops need to do a better job because that is crazy!! BUT ANYWAY FRENCH DONE HIS BEST WITH WHAT HE HAD TO WORK WITH AND I GLAD THE BOY IS GONE!!

[INDEBTRACING2]

Its Probably A Good Thing That They Didnt Take Out Warrants Because The Guy Was A Juvenile And In The Courts Eyes That Would Have Been Bad On The 90 Side Seeying As How He Had The Kid In The Headlock Choking Him And Beating Him In The Top Of The Head.but It Was All Uncalled For Regardless

[dirtslider]

so #90 had #7 in a headlock?

and #7 was drunk ?

and there were two #7 's , the black car and the beat up blue car?

so who got hit with the rock and who got jumped on by 30 people?

i'm confused, not that it matters but all we could see was people yelling and a pile of wupass going on...:YesNo:

[redneckwoman90]

it was about 20 guys with the number 7 jumped on the guy that drives the 90 and he did not know that that the the boy he grab was under age there were so many of them on him he just grab one

[Badboyz21]

The way i see it, it dont matter if your 14, or 74, if you walk into another mans pits, and try to fight like a man, then you have every right to defend your self. And hit him back like a man. The only problem was 20 others came to his rescue when the rock didnt do the trick.
And since my sisters soon to be husband, SEPT 1st, went with them to the magistrates office, the story is somewhat true. The officers didnt do nothing right. I guess if you take someone up to VA and smack them with a stick until they are senseless, as along as a OFFICER dont see it. THEY cant do nothing. Not even with 15 witnesses. Atleast thats what they told us at the track. They didnt see it, therfore they couldnt do nothing about it. What a crock. Darn common wealth communist state... lol

[racecort92]

So was it that blue #7 Honda that was involved?

[AEB_Racing]

So was it that blue #7 Honda that was involved?
yep, that was him.

[racecort92]

Haha, he tried to start something at RTR Friday night too.

[crashgentry]

it not very surprising that boy isn't nothing but a trouble maker that night before the race every time he got a chance he would ride his car by the 90 and 9 car and rev up and stare and then right before the race he went over there and asked them where they started so he would know how far he had to go to get them all he was doing was just trying to start something!! His car isn't legal anyway that car has overhead cams in it!!!
:smiley_397:

[mafia racing]

damn all this excitement over a ucar race.so the fight was the most exciting thing of the night at fmr..so is french ready to sale the track since he has no cars or fans?

[AEB_Racing]

the ucars are a damn good show at fmr they have a good feild every week and and the show they put on is unreal.....most the other classes cry about money they wanna get rich not race i hope french dont sell he sure knows how to prepare a track for some good racing even if he is a lil late rollin it in

the ucars at fmr alwayz have a full feild and the show they put on is unrealthey do battle every race from 1st all the way back to last u never know what gonna happenteh other classes could be just as exciting but i think they wanna get rich not race.....and i sure hope french dont sell because he sure knows how to prepare a good track to be racey even if he was a lil late rollin it in

sorry about the double post my wife usally is on here im new at this ,but thats just how i fell about it

[crashgentry]

I agree I also hope that french does sell the track because I heard about all the racer says that the track was great for racing and I agree when we went out to race even through it took awile to get started the track was in excellent shape!!

The way I look at it the u-cars put on a great show and the one that started that fight was crying because of a little bumping so if you can't take a little RACING, YES RACING BECAUSE RUBBING IS RACING. THEN STAY HOME AND CRY TO MOMA!!!

[sideways69]

Hey Mafia, The man has said the track will not be sold, I mean I'm not trying to step on your toes but...............:confuzeld:. If the track was sold you would still complain about something, for somebody not to be racing or coming back to support the track you sure seem to still be on top of things.. Just speaking my mind.

[RACEFACE]

Just curious.......how much did the winner get for winning the UCAR race ???? Franklin County Speedway is having a $500.00 to win UCAR race on October 13th.......maybe some of you guys can come race at FCS that night.......sounds like a pretty nice prize for the winner of a UCAR race.

[JEDC94]

RACEFACE, son, what do you do, work for Franklin County Speedway or something?

Anyway, I am tired of all of the negative comparisons of Franklin County Speedway to Fork Mountain Raceway. There is no comparison. While Franklin County is a nice little track, and getting nicer with Gluth owning it instead of ol' Whitey, it's no dirt track. Asphalt tracks tend to turn into money shows. The guy with the most money makes the race a follow the leader show. Frankly, that gets old, both for the drivers and for the fans. I know, I raced at Franklin County and played follow the guy who blows all his money in his race car instead of on his family.

Dirt racing is the other way around. Money has a little to do with the show, but on dirt, a good driver can make a crappy race car look good, and a crappy driver can make a good race car look horrible.

French is doing a great job with the track. The surface is great! He is trying to get a set of rules put together that makes the racing as fair as possible. He has a ways to go getting the wrinkles ironed out, but he is getting it done.

Yes, so French doesn't offer the purses that some of the drivers want garunteed. French has a graduated pay scale. If a full field shows up (French considders that 15 cars) then full purse gets paid.

And, with the UCAR mess, I do not want to hear any comparison between the fight last Saturday at FMR and Franklin County Speedway. I was at FCS one night when some UCAR kid got his panties in a wad and he chucked a chunk of cinderblock through the windshield of another driver's car. And, of course, a fight ensued and racing was halted there for an hour too.

But, then some of the UCAR guys who pick those fights are just trash who have no desire to ever move out of their little front wheel drive cars and build or buy a real race car. Those guys want to go out there and live out their little Dale Earnhardt fantasys where they can take a Tempo and wreck an Escort and go home with some sort of convoluted "Intemidator" complex.

I am not saying all UCAR guys are that way. I know several guys who are in UCAR to get a start or who just don't have the money to move up and buy or build another car. I am just saying some of them are, and there isn't too much room in serious racing for that kind of crap.

I am glad French ejected that #7 kid and his hooligan buddies.

[AEB_Racing]

RACEFACE, son, what do you do, work for Franklin County Speedway or something?

Anyway, I am tired of all of the negative comparisons of Franklin County Speedway to Fork Mountain Raceway. There is no comparison. While Franklin County is a nice little track, and getting nicer with Gluth owning it instead of ol' Whitey, it's no dirt track. Asphalt tracks tend to turn into money shows. The guy with the most money makes the race a follow the leader show. Frankly, that gets old, both for the drivers and for the fans. I know, I raced at Franklin County and played follow the guy who blows all his money in his race car instead of on his family.

Dirt racing is the other way around. Money has a little to do with the show, but on dirt, a good driver can make a crappy race car look good, and a crappy driver can make a good race car look horrible.

French is doing a great job with the track. The surface is great! He is trying to get a set of rules put together that makes the racing as fair as possible. He has a ways to go getting the wrinkles ironed out, but he is getting it done.

Yes, so French doesn't offer the purses that some of the drivers want garunteed. French has a graduated pay scale. If a full field shows up (French considders that 15 cars) then full purse gets paid.

And, with the UCAR mess, I do not want to hear any comparison between the fight last Saturday at FMR and Franklin County Speedway. I was at FCS one night when some UCAR kid got his panties in a wad and he chucked a chunk of cinderblock through the windshield of another driver's car. And, of course, a fight ensued and racing was halted there for an hour too.

But, then some of the UCAR guys who pick those fights are just trash who have no desire to ever move out of their little front wheel drive cars and build or buy a real race car. Those guys want to go out there and live out their little Dale Earnhardt fantasys where they can take a Tempo and wreck an Escort and go home with some sort of convoluted "Intemidator" complex.

I am not saying all UCAR guys are that way. I know several guys who are in UCAR to get a start or who just don't have the money to move up and buy or build another car. I am just saying some of them are, and there isn't too much room in serious racing for that kind of crap.

I am glad French ejected that #7 kid and his hooligan buddies.
well said.:thankyou2:

[dirtslider]

RACEFACE, son, what do you do, work for Franklin County Speedway or something?

Anyway, I am tired of all of the negative comparisons of Franklin County Speedway to Fork Mountain Raceway. There is no comparison. While Franklin County is a nice little track, and getting nicer with Gluth owning it instead of ol' Whitey, it's no dirt track. Asphalt tracks tend to turn into money shows. The guy with the most money makes the race a follow the leader show. Frankly, that gets old, both for the drivers and for the fans. I know, I raced at Franklin County and played follow the guy who blows all his money in his race car instead of on his family.

Dirt racing is the other way around. Money has a little to do with the show, but on dirt, a good driver can make a crappy race car look good, and a crappy driver can make a good race car look horrible.

French is doing a great job with the track. The surface is great! He is trying to get a set of rules put together that makes the racing as fair as possible. He has a ways to go getting the wrinkles ironed out, but he is getting it done.

Yes, so French doesn't offer the purses that some of the drivers want garunteed. French has a graduated pay scale. If a full field shows up (French considders that 15 cars) then full purse gets paid.

And, with the UCAR mess, I do not want to hear any comparison between the fight last Saturday at FMR and Franklin County Speedway. I was at FCS one night when some UCAR kid got his panties in a wad and he chucked a chunk of cinderblock through the windshield of another driver's car. And, of course, a fight ensued and racing was halted there for an hour too.

But, then some of the UCAR guys who pick those fights are just trash who have no desire to ever move out of their little front wheel drive cars and build or buy a real race car. Those guys want to go out there and live out their little Dale Earnhardt fantasys where they can take a Tempo and wreck an Escort and go home with some sort of convoluted "Intemidator" complex.

I am not saying all UCAR guys are that way. I know several guys who are in UCAR to get a start or who just don't have the money to move up and buy or build another car. I am just saying some of them are, and there isn't too much room in serious racing for that kind of crap.

I am glad French ejected that #7 kid and his hooligan buddies.



ahahaha, exactly right!:Kool:

Also i talked to French's wife last week and she said they ARE RUNNING NEXT YEAR, so you can forget all that crap about the track is for sale.....FORGET IT , IT AIN'T HAPPENEN'

so everyone can stop with their little BS rumors..:smiley_601:

[crashgentry]

RACEFACE, son, what do you do, work for Franklin County Speedway or something?

Anyway, I am tired of all of the negative comparisons of Franklin County Speedway to Fork Mountain Raceway. There is no comparison. While Franklin County is a nice little track, and getting nicer with Gluth owning it instead of ol' Whitey, it's no dirt track. Asphalt tracks tend to turn into money shows. The guy with the most money makes the race a follow the leader show. Frankly, that gets old, both for the drivers and for the fans. I know, I raced at Franklin County and played follow the guy who blows all his money in his race car instead of on his family.

Dirt racing is the other way around. Money has a little to do with the show, but on dirt, a good driver can make a crappy race car look good, and a crappy driver can make a good race car look horrible.

French is doing a great job with the track. The surface is great! He is trying to get a set of rules put together that makes the racing as fair as possible. He has a ways to go getting the wrinkles ironed out, but he is getting it done.

Yes, so French doesn't offer the purses that some of the drivers want garunteed. French has a graduated pay scale. If a full field shows up (French considders that 15 cars) then full purse gets paid.

And, with the UCAR mess, I do not want to hear any comparison between the fight last Saturday at FMR and Franklin County Speedway. I was at FCS one night when some UCAR kid got his panties in a wad and he chucked a chunk of cinderblock through the windshield of another driver's car. And, of course, a fight ensued and racing was halted there for an hour too.

But, then some of the UCAR guys who pick those fights are just trash who have no desire to ever move out of their little front wheel drive cars and build or buy a real race car. Those guys want to go out there and live out their little Dale Earnhardt fantasys where they can take a Tempo and wreck an Escort and go home with some sort of convoluted "Intemidator" complex.

I am not saying all UCAR guys are that way. I know several guys who are in UCAR to get a start or who just don't have the money to move up and buy or build another car. I am just saying some of them are, and there isn't too much room in serious racing for that kind of crap.

I am glad French ejected that #7 kid and his hooligan buddies.

WELL, SAID!!!
I raced at FMR and I think it's a great place to race and for the fight like you said French is trying to iron out the wrinkles and he doing a good job at it !!!!

Thanks FRENCH for ejecting the #7 kid!!!:thanx:

[shotgun]

what happened with the #7 kid?

[RaceJunkie]

what happened with the #7 kid?

Read and your questions will be answered. :check_flag:

[racerwife]

I am so glad to know that there are people that really do understand that French is trying to do what he thinks is best for FMR. That was a WONDERFUL post, thank you as a fan, for understanding and not bashing FMR.

And, no, French isn't selling the track, as we have been trying to explain all year long. This is an investment to him and he wants to see it prosper as well as to give the local ( and maybe not so local) drivers a good place to run.

Don't forget FMR will be running another race on October 20. There will be more information coming soon, from what I'm told, as to the classes etc.

Congrats to all the drivers that ran at FMR this year and are "points champs" for their classes.
You ALL did a "he** of a good job" for the fans and really stepped up to the plate and showed French that there is a desire to race on a good dirt track in this area.

If no one else says it, I will, Thank you. :thanx: Tina Manley