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Post by Layne on May 5, 2007 20:19:50 GMT -5
The Bombers will now be having a very big race at Rocky Top in the $1,000 to win "Bomber Bash 25". The event will be ran on July 13th with the Independent Racing Series "Engines Inc./Carl Grover Motorsports 50" $5,000 to win Late Model show. There will be no entry fees for this race.
Complete Payout 1. $1,000 2. $400 3. $300 4. $250 5. $200 6. $150 7. $100 8. $80 9. $60 10. $50 11-20. $50
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Post by Layne on May 7, 2007 12:49:27 GMT -5
What does everybody think of this race?
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highlander
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Post by highlander on May 7, 2007 22:22:53 GMT -5
It ought to be a great race with an awesome payout...shame I'll be at the beach and miss it!
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Post by rookieof2007 on May 7, 2007 23:07:02 GMT -5
I cant wait for it, it'll be the best yet I believe...
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highlander
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Post by highlander on May 8, 2007 14:27:43 GMT -5
If it rains that night, will they reschedule that race?
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Post by Layne on May 8, 2007 15:00:57 GMT -5
Don't say that R word highlander LOL
To answer your question, yes, it would be rescheduled to race with the IRS for their rain date on Friday, August 17th. We hope that does not happen though.
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highlander
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Post by highlander on May 8, 2007 15:48:54 GMT -5
Then, since I'll be at the beach that week and can't get out of that, I'll be praying for "R" the night of the 13th....LOL...Just kidding.
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Post by j305bone on May 20, 2007 8:07:14 GMT -5
Looks like a real fun night,TJ. By the way,I'd like to take this oppurtunity to congratulate the staff at rtr on an awesome job promoting and putting together a great program week after week. rtr is THE place to be Friday nights. Congrats to TJ,CARL,AND THE WHOLE STAFF AT MY FAVORITE TRACK!
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Post by Layne on May 20, 2007 14:32:58 GMT -5
Thank you sir, we appreciate your comments and your support!!!
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Post by bomber on May 21, 2007 16:32:15 GMT -5
this will be a fun night, but i think the bomber class may start falling off after this season
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Post by rookieof2007 on May 21, 2007 18:00:56 GMT -5
What makes you say that? Yes there has been some wild stuff thrown out there so far this season, but I really do think that we'll keep seeing this class grow and the bombers getting "faster"...
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highlander
Bomber
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Post by highlander on May 22, 2007 19:28:03 GMT -5
Let me give you all some numbers to chew on. Rocky Top Raceway had 15 bomber drivers Friday night. Portsmouth Raceway had 16 bomber drivers Saturday night. That's a grand total of 31 participants. With AT LEAST 7 drivers racing both at RTR and Portsmouth(Portsmouth did not give an entire list of the field, only the top 10)that only leaves 24 TOTAL drivers between BOTH tracks. 5 years ago Portsmouth has fielded that many in a "B Main". 5 years ago, Portsmouth had 35-45 drivers every Saturday night who hung around until 2:00 a.m. to race. RTR used to average over 20 bomber racers per night. That was when there was still Portsmouth Drivers and RTR Drivers and only a few of them went to the other track. Say what you want about the growth of this class, but the numbers don't lie. Big $$$$ spent and getting too far away from what they started out to be are killing this class.
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Post by rookieof2007 on May 22, 2007 20:33:59 GMT -5
Yes I do agree that it is getting really expensive to only run for $25 to start. I'm dropping the Bomber now and going into Limited Lates now... I figure I'd be paying just a little bit more but the payouts a little more too...
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Post by Layne on May 22, 2007 21:01:53 GMT -5
Normally, the Bomber car counts don't start picking up until the month of June. Normally, we have around 15 Bombers at RTR and then once June rolls around it gets up to 20 or more. That is the way it normally is at Portsmouth also. Believe it or not, there are still several drivers who won't have their cars out for a few more weeks.
We had 16 Bombers on Friday at RTR. That's a pretty good car count and we look for things to increase. Been some great Bomber racing at Rocky Top this season!!!
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highlander
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Post by highlander on May 22, 2007 22:05:00 GMT -5
That's exactly where I'm at right now Rookie....trying to decide whether or not to sell my bomber and find a LLM. It's a shame that class didn't catch on at RTR. It really is a great track.
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