Late Models Last Night

[Thunder6]

Hahaha I love this place and all of the controversy...

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[Kahnefreak]

hey guys don't where else to post this but how was Rick Drinkwaters driving habits when he raced at Sunset? he seemd pretty vicious on saturday night at Barrie. almost walled me and then cut me off. He was all over the place. he hit every car in our heat races at least once. Is that normal?

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[Puppydogs]

Yes if someone from sunset speedway could please let us know, the rumour and I say rumour is that he was thrown out of sunset for rough driving, and is now driving a barrie speedway. I know the two tracks play against one another and people put each others tracks down, but this is about safety for the drivers. We have already had 3 drivers injured very badly, and the last thing we want to see is another. We are only looking for the truth, and if this is true then we would like the opportunity to protect our drivers from someone who may cause unnecessary wrecks. We at barrie speedway are trying very hard to minimize the rough driving in all divisions to protect all drivers on the track. Maybe it's time the tracks talk to each other when drivers are banned for these reasons. These are the kind of drivers we don't need in our sport.

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[SpencerLewis]

sorry to kill the rumour guys, but ricky left on his own accord


as for the rough driving, thats simply his "style", he's had the same style since he was a 14 year old driving four fun, and I doubt it's going to change anytime soon

as for you guys wanting to reduce the amount of contact in the charger division, perhaps mention the possibility of moving up to the a division, to ricky, as I dont think he really needs to be in the charger division in the first place

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[Kahnefreak]

well Spencer! when Rick showed up they made him go to the Charger class cause he is a new driver to the track. he does have a quick car though so maybe he would be better in the "A" division. It's hard to tell. The "A" division is a little more rough then the chargers....and all us chargers drive so clean every week and respect each other. I don't think we need a driver like Rick in our class. But if he calms down then we would all just welcome him with open arms.

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[SpencerLewis]

i heard he got yelled at before the feature even started lol....


true?

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[Kahnefreak]

actually yes this is true spencer. He got a talking to from Steve St Onge. After the first heat Steve stopped him as he was coming off the track and had words with him. I know cause I was right behind him coming off the track!

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[Thunder6]

If it was tag, he would have won, because he touched everybody else, and nobody touched him. "Style" it wasn't. I've seen snowplow drivers that had more style, and that's what it looked like. If he keeps driving like that he might have a lot of white paint on that nice shiny black car... And he needed to be spoken to by St Onge, maybe Steve should have offered him a gift certificate to "Young Drivers of Canada" too.

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[SpencerLewis]

note the quotation around style, intended sarcasm my friends

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[hellothere]

come on guys he did hit some cars but it was his first time on the track and he was learning how to drive. Cut him slack, maybe when he finds his line he will move up but wait till he learns the track before you judge him. 

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[Thunder6]

Hello there  - he has been racing for a while. In the four fun class and the four cylinders at Sunset, he isn't a "new" driver. I am a new driver, never have raced before, anywhere. Drinkwater is "new to Barrie". He has some racing experience. I agree, he does need to learn the line and the track, I'm sure most of us would help him with that, if he would stop trying to hammer people out of his way. I think you could agree with me that a faster car should try to pass a guy/girl on the outside if he can (especially coming off 4 into the straight), not beat your way through on the inside (like he did to Tia). Hopefully his attitude to driving and respecting other drivers space on the track changes. And yes Spencer I did pick up on the sarcastic nature of your quote...

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[hill3]

where is the flagman when all this carnage is happening

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[SpunBrg]

he's playing follow the leaders and not the rest of the field since the second flagman had his operation,

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[hill3]

no spotters or help in the corners?

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[Thunder6]

Well hopefully they learn about his alleged "Style" and do something about it.

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