FightForTheRail Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 13 hours ago, WheelsUpHammerDown10 said: 1. Hope Ashton Torgerson is okay. That was one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen in a race car. Is it accurate that there was not an ambulance on site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con7 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 46 minutes ago, FightForTheRail said: Is it accurate that there was not an ambulance on site? I can’t confirm as I’m not there but I read that too, a couple of medics on site but no ambulance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke81 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 16 minutes ago, con7 said: I can’t confirm as I’m not there but I read that too, a couple of medics on site but no ambulance. That seems kind of insane to me if thats accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightForTheRail Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 56 minutes ago, luke81 said: That seems kind of insane to me if thats accurate. Money to have an ambulance on site gets put into the purse instead. 😏 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirt-in-my-beer Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Who's the favorites for tonight? Bacon and Thorson? I'll go with some Canadian content and pick Westbrook. 🏒 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinjason Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 14 minutes ago, dirt-in-my-beer said: Who's the favorites for tonight? Bacon and Thorson? I'll go with some Canadian content and pick Westbrook. 🏒 I've read a few things that maybe his arm restraints unlatched the seat belt. pure speculation, but it seems like a pretty plausible explanation compared to part failure or negligence. either way, I'm just glad he's better than what it looked like last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygarl Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 20 minutes ago, dirt-in-my-beer said: Who's the favorites for tonight? Bacon and Thorson? I'll go with some Canadian content and pick Westbrook. 🏒 Axsom, Leary, Bacon, Thorson, Bernal are probably the five favorites IMO. With honorable mentions to Timmy Buckwalter, JJ Yeley, Andrew Deal, Jake Neuman, and Dillon Welch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper12a Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Josh Bayko said: Torgerson is apparently going to be fine. What I don’t understand is what everybody scrambled to say stop showing the video, because it as disrespectful. Now that everybody knows he’s going to be ok, people should watch that video at length and slowed down and analyzed so the safety equipment people can find out what went wrong and attempt to fix it. You weren’t here to witness it. Be respectful to the kids family. How would you respond if it were your child or grandchild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottnorwood Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 31 minutes ago, jumper12a said: You weren’t here to witness it. Be respectful to the kids family. How would you respond if it were your child or grandchild. I think a technical explanation would be beneficial to prevent this from happening again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm72x Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, jumper12a said: You weren’t here to witness it. Be respectful to the kids family. How would you respond if it were your child or grandchild. I wouldn’t respond because the last thing I’d be giving a shit about was a video or anything else being posted online. If social media content is a families concern at this point, they should get their priorities straight. People seen it…..who cares. If people want to watch it…..who cares. As long as the doctors and medical staff are tending to my child or family member instead of googling the accident…. it wouldn’t make a bit of difference to me. I would want to know what caused it, and if a video can help with that……just keep hitting replay. That would be my response. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelsUpHammerDown10 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, tygarl said: Axsom, Leary, Bacon, Thorson, Bernal are probably the five favorites IMO. With honorable mentions to Timmy Buckwalter, JJ Yeley, Andrew Deal, Jake Neuman, and Dillon Welch Pretty loaded night. Isn't Tanner Carrick tonight too? He should be in the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Bayko Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, jumper12a said: You weren’t here to witness it. Be respectful to the kids family. How would you respond if it were your child or grandchild. You love those death traps, so any evidence that they are death traps is taboo to you. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Brady Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Ambulance seemed to get there pretty quickly; I would be surprised if one wasn't on the grounds. Might not have been right in the building. I had no problem with them not showing the wreck again, seeing live was bad enough. What basically happened is he was squeezed right up on top of the berm and didn't let off. Was it the car that forced him up there or his fault for not lifting once he was forced up there? The biggest difference I see from 10 years ago is these new drivers don't let off for anything or anyone. Tim McCreadie could of drove through a car who passed him on the last lap but he backed out of it. You don't get that kind of courtesy from these young drivers. Doesn't seem like these drivers have the finesse that some of the more seasoned drivers use. But its not just the midgets class this is happening. Very prevalent in Super Late Models to. A lot more win or wall it,and blame the other guy no matter what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandStrunkRailroad Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The flip count is the latest thing to succumb to the cancel culture. I saw it being talked about on Twitter and sure enough, it’s never been mentioned tonight. Guess that damn flip count was a major factor into the incident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottnorwood Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 58 minutes ago, GrandStrunkRailroad said: The flip count is the latest thing to succumb to the cancel culture. I saw it being talked about on Twitter and sure enough, it’s never been mentioned tonight. Guess that damn flip count was a major factor into the incident. They also took Flip Wilson off TV Land for the rest of the week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelsUpHammerDown10 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The unpredictableness of the Chili Bowl continues! 2 more drivers locked in for Saturday with Tanner Thorson winning going away. Emerson Axsom also locks in at runner up. 4 picks in the A-main already, 2 or 3 more in a B-main. Anyone can win this thing guys! I read it on the internet. It must be true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightForTheRail Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, GrandStrunkRailroad said: The flip count is the latest thing to succumb to the cancel culture. I saw it being talked about on Twitter and sure enough, it’s never been mentioned tonight. Guess that damn flip count was a major factor into the incident. That is a major loss for racing when you have to keep track yourself of how many cars flip? That is some bizarre shit that Midget fans are complaining that they now won't know how many cars have flipped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm72x Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, FightForTheRail said: That is a major loss for racing when you have to keep track yourself of how many cars flip? That is some bizarre shit that Midget fans are complaining that they now won't know how many cars have flipped. Nowhere near as bizarre as the world we live in where nothing is safe. If there’s the slightest of chance that it may hurt some pus@ies feeling on the internet……better get rid of it. The age of feelings is sickening. If the chili bowl is as strong as ever……tell the world to go f@ck themselves and put the flip counter back up. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FondaFan16 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 8 hours ago, WheelsUpHammerDown10 said: The unpredictableness of the Chili Bowl continues! 2 more drivers locked in for Saturday with Tanner Thorson winning going away. Emerson Axsom also locks in at runner up. 4 picks in the A-main already, 2 or 3 more in a B-main. Anyone can win this thing guys! I read it on the internet. It must be true. I would have never in a million years guessed that Tanner Thorson would win on his qualifying night. I was completely shocked to see that happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandStrunkRailroad Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 8 hours ago, FightForTheRail said: That is a major loss for racing when you have to keep track yourself of how many cars flip? That is some bizarre shit that Midget fans are complaining that they now won't know how many cars have flipped. It has nothing to do with keeping track of flips. I couldn’t care less about that. Your thought process is what has allowed cancel culture to destroy whatever they wanted regardless of the reasoning. Some might call it having principles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 So let me get this right . Realistically 10-12 teams have a shot at winning the A main Saturday. That is as good or better than event, track, or series I attended last season. Mods, sprints, late models or other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm72x Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 31 minutes ago, leroy said: So let me get this right . Realistically 10-12 teams have a shot at winning the A main Saturday. That is as good or better than event, track, or series I attended last season. Mods, sprints, late models or other. Absolutely true…..although I’d argue there are more SLM teams that can win at any of the marquee events than any other type of racing. Davenport was amazing…..and seems to still be the man to beat, but for the 50-100 cars that show up to most of the huge SLM shows a higher percentage of them are considered threats. The Chili Bowl promotes on the number of participants…..but 10 out of 350 isn’t exactly a great number of guys that have a shot at winning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm72x Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 39 minutes ago, GrandStrunkRailroad said: It has nothing to do with keeping track of flips. I couldn’t care less about that. Your thought process is what has allowed cancel culture to destroy whatever they wanted regardless of the reasoning. Some might call it having principles. I agree 1000% on cancel culture destroying anything it pleases……but the result is just as much the fault of whatever or whoever is caving to it. People, events or companies shouldn’t be apologizing for anything that may have ruffled the feathers of some dipshit online. Giving the 1% of anything the loudest voice and most power is and always has been a recipe for disaster. That 1% is catered to, protected and taken care of so that they have nothing better to do but be the loudest people bitching on any public platform. This is all by design…..part of a larger plan and people play into it every day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelsUpHammerDown10 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 31 minutes ago, leroy said: So let me get this right . Realistically 10-12 teams have a shot at winning the A main Saturday. That is as good or better than event, track, or series I attended last season. Mods, sprints, late models or other. The point is the claim of “anyone can win” or 100+ drivers can win is a complete fallacy. The car counts for the race are amazing. No doubt. But realistically 10-15 cars are the only one with a prayer of winning on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm72x Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, WheelsUpHammerDown10 said: The point is the claim of “anyone can win” or 100+ drivers can win is a complete fallacy. The car counts for the race are amazing. No doubt. But realistically 10-15 cars are the only one with a prayer of winning on Saturday. You want to make the chili bowl more Interesting……take the top 20 A main finishers from the previous year, and stack them all together on 1 qualifying night the next season. Some are coming from real deep in the soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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