A rainout where it actually rains on your race track is one thing, but the weather forecast for this weekend has been so ominous that some tracks have or had already cancelled based solely on that forecast. Tony Bruce Jr. pulled the plug on his two-day ASCS Sprint Car show at Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas, on Thursday due to what the weather folks were saying would happen there on Friday and Saturday. Looks like a good call at this point as the area is under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. tonight and a flash flood watch through the weekend. As a driver himself TBJ was looking out for his own as the ASCS National Tour pulls drivers in from far and wide.
The promoter at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma, made an interesting call based upon the weather forecast for tonight. The track was to host the MARS Late Models this evening, but the following has been posted on their website. "With all the Late Models traveling in from a good distance and the uncertain weather we just made a business decision to reschedule," said track co-owner Danny Womack. "We are still going to have great racing tonight with our third NASCAR points night at Oklahoma's only NASCAR track." The MARS event has been rescheduled for May 14th and a check of the radar at 3 p.m. shows all of the rain to the east of Muskogee so it looks like the weekly show will be able to be run. Do you suppose a few of the Late Model guys will be scratching their heads on this one? But again, with drivers following the series having to make the trip to town, perhaps they like the call.
Okay, I can see canceling an event a day or two in advance when drivers might be coming in from long distances, but what about a weekly show? On the Mid-South Racing Scene forum it appears that the track in Moulton, Alabama, has already canceled their weekly show for tomorrow. Why? Because the Weather Channel forecasts a near 100% chance of rain there for Saturday with the possibility of large hail, tornadoes, flying farmhouses and little dogs, that's why! Heather Tesch has never been so confident!
Heather Tesch of the Weather Channel
Here's hoping that the rain that is predicted for the rest of the weekend is nowhere near as bad as expected and we can get some racing in!
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Dave Swale of West Union stopped by to say hi to me after the races at Vinton and I introduced him to Kyle Ealy who compiles the Midwest Racing Archives on the Speed Blitz. During the conversation we challenged Kyle to go back into his archives and pull up some old pics of Dave in action, but instead we have somebody who has beaten Kyle to the punch! Another former Hawkeye Racing News columnist Les Houser sent a set of five photos down to Barry Johnson who then scanned them in and sent them here. Isn't it great how all of us former columnists can come together for a common cause :)
Thanks a lot Les, it is great to know that you, Dave and many others (perhaps fourteen or fifteen now) are regular readers of the "Back Stretch" online!
From 1987 a Hobby Stock that Les thinks was owned by Larry Nefzger
From 1990, a Modified Street Stock that Dave drove to second in the final point standings at West Union
If you are rained out and bored, check out the latest entry by one of my favorites Mark "The Shark" Titus at http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2010/04/welcome-to-future.html Just so you know, it's a basketball blog (sort of), not racing.......but I think it will bring a smile to your face.
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