Rowdy Podcast!

Where's my Rowdy podcast?!? iTunes will not download. Invalid podcast URL? I'm showing withdrawal.... not... gonna... make... it.......

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Pittsburgh VintageGrand Prix 2008

Good afternoon Rowdizens! Team 187 has returned from the PVGP with car intact (and a little damp). I have posted the videos of two practice sessions and the race in a loew format video mode here on Rowdy:

http://www.rowdy.com/content/profile/videos/750

But over on my YouTube Channel I have posted the high-res versions, cut into 5-8 minute bites:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RowdyRacer187

The race was pretty wet, but it got me the coveted "Best Drive" award for my race group, Group 5, Over Two Liter.

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When to throw the caution flag?

I wanted to title this blog, "Demolition Derby at 185 mph, or 400 mile race? You decide."

Chief, after a long day taking ML187 into the city for the Lion King on b-way, fell asleep on the couch and woke up to me yelling at the TV. Through the debris-caution conspiracy theories and all the other anti-NASCAR movements, I have been the staunchest NASCAR defender, but enough is enough. Yes, I am aware that wrecks=ratings. But there are a bunch of wrecked racecars and a bunch of sore drivers. That didn't have to be if they'd bothered to throw the caution when Jeff spun in turn one at THE FRONT OF THE FIELD at the start of the green/white/checkered. Was it really that important to have another half-lap of wrecking/racing? Did it really make the race that much more exciting? The outcome didn't change, Kyle was ahead when Jeff spun.

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YouTube

I finally figured out how to use YouTube last weekend. For those of you who appreciate the incar videos from my exploits on the vintage circuit I have posted all of the incar videos in 5-10 minute segments on my YouTube Channel. There are eleven clips, probably about an hour and a half of viewing time. Thanks for watching and enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RowdyRacer187

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VSCCA Watkins Glen InCar Camera Videos

After several days of struggling with uploading the unedited video from the in car camera, I finally broke down and did some editing. The resolution is smaller, the clips are shorter, but they're finally uploaded. Go to my video tab and watch the edited incar stuff.

Four clips. Friday morning, Friday afternoon, Sat afternoon and Sunday morning. The camera did not get the Sat morning dice I had in the wet with the Red 356 #18, driven by Bob K, the Mayor of Happytown. Sorry.

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Victory Lane Magazine

Guess who made the cover of the June issue of Victory Lane Magazine!

www.victorylane.com

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Sadler/Gililand wreck

I am appalled at the reaction to the 19th lap wreck last week. I think everyone who blamed that whole incident on Elliott was off their rocker. The boy had a slow car in front and David Gilliland in his (limited) rear view mirror. On exit at turn two he went to dive under that LOOOSE slower race car rather than run into the back of him only to find that David Gilliland has his nose a FULL 12 INCHES up beside his left rear quarter panel... a place he SHOULD be able to see JUST FINE (yeah, right...). I'm not throwing David under the bus, he was probably just as surprised as Elliott that the car they were following was THAT loose THAT early, but even more surprised when Elliott came down on him. He never had time to get out of there. To me, that's just one of them racing deals. Elliot didn't know David was there and David didn't have time to get out of the way... Sadler's fault my @$$.

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VSCCA Pocono North Course

Howdy Rowdy! I finally got around to editing the in car video (OK, it's on the cowl in between the two Brookland's screens, so it's technically not actually in the car) from the VSCCA Pocono weekend in April. This is the Saturday afternoon race. We run the North Course, which includes NASCAR turn three backwards:

http://www.rowdy.com/content/profile/nascar_videos/20374/vscca-pocono-2008

I had some issues with the microphone settings, so the original track was quite scratchy sounding. Hope you enjoy the music overlay instead. Can anyone guess what that music is? First one to guess the name of the band, the name of the album and the year it was released will get an official Daimler SP250 collared race shirt. Happy hunting!

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How do you fix Talladega racing?

OK, I wanna hear from the Rowdy Nation on how they think plate racing should be fixed. We've heard enough from Poole and the boys on how it may or may not be broken. Both sides of the issue were well represented and fairly argued. But let's move out of the problem and into the solution, if it needs one.

Plates are not exclusively used in Cup racing. Even the Quarter Midgets have restrictor plates on them of different sizes for different classes. It is a generally accepted way of slowing racecars down and levelling a playing field. There are other alternatives. In sprint cars, they have winged and non-winged races, often at the same event. Many of the drivers enter both classes with the same cars and use a removable wing. What can we do to the Cup cars to slow them down at Talladega and Daytona in lieu of restrictor plates? Should we make them take off the front spliter and rear wing? Should we make them run on skinnier tires/wheels? Should a higher ride height be required, thus requiring a mandate for stiffer springs? What do you think Rowdy Nation?

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VSCCA Pocono

Team 187 will be hitting the track for the first time this season this coming weekend at Pocono. We will be racing the Daimler on the North Course at Pocono Raceway Saturday and Sunday April 12th and 13th. If you would like to come visit, email me privately on my Rowdy homepage and I will supply you with my contact info at the track.

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• Racer187 Pocono 2008 VSCCA