Top 25, Plus I Am Having A Glass Of Whine Before Noon
Listed below is my Top 25 www.DirtonDirt.com ballot for this week. I seem to be disagreeing with the other 24 voters more than ever as only 19 on my ballot appear on the site’s Top 25. I will admit to a personal bias against two of the drivers that do appear, an indifference toward several that show up, and a feeling that my picks deserved to be in the Top 25 more than the other two who did make it.
| DirtonDirt.com Top 25 Voting Ballot | |
| Name: | Ron Meyer |
| Date: | 4/13/2015 |
| Position | |
| 1 | Shane Clanton |
| 2 | Randy Weaver |
| 3 | Jimmy Owens |
| 4 | Jonathan Davenport |
| 5 | Scott Bloomquist |
| 6 | Josh Richards |
| 7 | Darrell Lanigan |
| 8 | Billy Moyer |
| 9 | Earl Pearson Jr. |
| 10 | Bobby Pierce |
| 11 | Don O’Neal |
| 12 | Eddie Carrier Jr. |
| 13 | Steve Francis |
| 14 | Brandon Sheppard |
| 15 | Tim McCreadie |
| 16 | Devin Moran |
| 17 | Casey Roberts |
| 18 | Steve Casebolt |
| 19 | Dale McDowell |
| 20 | Billy Ogle Jr. |
| 21 | Dennis Erb Jr. |
| 22 | Chris Madden |
| 23 | Brandon Overton |
| 24 | Mike Marlar |
| 25 | Mason Zeigler |
The other six on my ballot are scattered between 26th and 32nd so I am not too far off though. I did consider Ryan Gustin as a possibility this time, but kept Marlar and Zeigler ahead of him.
There are lots of big events this weekend. The Lucas Oil series is in Batesville, Arkansas for a $20,000 to win show. WoO late models are in Farmer City, Illinois for a $6,000 to win Friday night show and will stay at Farmer City for a Saturday night race paying $15,0000 to the winner.
MARS/CBC/ALMS are sanctioning three separate races this weekend-a $4,000 to win Friday night event at Davenport, Iowa with a $10,555 to win Saturday race at Burlington, Iowa and a Sunday weekend finish at Quad City, Illinois paying $3,000 to the winner.
Hopefully Mother Nature will co-operate because five of those races are in the same general area. Eastern Iowa race fans can also head to Farley on Friday for a Deery Brothers race, and that IMCA series heads to Webster City, Iowa on Saturday. So, why is all the good racing 200-400 miles away?
The USMTS will be in Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday, so I repeat my wonderment of good racing being 200-400 miles away. For those of you who might want to suggest something closer, sorry, back gate classics with 5-6 divisions and a gazillion cars don’t make it on my list of good races.
Actually I emailed Matt and another fellow earlier today about why promoters in this area seem to get it right about two nights a year, the Friday and Saturday of the Silver Dollar Nationals. Other specials seem to have to have B-Mods, 305 Sprints, Mod-Lites aka mini B-Mods, or Hornets. Maybe front gates aren’t so good because fans don’t want to see all those classes I just mentioned pull in the back gate.
Yeah, why bitch, nothing is going to change. Thanks for stopping by.
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