Got Our Car Banned From a Race Track! First Time for Everything!
We raced our IMCA modified at Merritt Speedway Saturday night and managed to get our UMP car banned from the track.
We raced our IMCA modified at Merritt Speedway Saturday night and managed to get our UMP car banned from the track.
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Little off topic here but it’s pretty cool to see tht hunt the front sticker on the back of ur car sittin in the corner for the ole gasser to rip whenever it works out. Not many guys would do that. Badass
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Told him after memorial day weekend he’s got a ride at ctr whenever he can make it up this way. He’s a great guy and a hell of a driver!
@bobbimeredith4330
Жыл бұрын
HTF is who got me watching your channel
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following along
Good race Collin! I hope you get things taken care of with the other car. Looking forward to seeing more videos with you racing!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
That was cool seeing the chassis chucking dirt when it rolls into the corner.
Nice job !!!Keep pushing!!!🏁
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! We will!
Good run Collin! You are quite the wheel man, and show great sportsmanship. You are a force to be reckoned with. Keep after it! 😄
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Great video! I found you guy's from HTF and have been a fan every since. Sorry about the bs drama. Instead of working to better their stuff, they'd rather cry because you did!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following along!! We appreciate it
Excellent racing, smooth and clean. Hate that Merritt doesn't appreciate your hard work and innovation on the new car. Keep slinging that Dirt 👍
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
It figures Merritt speedway doing something like that
Congratulations on the W and a 2nd. You got through 1&2 better and he got you on the top in 3&4. What a good race. Your a better competitor than me if I built a ump car and was told don't worry about it. If the car couldn't come back neither would I. Just keep beating them with the imca car. Maybe you can run some Mars modified series later in the season with the ump car.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yea he was just killing me off 4.. yea just sucks because its the closest track to home so its hard to not go there. I want to get down to illinois or indiana at some point this year just have to figure out the schedule at home and when we can get away
You are a very smooth, consistent, fast driver. I love to criticize, but credit is due. Also, great decision making. Well done
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Strong run looks good, loved running the bottom at Merritt if you have the grip you can go places 😊
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yea if u can get it goin on the bottom you should be able to go forward!
way to stay positive! Keep at it man
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
Haters gonna hate way to be a pro huge fan of yours for this and the fact you are a hell of a wheelman
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Great cam footage. You called it about the ump car, pissin people off and didnt even run it.. keep up the great work bud.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! We’ll keep plugging away!
@xtr3m3fLx
Жыл бұрын
LOL
Collin great run. My brother and built a IMCA mod back in the 80s with a corvette front sub and we sold it before we had a chance to run it. Well the guy bought it and won a track championship at Merritt and they outlawed it the next year because the rear steering
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Thats awesome!
Thanks for sharing
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
That move up in the heat race was awesome, I was watching on Flo. I'm very curious about what went wrong in the main, something went catawampus for sure. Hope you can get it fixed and get back up front.
Can't go faster than the 47. So we gotta complain. Love it LMAO
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Haha!
You were diggin man 🤘
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
Come to Silver Bullet Speedway would love to see you guys there. Also Ken Schrader will be there this week
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
We have been wanting to make the trip down there again. My wifes parents live not too far from there!
Good run.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
If you'd like to race in Canada there is a dirt track about an hour away from Detroit called Southern Ontario Motor Speedway. They run UMP modifieds every Saturday night.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I have always wanted to make the trip over! Definitely a possibility!
@williamdennissmith6695
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing Diamonds love that track.
That was a good feature. I’d go out of my way to go race elsewhere for a few weeks if possible. Seems they should have to tech it and have a reason for a DQ…I don’t know.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. We have a lot of customers that race there weekly and its close to home so its hard to drive by there to go race elsewhere
that looks as ruff as off roading
Hi Colin. My name is Jonathon Taylor I just subscribed to your KZread channel bubba. I'm a fan of dirt track racin it's my favorite type of racin. I'm friends with Tim Nash he's a awesome racer too. I'm from Calhoun KY but I live in Charleston Missouri. My home tracks are Windy hollow speedway and NEBO Western Kentucky Speedway. Nice to meet you bub.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for following along! We really appreciate it!
@jonathontaylor5585
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing ur welcome bro anytime.
Found you from HTF. Interesting rules with the engines, crate and open in the same race. Is there at least a weight penalty?? Sorry for my ignorance.... Your stuff really worked well, high and low. Great job at the wheel. I'm a new guy with you, but I'll be following you now. Keep up the great work, good luck, stay safe.....😎
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for following along. Yea they made us add weight put a 6800 chip in and take our spoiler off to level the playing field. But i guess that wasnt enough haha!
@scottboyd7368
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing It's okay, your IMCA stuff is excellent. Learn every track, take notes. You WILL be national soon.... Look what HTF has done in the last two years. You Tube has been a MAJOR cash influx for them. I personally think they overstepped with the series and channel all at once. Please don't misunderstand, still a big fan. Get your merch advertising going strong, HUGE profit AND builds the brand. You guy's have a great program going and I wish you all the success!!! Take care and stay safe.
Thought it was kind of a dumb idea to begin with to have a ump/imca class. Should’ve just been one or the other in my opinion. But would like to see ya at 96 Friday night or crystal tomorrow night! Best of luck wherever you go
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yea thats what i told them but they said it would be fine. Well i guess i was right lol. Thanks man! Hope to see ya around this year!
@joshharrington1848
Жыл бұрын
Hell of a run man, usual racing crap can’t beat ya so complain to get rid. Go back and keep showing them it was not just that car.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks josh
I'm a Modlite guy not a fan of IMCA. Enjoyed the video definitely a good race
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I like racing the imca stuff its usually really good racing. Just some things that need worked on with rules and stuff
Stand still!!
That's the way it goes haters gonna hate keep diggin. Clay from mobile Alabama
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yup! Will do!
You wouldn't be talking about that track in Quincy would you. 🤣🤣 Bauer has been there and running well and is leading the points. It's a whole different track now that they widened it.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
No tri ciry motor speedway in michigan
@ryanmcguire8752
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing I was talking about Butler on Saturdays. 🤣🤣
Ardmore Oklahoma/ Southern Oklahoma Speedway they'll let you run any modified with them and if you pick the right weekend minimum $1500 to win
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Little bit of a drive for us unfortunately lol
if you wanna come check another track out Flat Rock Speedway is doing an autograph night this Saturday and itd be a cool experience to meet you!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
We only run dirt tracks. Id drive an asphalt car given the opportunity though! Lol
@benestep1877
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing would you drive a figure 8 if you had the opportunity?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
That im not sure of. I have a messed up back from a old snowmobile crash. Not sure the family would allow me to do something like that lol
@benestep1877
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing ahhh that makes sense
i drew a 3 and a 32 at a track this year and started dead last in both heats, they watered it right before one of the heats and the other one was on us. some of these tracks act like were children and wont notice they give people an advantage if theyre a name. fuck em man cant stand how some tracks are ran.
Hay I guess they just need one of your cars to win, when you can't keep up that the option you have !
i have spent many a weekend at Merrit!! my Cousin Dale Kaake Runs both his Kids there!!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
Yup race against dale 3 every week!
#FALS in Fairbury IL is a amazing track
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is! We have been there a few times and would love to make a couple trips down that way. Just sucks its 7.5 hours from home
Let them cry your just a great wheel man
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@chriscoble9620
Жыл бұрын
Your welcome
I'm with Mama. Raced imca 16 years and finally went outlaw mod racing this year with a local touring series and I'm having a blast. IMCA needs to rethink there line ups.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yea wish they would do something. Even a passing points format would be better then what they got
The race track your talking about 4 hours away would it happen to be my home track the famous Land of Legends In canandaigua NY?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
No its butler motor speedway and hartford motor speedway both in michigan. We are in northern michigan
Banned from the track ? Shit You are lucky you did not get run out with a jack handle. Sorry that was me back in the 90's . Keep up the good work. Watch your back.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Its all good man! Im not too worried lol
Great driving but I know what you mean about pissing the others off especially if you come to a track for the first time and lap the field. It may not have been so bad if we were in a Chevy like almost everyone else but after a couple of weeks they b cursing the crap out of you after welcoming you the first time but if you don’t let them win you will have to fight.
Find you a wheel man for the Imca/Ump car. Change the wrap. They will never know.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Oh they would know! Lol they keep a close eye on my operation lol
Good video as usual! That totally stinks! Does Mr. Blackmer still own both Tri-City and Merritt?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes he does
Come to Butler motor speedway with your ump mod
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
Maybe one of these days we’ll make it back down there
Why were you having to restart 2nd or 3rd you were in the lead when the cautions came out? Or did i misunderstand, and you werent leading?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I was leading at one point but got passed. Im pretty sure they had the line up right each time
Come run the hell tour!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Wish i could. Cant get away from home that much lol
Damned if ya do -- Damned if ya don't!!! A little much of that now-a-days. Let's have so many (insert # here) spend $$$ and build this up, it'll be OK ... ummm, you can't race that here! Ridiculous! Congrats on the P2. Be Safe
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
Curious, why do leaders start by themselves and 2nd and 3rd start side by side? Wouldn't you think that's a unfair advantage giving the leader the jump like that? I'm a long time asphalt guy. Been slowly trying to learn some dirt stuff but never understood that.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
They call it Delaware double file restart. Its pretty common in dirt racing now a days. The start of the race is traditional double file.
Clean Sweep at Tri-City Motor Speedway 6 16 of 23 the Thirlby boys dominate from heat race to feature awesome job you guys I really enjoyed watching you you got it going on you and your brother for sure Jesse from hunt the front would be jealous
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
What's the difference between the two cars
Oh my
i know it was years ago but one thing i thought it was funny was watching a street stock at cherry speedways pull a way from a late model on hot laps
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I can believe that lol some of those late models at cherry were interesting pieces of machinery haha
Can you please elaborate a little more on this? Are you trying to run a UMP car at IMCA sanctioned track?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
So basically they used to run ump and imca. They didnt want ump anymore so they allowed the ump cars from last year to race in the imca class with some changes to slow the ump cars down. I expressed to both track and imca that this would not work and they both said it will be fine. So me and a customer of mine ran our cars twice and was told we cant bring them back.
😂 Yes I remember why I stopped going to IMCA sanctioned events is just for reasons like what happened with you. It is even more laughable due to the fact you haven't even been racing the car. (It definitely comes across that people need to go do something else if all they are going to do is complain about what other people have, even though that person being yourself hasn't even used the item of their outrage. Not to mention this sport is called racing, not winning or whining in their case.)
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yes its pretty funny! Just sucks we have a car race ready that we cant use close to home. But we’ll figure something out
Are you talking tri-city in IL?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
No in michigan
Why is it banned, though?
I'm looking for a job/career in the racing world, Where should I start?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
The big thing would be to look for a local racer and offer to help out and learn all you can. Once you get to a point where you got all the basics coveted there is a lot of traveling teams always looking for help.
People cry to much when ur kicking ass
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I guess so lol
What don't they like about the new car?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
The lower control arms and the engine i guess
I know the feeling. Was racing TQ midgets yrs ago, got one banned cause I built it with the motor on the side (like a go-kart) and not in the front. It was TOO good and others were being built, they would have taken over, so they had to get rid of them. They changed the rule to say that the motor must be in front of your knees. So I built my next car that way but everything else was very radical, that got banned too until I made some changes to it. Now there is a rule in the book about "new and radical design". Ha Ha, MY RULE
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Yea racing in general has taken a lot of the ingenuity and out of the box thinking away for sure.
@greggv8
11 ай бұрын
My father and one of his brothers built a straight 6 roadster in the 1950's that got effectively banned for being too good. Modified a torque tube rear axle to shorten the torque tube to the point where the transmission connected directly to the rear with a single U-joint and the axle's pivot point was at the U-joint. Dad's older brother Carl was the driver, dad was mechanic and car builder. With the engine and transmission so far back, Carl's legs straddled the back of the engine. Practically unbeatable in its class. The racing organization demanded to be told all the secrets to Dad's rear suspension and drive design. He declined to tell because of course they'd share it with other teams they preferred to win. So they said the car had to run in the next higher class VS the V8's, which of course it couldn't keep up against. The car got retired and Carl quit racing.
Wait so why exactly do they not let you run your built car?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
They made a set of rules for us to follow but apparently some other competitors complained enough that mine and a customer of mines car was too fast so they banned them.
If I was you I would stop running Merritt. Head to Butler!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I can run for the same amount of money at merritt and its an hour from home vs 3.5 hours to butler. Id like to make it to butler at some point though
@damienslominski6455
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing fair enough I'd go down there more if I didn't live 15 minutes from Tri-City
@damienslominski6455
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing as long as your checks are clearing... Haha
What is the issue or difference in the cars?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Engine and lower control arms
@kevinpalmer2975
Жыл бұрын
@CollinThirlbyRacing your freaking kidding me. You raced against open motors with a crate and the crying and whining I heard you do is say we got to get faster. Not trying to get them kicked out. I love your attitude man. Race with anybody and figure out how to beat them on the track. Hats off guys.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks we try to work to get faster not to make other people slower! But it is what it is we’ll keep plugging away
Put a v6 in it and take it back and kick their asses with it lol
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
We’ll probably be putting a crate motor in it at some point and bring it back
Sounded like the track had no grip. Just idling through the turns and trying not to break loose on the exit to the straight. I'm guessing the crate engines have an advantage over the open ones in this. Don't know what your lower control arm issue advantage was
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Imca u have to have stock lowers and ump u can have fabricated lowers
Yeah gudrun bud but yeah there's going to be cry babies no matter where you go but hopefully something works out were you ain't got to travel that far to run but keep up the good work try to get some more content in there LOL but you have a good one take care buddy
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I appreicate it!
i would call the imca offic about merritt speedway they have no say about your car if they are imca sanctioned
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
It is what it is im kind of over the whole situation. We’ll figure something out so we can still run the car
Is that the car Jesse drove for you?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
No he was driving one of my full blown imca cars
Where yall located
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Northern michigan
@brandonhouston3683
Жыл бұрын
Damn bro that's drive to here in southern Oklahoma but we got some fast tracks that would welcome you
It Is Funny that when rules are set, there's ALWAYS some cry-babies. I always Liked racing a couple of the stand-outs and when I figured out how to beat em, they would come down to try n figure out how slow me down and I'd Laugh. If there's Know-One to chase or beat, what are ya doing out there? Do YOUR Homework and quit-cher bitchin. SMDH Rock ON Collin!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much! Lol we’ll just keep on keepin on
NASCRAP did it with Dodge in the early '70's. Too fast, go home, Ford, Chevy kye-baby-kye.
Nobody bans cars, they ban drivers.
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
They ban cars up this way lol
Go run butler speedway in quincy
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
We would like to get down there at some point!
@indianalotteryscratcher3286
Жыл бұрын
@CollinThirlbyRacing we would love to have you man it's a ump track
haters gonna hate, they don't know any other way...
That's sorry as hale
Wow. I say Boycott Meritt Speedway. The owner is a coward. If He was a real Man He would stand up and tell the ones bitching, " The car passed inspection and it's legal, if you don't like racing against fast competition then take up bowling or golf"!!!
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Im not going to boycott. Its a place to race and i have a car to race there. Its just unfortunate some of the other racers feel the need to complain so much.
@sidebite2533
Жыл бұрын
@@CollinThirlbyRacing It's your choice what you do, I just know that sh*t wouldn't fly around here and there's a a couple Hot Shoes that win almost every week. They've been tech'd and tore down to the bare block but Never have they been banned. I gotta say though, I am referring to an area that has 5 tracks all within an hour in any direction.
@howardwest2707
Жыл бұрын
Is this the same race night and track that popped a bunch of racers for deck height after there was a bounty on the 21 car? Either way its bs if they are telling racers not to bring their cars even if they cannot find a reason through tech to back that decision.
@victorpalmateer484
Жыл бұрын
@@howardwest2707no that was Callaway in Missouri
@howardwest2707
Жыл бұрын
@victorpalmateer484 copy that wasn't sure. Either way that's pretty messed up telling teams don't come back with their gear without a rules infraction
Bunch of crybabies at Merritt I’m not surprised the owner sent you a letter
Regulation nation I hate that for people you and others that are exploring and trying different ways to make things better and faster and others crying cause they dont want to do nothing to make things better they say they can't afford to have that stuff so they make them rules for them guys they need a class that run what you bring open to what ever
If you're not going to be at Merritt Speedway neither am I or my group of people
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
We will still be there
if the race track owner doesn't want drama he should retire to a old jerks home.
So why don’t you tell people what the complaints are
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I have in previous videos but basically the fact they combined 2 classes and they all were saying it wasnt fair and i shouldnt be able to run my car. Even though it met the rules they put out.
Dont quite understand the story with an IMCA/UMP car. We’re you running a UMP car against IMCA cars?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
I ran it a couple times.. ran up front with it. No different than i did with the bone stock imca car. Followed the rules they gave us but apparently the people that race there didnt want us to keep racing it
Thanks For the click bait. No word on why it’s banned Good job suckering people in with no info I feel a lot more smartest! Duh
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Watch some of the other videos
Don't you just love racing politics
@CollinThirlbyRacing
11 ай бұрын
Not really lol
I wouldn't go back to Is merit racewayfor anything nobody. Should they want to act that way nobody should respect them?
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
It is what it is at this point we figured it was going to happen at some point just not this soon. Too many tracks are closing up and its closest track to home. So we try to support it.
@TheReddog42069
Жыл бұрын
We all want to support our local tracks but when they make it harder on you to come and race and get out. Do a good job at it and make it more expensive on you. How's it fair it should be a given take
Load up, lets go! Pretty sad they don't even know what car is kicking their a$$'s. Memorial day weekend all the cars were running in the top 5 both nights and were all IMCA cars👨🦯
@CollinThirlbyRacing
Жыл бұрын
Let’s do it lol