Bouncing like I'm watching a basketball game

@daveshaller3635

11 ай бұрын

You the man great job 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

"It only takes one Ford to put a hundred Chevys back on the trailer."-Bob Glidden Seems appropriate for this.

Gotta say....That track surface had more than a few cars doing the hospital hop. They never got those ruts out all weekend long...

Donny Schatz and TSR had that FORD absolutely singing around The Big E!!! That car was F'n flying!!!

@joshpitts7256

11 ай бұрын

Sure it was a Ford 🤔

@shannon5373

11 ай бұрын

@@joshpitts7256 Seriously???

@moonbully2272

11 ай бұрын

⁠@@joshpitts7256when you can easily see the headers your question is answered 🤦🏻‍♂️

They can pay a guy a million dollars to win a race but can't get rid of the craters. Holy crap.

@greezy937

11 ай бұрын

This isn't driving on asphalt. Shut it

@CopperBlue28

11 ай бұрын

Be happy you saw cars on the track at all. There’s only so much they can do when it rains like it did.

@johncarter1137

11 ай бұрын

@@greezy937 It's a safety issue. You did see how many cars went upside down didn't you, plus no one has yet to pass the leader for the win there this week.

@jeremypepin481

11 ай бұрын

The track was dangerous and bad before the rain. The million had a giant crater as well. Lost track of the amount of destroyed cars because of the track .

@felixpropertymanagement7342

11 ай бұрын

Lots of crying here again😢😢😢

Can no one remove that cross-trench in turn 1-2? That ruined at least four driver’s races this race alone.

@tyslayes

11 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, I might be one of the few, but I love it. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The terrain changes, becomes another challenge, and further proves why sprint car racing is superior over most motor sports, obviously just in my opinion.

@Rev17thru22

11 ай бұрын

I agree it’s awesome

@GameJunky513

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Sprint car drivers are just built different

@chuckg6039

11 ай бұрын

It's the same for everyone. Quit complaining

@CopperBlue28

11 ай бұрын

Guys didn’t free up their cars enough

At that speed the track should never be that way

@chuckg6039

11 ай бұрын

But it was. Adapt and win. Congrats to the 15

@BradenLewis-bm2ur

11 ай бұрын

Yall would cry If they called the race too you just wanna whine

Schatz hasn’t lost anything as a driver. The only change has been where he starts.

@JC-fv3pg

11 ай бұрын

And the 💩ford engine he runs nowadays, chevy dominates the 410 sprint car scene

@tokeypokey

11 ай бұрын

​@@JC-fv3pgtheres nothing oem left on these engines. It could literally be a nissan or volkswagen at this point

@diychad7268

11 ай бұрын

​@@tokeypokeyna the actual base of the engine is OEM. Like the blocks are designed by the oems and the the entire head and intake as well, the oems put the engineering into designing the engines

@craigsnider5199

11 ай бұрын

Most drivers out there can win a race when they start on the poll. He used 2 be able 2 come up through the field and given enough laps be in contention 4 the win. But NOT anymore !!

@mitchanderson5813

11 ай бұрын

@JC-fv3pg you are up for the nomination of clown of the year. Chevdorks never fail to make me laugh

Schatz and team had that car set up to run where the holes weren't. Everyone had to race on the same track. Obviously the track could have been better, but it wasn't. Adapt and overcome. That's what makes the best the best. Congrats Schatz!

@shellycasbeer3775

11 ай бұрын

Really you folks settle for anything wow

@oneninerniner3427

11 ай бұрын

​@@shellycasbeer3775 so what in the hell does that mean?

@braydonmccormack6191

11 ай бұрын

yep he hardly hit any of the holes and others hit them every lap

@GameJunky513

11 ай бұрын

Yep hardly seen his car hop at all. That's a combination of a veteran driver and setup crew.

@brentmeyer712

11 ай бұрын

@@shellycasbeer3775yes. It is race day. These sprint car drivers will drive on the slickest and driest tracks out there. It is the drivers job to adapt. Which makes these drivers the best in the world!

Congratulations #15 🏁🏆🏁

I’ve never seen two cars simultaneously throw tantrums like that. One in a million freak accident

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

The track surface is terrible. It's very dangerous and racing there needs to be discontinued until the safety hazard is corrected.

@Matt18880

11 ай бұрын

@@JoeLinux2000 Ya seriously, everyone bouncing so much!

Love the contrails off the wing end plates. Bad A**

Good runner up for Brent Marks starting from 11th, especially with the track conditions. The 2nd place finish got Brent Marks $25,000.

That track was insanely rough. Lucky no one ended up seriously hurt. At our local track when the All Star Circuit of Champions came it was rough like that and they reworked it until drivers were satisfied. Lucky a new memorial race doesn’t have to be planned after that.

Seeing the air come off the wings, was unbelievable. Great race, not the best track. Congratulations DS.

@diychad7268

11 ай бұрын

Thick air/high humidity is what causes that, sooooo cool to see!!

@walmars3curity

10 ай бұрын

In person its just as cool. I remember as a kid seeing that and just being like what the heck. haha

One thing about Bacon, he never has small crashes

@nbracing3872

11 ай бұрын

ehh he wrecked pretty big at terre haute a year back

@JohnnieWalkerDread

11 ай бұрын

He also rarely has crashes. But when he does...

@ronfox5519

11 ай бұрын

He was walking slow after this one.

@yeahnahyeah

11 ай бұрын

@@nbracing3872 that was a wild crash

The track was very rough but i guess they want to see who can drive the hell out of it and still remain in the race. To me that says alot for the drivers that made it. Thanks to all. Im a # 1 sprintcar fan. Thanks

Track super technical and Donny made it look as smooth as anyone could. Great to see him get the W.

Awesome!!

Can’t believe they didn’t finish installing that culvert

I would honestly love to go see these in person

I'm sorry but this track has been awful all week!!!!

@davidvanbrunt4233

11 ай бұрын

Don't be sorry, track is 🦬💩

Can't believe the track wow dangerous

this is the best entertainment in racing

Great race Donny.

Tony Stewart and everyone who preps the track needs to be ashamed of themselves for turns 1 and 3 being so crappy!! Same bumps in turn 1 this whole week for the races.

@Bad.bob123

11 ай бұрын

Home trake Advantage

@saragrant9749

11 ай бұрын

Tell Mother Nature to quit with the constant rain. They’ve been working hard all week but every time they’d get it going the rain would come back.

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

another person that has no idea what it takes to prep a track......

@davids5006

11 ай бұрын

@@saragrant9749for some reason people forget mother nature has a say so in things

@saragrant9749

11 ай бұрын

@@davids5006 you bet! I go to the World Finals in Charlotte every year. A couple of times we’ve had rain come through mid afternoon. They reworked the track after for several hours, it was still a little rough later in the evening. It’s a part of dirt track racing, every team knows it.

Nice run Donny from Kingston ont Canada.

Im just glad to see there are so many track prep experts in these comments. Hopefully their available for hire since people who have been doing track prep for years apparently dont know what their doing smh

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

noone wants to think they ran 4 nights in row, weather challenges.... people are idiots

@davids5006

11 ай бұрын

😂 I agree!

@cf2851

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure that all of that racing for 4 days in a row with rain falling in between would be no problem at all for these YT track experts 🤣

@RedroomStudios

11 ай бұрын

"they're". and yes, these track conditions were ugly.... but not as easy to fix as you might think. I know one of my local tracks had an issue like that that last for 2-3 years. they eventually had to dig the entire thing up going 10 feet deep and then rebuilding the track. I think it was a water drainage issue.

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

I don't know how to fix it, I just know it's unacceptable and will be fixed when a fan favorite is killed by the unsafe condition of the track.

I’m wondering if it’s the type of soil that keeps giving the track those waves when it rains. Was at Huset’s for 3 of the 4 nights of the HBN and it rained a lot leading up to it, and then had a half hour rain delay during the 4th night and there were no issues after they’d grind the top, grind the bottom, and then pack.

@MRosati5000

11 ай бұрын

That look's like it. All the soil changes around the country.

Good job schatz, all of us here in North Dakota are cheering you on!!

@Foxracing218

11 ай бұрын

Hell yeah same with Minnesota

@genemay9238

11 ай бұрын

Same in Georgia !! Nice win King Donny

@thatnascarkid24

11 ай бұрын

Heck yeah, north dakota baby!

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

He was best at avoiding the pot hole. A win on a track like that is not a true win. It's a Democrat election.

My man!! Congrats!!🏁🏁🏁

Come on Tony fix the dam track!! Those ruts are gonna kill someone!! Eldora was a motocross track all week!

@craigsnider5199

11 ай бұрын

Boy all you track bashers sure wouldn't like it out here on the west coast !!

@chrismitchell9338

11 ай бұрын

Our royal sovereign Bobby A. 👏👏👏

@trentlothringer2867

11 ай бұрын

@craigsnider5199 yea cali tracks are horrible, but when your putting on a huge event like this, in my opinion the track should be in excellent racing condition. I mean how many cars did you see that got tore up??

@craigsnider5199

11 ай бұрын

@trentlothringer2867 yah I used 2 love watching the sprints wreck and flip wildly but not so much anymore. Now I like a clean green 2 checker race with lots of racing action throughout the field. But as far as track condition goes , dirt is a lot of work and hard 2 get exactly right on every night !!

@trentlothringer2867

11 ай бұрын

I did as well when I was younger, but now I hate to see someone wreck because of poor track conditions! Wrecks are part of the game, but when the track is causing them I would hate to see someone lose or tear their car up or potentially lose their life because the track crew couldn't make a raceable track. Being that the eldora million and the Kings Royal is one of the most prestigious events, I just thought the track could have been better.

1&2 was treacherous all weekend gotta fix that. Cool for Schatz he's still got some left in the tank.

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

Two year old engine. Probably a Chevy.

Nice run Donny

Long live the King, King Donny!

Hell yes Donny! Helluva job!

That's exciting racing for an old man who finally gave up on Nascar a few years ago. I've been watching lately and never seen a track that rough though. Looks like they would have reworked it. That announcer said, and Gravel bounces a little bit. I'm like a little ? Couldn't imagine setting in there trying to hang on trying to get through that corner.

Had a dream I was at Langhorne.

They put a chevy motor back in Donnys car last night...

@mitchanderson5813

11 ай бұрын

That’s why he won right. Keep that scrap junk SBC in the dumpster where they belong. SBF TTF. Boat anchor Chevrolet garbage

Three things needed to win the Kings, flatfoot don’t lift, miss the ditch, and most importantly number three, have a wheel barrow big enough to carry your balls in. 😮

Absolutely ridiculous they ran the race with the track that rough. WAY too many cars were torn up for NO reason. You can say that's racing all you want, but there's no excuse for this....

@tonton.noch.13

11 ай бұрын

La passion ignore la raison 😊

@LBigJake14

11 ай бұрын

Can't help rain, they did all they could. Reworked the tracked after every session. Not much else you can do

@JC-fv3pg

11 ай бұрын

@@LBigJake14 some people on here dont watch dirt racing in real life and think a track crew can magically make the surface perfect in 5 mins😂

@combatwombat594

11 ай бұрын

@@JC-fv3pg I can see that defense were this a late model or big block mod race... But for Sprints, there's no reason they should be racing on a track like this. I get they don't want to postpone the show and all that for the fans and drivers alike, but safety should be priority 1 no matter what. I stand by my point. No excuse to race on that surface

@joshpitts7256

11 ай бұрын

​@@LBigJake14Earl managed to prep the Track for 50 years with a Grader, Pickup truck,and a Sheepsfoot.. I worked with him for many years . These Bafoons nowadays continue to screw it up with all they have access to.The banking is a joke...Local crowd and racing is gone.. They blow off about $2 dollar beers but yet the camping and ticket prices continue to go through the roof . It's starting to catch up to them . Top 5 Dirt Late Model driver two years ago told Me they don't know what the hell there doing with the track . There first mistake was pushing Earl's Grandson out the door.. It's a damn shame.. Most of the time nobody runs the top no matter the type of car till feature time because they can't.. Total Joke...

I knew donny still has it my favorite racer the real king 🤴 when everyone was a Steve fan I was donny for day one king 🤴 donny such a bad ass

First On Race Day Enough said!!!!

Vapor Trails

I was there turn 1&2 was so awful especially this night suprised no one got seriously injured or killed

Someone help me understand the 36 car invert without an accumulating points system. I’ve never seen so many good cars miss the show and penalized for qualifying fast.

@davids5006

11 ай бұрын

It's to make it exciting, but it punishes good drivers imo

@CopperBlue28

11 ай бұрын

@@davids5006 With 175,000 to win, a guy like Gravel is going to sandbag qualifying to start on the pole of his heat (and he did). Peck’s reward for quick time but not automatically transferring? 21st starting spot.

DIRT ALL DAY,

Yea let’s just let a massive insane rut in the turn to flip cars, like seriously they couldn’t fix that? That wasn’t no ruff cushion..💯

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

It's probably a sink hole and the entire track will fall into it in the not too distant future.

Good for Schatz, good job Marks, Use the profits of the races to pay for all the repairs on the unnecessary wrecked cars

I'm really happy for donny but I would of liked to see a driver that's never won the the kings royal win. Congrats donny. Great job

McFadden nearly gets into Larson he almost drove right through him

What the heck is up with the bumps? Way too dangerous for such an important event. 3 nasty and dangerous flips in just the first few laps, not because of contact or mistakes, but because of how crappy the track was. Do better, Eldora.

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

go away.... the drivers know what ruts do,,,, there were how many other drivers that didnt crash from them

@timruth6514

11 ай бұрын

Did the best they could considering the amount of rain they got.

The track was crap but he got ur done congratulations to him

They should race on the moon less craters, good job on the track Tony

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

Eldora sprint car driver. The first man to set foot on the moon!

All 4 races were follow the leader. Boring, the smart ones sandbagged in qualifying knowing the invert and that rain was going to change the track . WRG needs a kick in the butt to make the racing better.

They look like bobbleheads in those corners! Eldora ate some cars today....

When did they start racing on motocross tracks???

Happy for Donny, well deserved

😊 I'd give anything to be there at least one more time to see them

I started going to Eldora in 1982, thats the worst track surface I've ever seen there.

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

how many nights have you gone that its been on the 4th night in a row of racing aswell has not so ideal weather conditions?

@Acemechanicalservices

11 ай бұрын

@@Trick_Dickle That hole was there on the first night.

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

@@Acemechanicalservices hmmm i wonder why drivers forgot it was there then....

@blitzevans4273

11 ай бұрын

@Trick_Dickle Enough to know you haven't been there for 4 nights.

Sure was a bouncy sonuvagun out there.

How about Brent Marks? 11th to 2nd on that track? That line he ran to avoid the ruts was sick. 4 wheels over the cushion every lap at those speeds? Surprised his balls fit in the car with him.

All these angry people about track conditions😂 do you realize how much rain we had here and how many cars been on this track the last few days. Sit down.

Yeah go Scruffy!

I thought he would get the million because he always shows up and shows out with big money 💰 but I knew he wasn't going to let the kings get away from him he'll of a race my Friend good job

The track is just to ruff. Tony Stewart should pay for every car that was torn up due the thst hump between 1&2. Ridiculous. That's a super fast track. Luck no one got hurt.

Good for Schatz,

Things like that track condition will make teams/ drivers look for other tracks to run. A wrecked car and hurt driver isn't worth the payout at any level. Great race.

@brentmeyer712

11 ай бұрын

Weather hasn't been to kind. We've had a lot of rain the past few days and humid outside . Moisture has been staying in the soil. This could've happened at any dirt track.

@mattfetter4123

11 ай бұрын

I think you are wrong. Been going to this race since Smoke took over. Car count , and spectators, have been doing nothing but growing. It rained til 8pm one year , didn't get out of the track till 3am. Same track conditions. Keeps getting bigger

It looked like a corn field out there...cant believe smoke let it dat way..shud have disc it up n rolled it in better..but donny knew his way around on a tractor...congrats...

There we go Donny.

Fucking legend

That track owes alot of money to alot of driver. Pathetic track conditions

Smoothest track around is Port Royal, hands down. Congrats to Marks on the 2nd place

@markspitler913

11 ай бұрын

Smooth tracks don't make good sprinter drivers

@pamountains2

11 ай бұрын

@@markspitler913 lol okay

Big E is going to have to fix that turn one rut. It was a problem a few weeks ago when the All Stars were there for Speed Week but nobody hopped over because of it.

Turn 1 hole in track ruined the 4 nights of racing

Some of yall must not watch dirt racing in person, the area recieving a bunch of rain and having 80+ sprints there, the track was ALWAYS going to be rough af, nothing track prep coulda done unless spectators want to sit through a 3+ hr delay

@mattfetter4123

11 ай бұрын

The cars make the ruts! 900+ HP , LOOKING for traction, will rip large ruts in the first turn! Have walked Eldora after many races, late model and sprints. Sprints always tear it up more .

@davids5006

11 ай бұрын

I hope others read this comment 🤦🏼 they don't seem to understand reality

The rain didn't help I'm sure...it was a very heavy track wich is unusual, top side was no good tonight that's for sure!

What channel is outlaws on?

Good job missing all the jumps in the track. Glad Donnie won.

A couple of them holes needs channel markers

WOW! All the track bashers on here....an old time track racer once told me, good drivers will figure out how to get around any tracks regardless of conditions. I know some will say, but it's dangerous. So tell me, when was racing not dangerous?

Who prepared that track?

Watch the video for the Diamond Nationals last night at Lucas oil speedway in Wheatland, MO. That's how a dirt track should be prepared....nice and smooth, not stump holes and ruts. But hey... I guess the history of Eldora is enough to keep it going no matter how bad the track is, right??

The worst track conditions I have ever seen for two of the biggest sprint car races. Between the Million and the Kings no less than a dozen really good cars where killed in turn one.

Running these speeds on a washboard track is a recipe for tragedy.

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

ummm, thats what makes this the best racing show around..... why not just pave the tracks if you want a smooth surface?

never seen eldora that rough what did they do for track maintenance? wow

@greezy937

11 ай бұрын

Weather hasn't been friendly here this week

Someone is going to get killed the way that track condition is

What happened to Sweet?

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT

11 ай бұрын

He failed to advance to the main event

@jimsnelling4369

11 ай бұрын

He didn't sandbag his qualifying time like Gravel did, you notice a lot of the top driver's didn't also

The racing surface has been like that every since the track was redone and the banking's taken out of the turns

Thats what happens with a rough track battled it myself at my home track tonight got ran over can't hold a line when it's rough

So sad that a track with such history doesn’t have a decent grater operator

@Trick_Dickle

11 ай бұрын

keyboard warriors thinking they can run a track lol..... 4 nights of racing in a row let alone weather...... go drink a bud light or somehting

@JoeLinux2000

11 ай бұрын

Shut up, it's the spot were the toilets drain. We like it that way. There a certain odor to it that gives us BudLite drinkers pleasure.

@mattfetter4123

11 ай бұрын

Every one knows how to do dirt work too. Lol super huge right rear tire, 900+ HP, hitting the same spot of the track, large amount of rain that day! People would have been really upset, if they pulled the pin on the show. Their are some whiners on here!

That track looks terrible

Crazy how bumpy that track is that's insane they wouldn't fix that

Unbelievable! I can't believe that trench that was left in 1-2 that destroyed God only knows how many cars and I can only imagine ruined the suspension components on most of these race cars!

That track was rough rough

I've read several of the comments on here, and can't believe that more of you would rather comment on track conditions than talk about the race or the drivers or in fact have a single good thing to say.

Single file restarts with only 2 laps in and the rest of the night is Bullshit.

@joshuawheeler9068

11 ай бұрын

You need to look at world of outlaws rules I don’t think you know what your talking about

@brentmeyer712

11 ай бұрын

With how fast the track was and all the ruts, WoO didn't have a choice. Someone would've got seriously injured if they did double file restarts.

Gravel top 3!

Once again Tony fails on track conditions that wasn't a race what a joke

@jasonvanburen9981

11 ай бұрын

If you think you could do it better howcome you don't own your own race track 😊

@shellycasbeer3775

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonvanburen9981 that's the best you can do!? Whatever

@oneninerniner3427

11 ай бұрын

That happened at my home track some years ago, big ruts in 1&2. I know they worked and worked hard on it but the darn ruts kept reappearing week after week for a long time. So yeah, unfortunately it's just the way dirt is sometimes.

@oneninerniner3427

11 ай бұрын

I should add it was a wet summer too as i recall.

embarrassing track conditions