Congrats to Mark Faul

Bob Gullett · 09-04-2011, 01:03 PM

Way to go on your win at Boise in the Div. 6 ET finals Sportsman ROC. Mark gets a trip to Pomona. Guess Mark won't be running S/SS at Pomona this year!

davidhuff · 09-04-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Gullett

Way to go on your win at Boise in the Div. 6 ET finals Sportsman ROC. Mark gets a trip to Pomona. Guess Mark won't be running S/SS at Pomona this year!

Congrats Mark on a great win.

Jeff Goss · 09-04-2011, 01:23 PM

Saw this on Facebook! Congratulations Mark!

His '51 Chev has been around a long time! Great to see him in the winner's circle with it!

Nice job!

The Hawk · 09-04-2011, 02:01 PM

Nice job Mark!

Carguy49 · 09-04-2011, 02:40 PM

Hi Mark.

Nice job with the 51. I also saw your runner-up in Portland in the Stock/Super Stock combo on the net. The finish looked very close. I saw Sunday, how was Saturday? Continued success to for the rest of the year. Your buddy Ron in Fife.

R Hastings · 09-04-2011, 05:10 PM

Thanks for representing MHDRA.

Phillip marvetz · 09-04-2011, 06:02 PM

Congrats on your "controversial" Win. Enjoy the banquet down there.

Geerhead55 · 09-05-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Phillip marvetz

Congrats on your "controversial" Win. Enjoy the banquet down there.

You're right about that, Phillip. As soon as he pulled into the waterbox for the 1st round, people in the stands started the "what if?" scenarios. Mark did his job and won all his rounds fair and square, some of them really close too, but that didn't stop the "He took a spot away from someone!" griping that continued the rest of the weekend. People were referring to the old Jody Lang rule, which I wasn't aware of, but apparently many ET racers are. I've never seen anything in print about this,, have you?
Take care,,,, Danny Durham

Phillip marvetz · 09-05-2011, 05:24 PM

I dont want to bash Mark on this forum, Apparently I've done that enough else where. The story from what I've heard is that Mark was invited to be on a team along with 3 others from a track that did not have a enough racers for a full team and the Division director gave him the permission to race.
The DD made the call contrary to the writen rules regarding eligibilty. I've sent an email to the DD to ask why he made this call and he claims it was a loophole that the track took advantage of. I think it's B.S, The rule was changed after 2008 when one these racers got the DD to let him and few others into the E.T finals although they had not ran the required races to be allowed. The wording in the rules will probably be changed again after this episode.

The Jody Lang rule is that a racer has to compete at a track a certain amount of track races to be eligable for that team. Jody got into the finals without participating at a track for season points a couple times. It probaly would have been fine if he had raced for his home track but he raced for a small far away track that he would only maybe race at once a year. The other teams felt it was unfair and made some rules to prevent a "PRO" from feeding on the little guy's.
Now it is 3 races to be on the team and a minimum 50% of the Summit E.T bracket series races in a season to be in the Race of Champions. The loop hole is a racer can go to a double header and double enter and the track can count that as 4 races.

The controversy is these guy's got in by going to a 3 day big buck bracket race, Double entered in a non Summit E.T series Bracket race and the track says they ran 6 out of the seasons 11 races to get the needed 50%. Total fraud but the DD says it's all good. I'll be working to make sure this loophole gets closed for good even though people are calling me a internet complainer.

Once again I am not bashing Mark, He was invited by the track and given the clearance from the DD to go so he did. I'm sure he raced his butt off to get the win and he was not there to take advantage of anyone. He raced his old 51 chev in sportsman not the stocker so at least he gave the little guy's a fighting chance, LOL.

Mark Faul · 09-05-2011, 06:09 PM

Thank you guys for the congrats posts. And thanks Phillip for not "bashing" me???

Obviously I thought I was doing everything by the book. Assured a couple times that everything was legal and good to go. Scoring a race of champions victory was something on the bucket list that I've always wanted to do. Thinking that I had met the requirements to participate, I was happy to represent Medicine Hat. Great track, wonderful people, and happy to have us. As we were thrilled to race in the ET Finals!
I had planned on taking Labor Day off and do something away from racing. Go to a lake, golf, whatever!!! But when I'm invited to attend the team race, I happily accepted, since I hadn't done it in a few years. It's a shame there's so many people bitching about it now that it's done...

Also, I sure didn't appreciate a guy getting in my face in the staging lanes before I raced his son on Sunday. Pretty much saying they were filing a grievance against me and he was going to shut me down at the front of the lanes and that I didn't belong in the race. It didn't happen, but he got in my head and I lost. Shame on me for letting him do that, but pretty classless.

09-04-2011, 01:03 PM	#1
Bob Gullett VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,106 Likes: 57 Liked 504 Times in 116 Posts	Congrats to Mark Faul Way to go on your win at Boise in the Div. 6 ET finals Sportsman ROC. Mark gets a trip to Pomona. Guess Mark won't be running S/SS at Pomona this year! __________________ 68 Chevy11 327 F/S

09-04-2011, 01:23 PM	#3
Jeff Goss Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Burlington, WA Posts: 361 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Saw this on Facebook! Congratulations Mark! His '51 Chev has been around a long time! Great to see him in the winner's circle with it! Nice job!

09-04-2011, 02:01 PM	#4
The Hawk VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Littleton,Colorado Posts: 1,194 Likes: 0 Liked 249 Times in 109 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Nice job Mark! __________________ Lane Weber It`s Not What You Drive That Wins....It`s How You Drive It

09-04-2011, 02:40 PM	#5
Carguy49 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Fife, Washington Posts: 1,977 Likes: 2,466 Liked 2,939 Times in 707 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Hi Mark. Nice job with the 51. I also saw your runner-up in Portland in the Stock/Super Stock combo on the net. The finish looked very close. I saw Sunday, how was Saturday? Continued success to for the rest of the year. Your buddy Ron in Fife.

09-04-2011, 05:10 PM	#6
R Hastings Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Medicine Hat Posts: 28 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Thanks for representing MHDRA.

09-04-2011, 06:02 PM	#7
Phillip marvetz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lynden ,WA Posts: 820 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Congrats on your "controversial" Win. Enjoy the banquet down there. __________________ 2009 V/SA Record Holder

09-05-2011, 05:24 PM	#9
Phillip marvetz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lynden ,WA Posts: 820 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul I dont want to bash Mark on this forum, Apparently I've done that enough else where. The story from what I've heard is that Mark was invited to be on a team along with 3 others from a track that did not have a enough racers for a full team and the Division director gave him the permission to race. The DD made the call contrary to the writen rules regarding eligibilty. I've sent an email to the DD to ask why he made this call and he claims it was a loophole that the track took advantage of. I think it's B.S, The rule was changed after 2008 when one these racers got the DD to let him and few others into the E.T finals although they had not ran the required races to be allowed. The wording in the rules will probably be changed again after this episode. The Jody Lang rule is that a racer has to compete at a track a certain amount of track races to be eligable for that team. Jody got into the finals without participating at a track for season points a couple times. It probaly would have been fine if he had raced for his home track but he raced for a small far away track that he would only maybe race at once a year. The other teams felt it was unfair and made some rules to prevent a "PRO" from feeding on the little guy's. Now it is 3 races to be on the team and a minimum 50% of the Summit E.T bracket series races in a season to be in the Race of Champions. The loop hole is a racer can go to a double header and double enter and the track can count that as 4 races. The controversy is these guy's got in by going to a 3 day big buck bracket race, Double entered in a non Summit E.T series Bracket race and the track says they ran 6 out of the seasons 11 races to get the needed 50%. Total fraud but the DD says it's all good. I'll be working to make sure this loophole gets closed for good even though people are calling me a internet complainer. Once again I am not bashing Mark, He was invited by the track and given the clearance from the DD to go so he did. I'm sure he raced his butt off to get the win and he was not there to take advantage of anyone. He raced his old 51 chev in sportsman not the stocker so at least he gave the little guy's a fighting chance, LOL. __________________ 2009 V/SA Record Holder

09-05-2011, 06:09 PM	#10
Mark Faul Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tacoma,WA Posts: 341 Likes: 2 Liked 43 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Congrats to Mark Faul Thank you guys for the congrats posts. And thanks Phillip for not "bashing" me??? Obviously I thought I was doing everything by the book. Assured a couple times that everything was legal and good to go. Scoring a race of champions victory was something on the bucket list that I've always wanted to do. Thinking that I had met the requirements to participate, I was happy to represent Medicine Hat. Great track, wonderful people, and happy to have us. As we were thrilled to race in the ET Finals! I had planned on taking Labor Day off and do something away from racing. Go to a lake, golf, whatever!!! But when I'm invited to attend the team race, I happily accepted, since I hadn't done it in a few years. It's a shame there's so many people bitching about it now that it's done... Also, I sure didn't appreciate a guy getting in my face in the staging lanes before I raced his son on Sunday. Pretty much saying they were filing a grievance against me and he was going to shut me down at the front of the lanes and that I didn't belong in the race. It didn't happen, but he got in my head and I lost. Shame on me for letting him do that, but pretty classless.